We place microform readers and audiovisual record players at your disposal. If you write us we make the first inquiries in our archives after the requested subjects and let you know if a visit to our archive is worthwhile for you. If there is restricted access to the files of your requested subject we arrange the necessary permission to inspection. Besides the advisory service to our customers we try to bring closer selected subjects to the public by realizing expositions and events and by processing documents to contemporary Swiss history. We are looking forward to your written requests or visits.
Documents are sole originals and are only presented in the search room.
Charge-out is only possible within the federal administration. Support of offices of the federal administration regarding archiving of documents. We make available our know-how on information management to the offices of the federal administration who are obliged to transfer documents to the Federal Archives. We advise them with their current files administration and with the reorganization of their records management. We organise the transfer of files.