[1] The more recent municipal holdings are in the Archivio storico del Comune di Venezia, while those of the parishes, the defunct dioceses and the patriarchate are in the Archivio storico del Patriarcato di Venezia.

The number of monks and the amount of donations grew rapidly, so that on April 28, 1250, the foundation stone could be laid.

[2] In 1815 Venice was returned to Austria, and in the same year the decision was made to set up a central archive.

The state archive was created from 1817 under the name Archivio generale veneto, its first director was Chiodo, who retired in 1840.

The state holdings from the period up to 1797 were originally located in the Doge's Palace, in the Procuratie or in the institutions at the Rialto Bridge.

In 1825 Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna and in 1829 Leopold von Ranke had to ask the Emperor in Vienna for permission.

In 1876 the State Archives received part of the Palace of the Dieci savi alle decime in Rialto together with the adjoining Scuola dei Orefici.

On November 4, 1966, the city experienced extreme flooding, which also endangered the archive holdings, which initially had to be placed on higher shelves.

In the years that followed, protective measures were taken against future floods, and the convent of San Nicoletto was restructured.

Elements that had been installed at the beginning of the 20th century for structural reasons were removed during the conversion work, so that the room regained its original dimensions.

Teodoro Toderini, director of the archive who fell ill at the end of 1875 and died in 1876, was an advocate of the principle of provenance, which ultimately prevailed, while his successor Bartolomeo Cecchetti took a different view.

[5] In 1994 a Guida generale was published,[6] In 1997 the digital recording of the holdings began, which are to be gradually made available to the public via the Internet, albeit only partially.

In December 2006, the Repertorio dei fondi e degli strumenti di ricerca was completed, which provides a general overview of the holdings.

[7][6] From 1977 to 1990 Maria Francesca Tiepolo was director of the archive, she was succeeded by Paolo Selmi († August 28, 2010) until 2003, followed by Raffaele Santoro until 2018, who in turn was followed by Stefania Piersanti.