Prague City Archives

It collects, preserves, processes and makes available archival materials documenting the historical development of Prague since the Middle Ages up to the present.

During the fire of the Old Town Hall on 8 May 1945, a part of the archive was destroyed, but fortunately the majority of the historical documents were evacuated outside Prague.

The palace was soon unable to accommodate the wealth of material, therefore the archives were housed in eight different buildings, some of them were located outside Prague.

[2] The Clam-Gallas Palace serves today as venue for cultural event and conferences organized by the Prague City Archives.

The archives has also a large library containing over 150,000 oriented chiefly towards the history of Prague and its present-day life.