Strasbourg City Archives

What Strasbourg City Archives does

Strasbourg City Archives (legal name: Archives de la ville et de l'Eurométropole de Strasbourg) is a municipal heritage institution operating the public archival service of the City of Strasbourg and the Eurométropole de Strasbourg. Founded as early as 1399 and currently housed in a purpose-built facility inaugurated in 2004 at 32 avenue du Rhin in the Neudorf district, it preserves documents spanning from the 12th century to the present, including medieval charters, notarial archives, civil status records, the notarial, hospital, and chapter collections (Œuvre Notre-Dame, Hôpital, chapitre Saint-Thomas), and approximately 20,000 illustrated posters from World War I. Since January 1, 2015 it has operated under the Eurométropole administrative umbrella.

Its core product is a digital and on-site archive service built on the Ligeo Archives platform, offering transversal search ("Rechercher partout"), a registered user portal ("Espace personnel"), virtual exhibitions, image galleries, interactive chronologies, monthly featured documents, and the "SOS Détectives" participatory image-identification program. Complementary services include educational workshops, loanable pedagogical toolkits, group visit reservations, and an online publications shop. Technology is non-proprietary at the platform layer (Ligeo) with no public API, SDK, or AI features; augmented reality is used only as a presentational element within one exhibition.

The institution is funded primarily by the Ville de Strasbourg and Eurométropole de Strasbourg public budgets. Direct-to-consumer revenue is symbolic: adult guided tours at 4 euros per person (minimum 10) and exhibition catalogs priced between 10 and 25 euros. Customers comprise four primary segments — researchers and historians, school groups, the general public/genealogists, and public administrations — all served through a physical reading room, the digital platform, and outreach programming. The service targets a regional (Grand Est) audience for on-site services while the digital collections are accessible globally.

Name

Strasbourg City Archives

Legal name

Archives de la ville et de l'Eurométropole de Strasbourg

Website

https://archives.strasbourg.eu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Strasbourg City Archives is a municipal heritage institution that preserves and provides public access to Strasbourg's historical records (12th century to present) via the Ligeo Archives digital platform, a physical reading room, educational programs, and exhibitions, serving researchers, school groups, genealogists, and public administrations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Archives & Heritage Services

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (51921), Libraries and Archives (519210), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

akta.pro primary industry

Archives, Special Collections & Preservation Operations (Rare Materials, Conservation) (EDAEAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Libraries, Archives & Special Collections (BPAGAHAF)

Keywords

• Municipal archives services
• Historical document preservation
• Archival digital access
• Genealogical research support
• Heritage education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Strasbourg

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Publication Sales: Sale of catalogs, books, and educational publications related to archives exhibitions and local history topics
2. Educational Services: Fees charged for guided tours of the archives building and exhibitions for adult groups at 4 euros per person (minimum 10 participants)
3. Public Funding: Core funding from the Ville de Strasbourg and Eurométropole de Strasbourg for preservation, collection management, and public services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Strasbourg City Archives is a municipal archive service that preserves and provides public access to historical documents of Strasbourg and the Eurométropole, spanning from the 12th century to the present. It operates a physical reading room in the Neudorf district and a digital collections platform (Ligeo Archives) for genealogists, researchers, students, schools, and the general public, and offers publications, guided tours, and educational programs aligned with school curricula.

Product overview

Strasbourg City Archives operates as a municipal heritage institution offering a comprehensive digital archive platform with both public-facing services and educational programs. The core offering centers on the Rechercher partout global search system for exploring digitized archival collections, complemented by the Espace personnel registered user portal built on Ligeo Archives technology. Users can access virtual exhibitions (Expositions virtuelles), image galleries (Galeries d'images), interactive chronologies, and monthly featured documents. The educational extension includes pedagogical workshops (Ateliers pédagogiques), loanable educational toolkits (Outils pédagogiques empruntables), and group visit reservations for both school groups and adults. The Archives Shop provides physical and digital publications. The platform also hosts participatory features like SOS Détectives mystery image identification. All services are accessible in French and German.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• La boutique des Archives (Archives Publications Shop) Online shop offering exhibition catalogs, books, and educational booklets produced by the Strasbourg City Archives, available for purchase by the general public. Examples include 'À table!' catalog (10 euros), 'Strasbourg 1940-1944' catalog (25 euros), 'L'École d'architecture de Strasbourg' (22 euros), and 'Au jardin avec le pasteur Oberlin' (12 euros).
• Visites adultes (Adult Group Guided Visits) Guided tours of the archives building and current exhibitions for adult groups, requiring a minimum of 10 participants and priced at 4 euros per person. Reservations are made through an online booking form.
• Ateliers pédagogiques (Educational Workshops) Workshop sessions for school groups covering historical and pedagogical topics such as seal identification, WWI posters, Strasbourg's history from the Middle Ages to WWII, and local geography. Reservations made via online booking form.
• Outils pédagogiques empruntables (Loanable Educational Tools) Mobile exhibitions, educational kits, and themed portfolios available for loan to schools, covering topics related to Strasbourg's history and archival heritage. Reserved via an online booking form.
• Visites scolaires (School Group Visits) School group visits to the archives building and exhibitions, including building tours, guided exhibition tours, and self-guided exhibition visits, booked through an online reservation form.
• Expositions virtuelles (Virtual Exhibitions) Online versions of physical archive exhibitions covering topics in Strasbourg and Alsatian history, accessible beyond physical closure dates. Over 30 virtual exhibitions are available, covering subjects from Luther 1517 to Strasbourg 1940-1944, architecture, daily life, food practices, and printing history.
• SOS Détectives / Images mystères (Participatory Mystery Images) Participatory archives initiative where the general public helps identify historical photographs and documents through crowdsourced comments and research, contributing to the cataloguing and contextualisation of unindexed archive imagery.

Quantifiable outcome

• Accessible reading room with regular hours: Monday-Tuesday 1pm-5pm, Wednesday-Friday 9am-5pm
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Archives régionales d'Alsace (Site de Strasbourg): Regional archives of Alsace operating from Strasbourg, named in Strasbourg's own data. Comparable in scope and regional heritage focus, serving the Alsace region rather than just the city.
• Archives départementales du Bas-Rhin: Departmental archives of Bas-Rhin, explicitly named in Strasbourg's own data as a peer institution covering communes in the Eurométropole and broader department. Closest geographic peer with overlapping mandate.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archives): Germany's federal archives. Comparable as a public archive institution with a focus on records reflecting Germany's complex history — directly relevant given Strasbourg's bilingual Franco-German archival heritage.
• Archives nationales (France): France's national archives, holding the country's most important historical documents. Comparable as a public-sector archive with digitization programs, virtual exhibitions, and educational outreach, but operating at the national level.
• Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF): France's national library and a major archival institution. Comparable as a publicly funded heritage institution offering reference services, digital collections (Gallica), and exhibitions, though at national rather than municipal scope.

Others

• Ligeo Archives (Anakeen / Naoned): Vendor of the archival management platform used by Strasbourg City Archives. Comparable as an ecosystem enabler whose platform powers similar French municipal and departmental archives, making it the closest technology/operating peer.

Direct peers

• Stadtarchiv Mannheim: German municipal city archive serving a comparable Rhine-region city. Comparable as a municipal archive with historical collection spanning centuries, reflecting the Franco-German cultural overlap that defines Strasbourg's heritage.
• Archives municipales de Lyon: Another major French municipal archive serving a comparable large city. Comparable in mandate (preserving municipal records of a major French city), educational programming, public reading room, and digitization initiatives.
• Archives de Paris: Municipal archives of the City of Paris, the largest in France. Directly comparable as a municipal archive with a centuries-spanning collection, public reading rooms, and educational programs for schools.
• Archives municipales de Marseille: Municipal archives of Marseille, another major French city. Comparable in municipal records preservation, public access model, and educational services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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