Degenerate art
A formal archive for collecting and managing the records of the Royal, later the National Museums in Berlin was established in 1960 at the Pergamon Museum, then located in East Berlin. In 1965 another archive was established at the Alte Nationalgalerie as a documentation facility in the field of Art History. It collected information on 19th and 20th Century art and even the so-called "Degenerate art". In the mid-80s, a Building Archives of the National Museums established, which collected the construction documents of each building. In 1987, these three archives were merged to become the Central Archives of the National Museums of Berlin. Following German reunification, the archives became part of the Berlin State Museums under the auspices of the