State Archives of Belgium

Our memory, Your history

The State Archives of Belgium is a federal scientific institution, operating 20 archive repositories across the country. In 2016, CegeSoma Study- and Documentation Centre for War and Contemporary Society joined the State Archives. Together, we preserve nearly 400 linear kilometres of analogue records and over 445 terabytes of digital data. We provide a broad range of inventories, guides, and scholarly publications that support academic research and help the public explore our collections. Each repository offers an open reading room for on-site consultation, while an ever-increasing portion of our collections is available online. The State Archives furthermore supports information-management practices across the federal administration. Questions about our research output and publications? Feel free to contact us.

Collections in this community

ARCH | Published by the State Archives of Belgium

Publications officially issued by the State Archives of Belgium, including studies, inventories, guides and other key reference works.
EXT | External research outputs by State Archives staff

Research outputs authored or contributed by State Archives staff, published through external publishers or platforms.
JBH | Journal of Belgian History | BTNG - RBHC

Articles and issues of the Journal of Belgian History, Belgium’s leading peer-reviewed journal for Belgian contemporary history.

Recent Submissions

De schedelcollectie van de Gentse Gevangenis

Nys, Laura (Outlaw TalesState Archives of Belgium, 2025)
Lettres de soldats au service de la France : Édition intégrale des lettres conservées aux archives de l’État à Liège. Tome I (1795-1809) et Tome II (1810-1812)

Wilkin, Bernard; Wilkin, René (State Archives of Belgium, 2025)
Belgische veldhospitalen tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog

Janssens, Pieter (State Archives of Belgium, 2001)
‘Een jeugd tussen vier muren’: de tijdsbeleving van jongeren in opsluiting (1900–1960)

Nys, Laura (Outlaw TalesState Archives of Belgium, 2025)
Des hommes en guerre : Les soldats belges entre ténacité et désillusion (1914-1918)

Benvindo, Bruno (State Archives of Belgium, 2005)
Inventaire des archives de la Commission provinciale des fondations de bourses d’études du Luxembourg : Versement 2023 (1859-[début XXIe siècle])

Moreau, François (State Archives of Belgium, 2026)
EOSC and SSHOC - the Belgian Link

Van der Eycken, Johan; Chambers, Sally (EOSC Initiatives, 2019)
The digital challenge at the State Archives

Van der Eycken, Johan; Gyimes, István László (FLAGIS - Flemish Association for GIS, 2025)
BISHOPS Belgian Infrastructure for Social Sciences and Humanities Open Science (ESFRI-FED) : Final report

Van der Eycken, Johan; Depoortere, Rolande (State Archives of Belgium, 2025)
De Belgische vertoning : symbolen - rituelen - mythen (1830-2005)

Dubois, Sébastien; Janssens, Jeroen; Minke, Alfred (State Archives of Belgium, 2005)
Digital Reading Rooms - A new era of archiving and research

de Béthune, Louise; Gyimes, István László; Van der Eycken, Johan (iPRES 2025: The 21st International Conference on Digital Preservation, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, 3-7 November 2025, 2025)
Inventaris van het archief van de officialiteit in Brussel (1448-1796)

Van Gelder, Klaas (State Archives of Belgium, 2026)
Inventaire des archives de la paroisse de Gelbressée : Dépôt 2021 (1785-2013)

Bodart, Emmanuel (State Archives of Belgium, 2026)
En première ligne : La justice militaire belge face à “l’incivisme” au sortir de la Première Guerre mondiale

Baclin, Guillaume; Bernard, Laurence; Rousseaux, Xavier (State Archives of Belgium, 2010)
Slechte Belgen! De repressie van het incivisme na de Eerste Wereldoorlog door het Hof van Assisen van Brabant (1919-1927)

Monballyu, Jos (State Archives of Belgium, 2011)
Het leven van de Vlaamse krijgsgevangenen in Duitsland in de Eerste Wereldoorlog

Cool, Karolien (State Archives of Belgium, 2002)
True crime in Gent. Wandel langs 13 waargebeurde misdaadverhalen

Nys, Laura; Drossens, Paul; Michiels, LisaErgül Claeys, Lara (State Archives of Belgium, 2026)
Aperçu nouveaux inventaires et instruments de recherche Archives de l'État en Belgique - Février 2026

Vandenberghe, An (State Archives of Belgium, 2026)
Overzicht nieuwe inventarissen en zoekinstrumenten Rijksarchief in België - Februari 2026

Vandenberghe, An (State Archives of Belgium, 2026)
Waarheid. Overdracht. Herstel : De NMBS en de deportaties tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog : Aanbevelingen aan de federale regering

Tulkens, Françoise; Audag-Dechamps, Françoise; Al Hilou, HassanBerneman, SidneyFrankinet, BénédicteGescinska, AlicjaGryseels, GuidoGuttmann, SachaHensmans, PhilippeSusskind, SimoneVan Rompuy, HermanVerstrepen, KatiWouters, NicoWouters, NicoGroep van Wijzen et al. (Françoise Tulkens, Voorzitster van de Groep van Wijzen, Belgische Senaat, 2025)