The Archives of the Republic of Slovenia is the central and largest archival institution in the Republic of Slovenia.
The Archives of the Republic of Slovenia are based in Ljubljana, in the Gruber Palace, which is a Baroque cultural monument. In the second half of the 19th century, Virant's house was added on the north side. In the 1970s, a triangular inner courtyard was created with a complete renovation of the south-eastern part.
It performs the tasks of the state archives and is a body within the Ministry of Culture. It takes care of the uniform professional implementation of public archival activities.
The Archives of the Republic of Slovenia, as the state archives, protects public archives of state bodies, holders of public authority or public service providers provided by the state, the Bank of Slovenia and state and public funds, agencies and other legal entities established by the state. The archive also protects private archives and film archives for the entire country. Keeps a summary record of public archives in the country and records of archives abroad and abroad, relating to Slovenia and Slovenes, and keeps records of public symbols, coats of arms, flags, seals, stamps and stamps at the national level.
The archive protects public and private archival material in accordance with the Act on the Protection of Documentary and Archival Material and Archives and the Archival Material Act, which contains personal data on the patient's treatment.
The tradition of the archives dates back to long before its establishment as an independent institution in 1945. Namely, by a decree of the National Government of Slovenia it was established as the Central State Archives of Slovenia on 31 October 1945. It has borne its present name since 1990. The beginnings of the care for archival material in the first half of the 19th century took place similarly to other lands of the Austrian monarchy. In 1859, the Historical Society for Carniola proposed the establishment of a provincial archive, and with the allotted storage space in the newly built building of the Provincial, today's National Museum in Ljubljana in 1887, the conditions for its operation were actually set.
The First and Second World Wars in many ways slowed down organizational and personnel reforms, which would otherwise have led to the creation of an independent institution. The Central State Archives of Slovenia was established in November 1945 as an independent state institution. In 1953, the premises on the first floor of Virant's house and Gruber's palace were put into use. In 1965, the archive finally took over the management of the entire complex between Levstikov trg, Zvezdarska and Rožna ulica. Gradually, special archives were added to the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia, including those of the League of Communists and parts of the Ministry of Interior's archives.
Virtual exhibitions
Archives - treasures of memory
Review exhibition of Slovenian archival heritage (National Museum of Slovenia - Metelkova, 4 March – 10 May 2015).
"Slovenes, it's about dying!"
Exhibition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Carinthian plebiscite (October 10, 2020 to April 11, 2021).
