the Municipal Archives of Avignon

In the heart of Avignon, the Muncipal Archives are housed in the buildings that were once the Mont-de-Piété (a medieval pawnbroker institution).

The memory of the city and its inhabitants, the Municipal Archives of Avignon, is a public service in charge of collecting, classifying, conserving and conveying all the documents put out by the city's public services and establishments. It also has the job of collecting, by donation, trust, bequest or purchase, documents from private sources concerned with the history of Avignon.

Open to the public, the archives of the city of Avignon advise, help and assist researchers working on the city's history, that of its institutions and monuments, also that of its families (genealogy), etc.