Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie

Name

Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie

Legal name

Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie

Website

https://warszawa.ap.gov.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Archive Services

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (51921), Libraries and Archives (519210), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAAAG

National Archives, Records & Information Governance

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Central/Federal Government Administration

SECONDARYEDAEAGAJ

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

Education/Education Facilities & Support Services/Library, Media Center & Learning Space Operations

SECONDARYTHAJADAI

Cultural Heritage Institutions (Archives, Historic Houses, Monuments Foundations)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Museums, Galleries & Cultural Institutions

Keywords

• Archival records management
• Public archive services
• Historical document preservation
• Genealogical research services
• Digital archive access

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Institution Funding: Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie is a government-funded public institution operating under the Naczelny Dyrektor Archiwów Państwowych (Chief Director of State Archives). It provides free or nominal-cost services to the public, funded through the Polish state budget and EU projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie is a Polish state archival institution that collects, preserves, and provides access to historical records documenting the history of Warsaw and the Mazovia region. It operates reading rooms across its headquarters and six branch locations, provides remote digital access through the e-rewers portal, maintains specialized databases for personnel/payroll records, runs educational programs for schools, and issues the Kronika Warszawy scholarly journal.

Product overview

Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie (State Archive in Warsaw) is a government cultural institution that serves as the primary repository for archival materials documenting the history of Warsaw and the Mazovia region. The institution operates from its headquarters at ul. Krzywe Koło 7 in Warsaw with multiple branch locations across the region including Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Mława, Otwock, Pułtusk, Milanówek, and Łowicz. The core offering centers on collecting, preserving, and providing access to historical documents and records. Key products include the e-rewers digital research platform enabling remote archive access, the Archiwum Rodzinne Niepodległej family archives initiative, personnel/payroll documentation services, and the Kronika Warszawy scholarly journal. Additional services encompass educational programs, archival exhibitions (both physical and online), research assistance, and specialized database search tools. The institution also publishes educational materials and maintains outreach programs including workshops for teachers and students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• e-rewers Digital Archive Portal Electronic reading room and online archive research platform providing remote access to finding aids, digital collections, and document ordering for researchers, genealogists, and the general public.
• Personnel and Payroll Documentation Service (O-DOP) Specialized service handling employee records from liquidated companies, including search capabilities and query fulfillment for former employees and stakeholders needing employment history documentation.
• Baza Miejsc Przechowywania Dokumentacji Osobowej i Płacowej Searchable database enabling users to locate the storage locations of personnel and payroll documentation from liquidated companies across Poland, providing efficient query fulfillment for former employees and administrators.
• Archiwum Rodzinne Niepodległej (Family Archives of Independence) National initiative promoting the preservation of family documents, photographs, and memorabilia, with consultation services such as the 'Domowa szuflada' (Home Drawer) program and documentation of family albums for the public.
• Kronika Warszawy (Warsaw Chronicle Journal) Annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal publishing historical research on Warsaw and the Mazovia region, with editorial guidelines for contributors and reviewers.
• Podcast Archiwum Państwowego w Warszawie Podcast series where archive staff discuss interesting materials from the archival collection, distributed on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts to broaden public engagement with the archive's holdings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 684 entries received in the nationwide genealogical contest 'Bez korzeni nie zakwitniesz' from 370 schools across Poland.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• XVI Warszawski Piknik Archiwalny - Multiple co-organizersminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2026Co-organizers include: Archiwum Akt Nowych, Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe, Biblioteka Główna Politechniki Warszawskiej, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne, Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej-Archiwum, The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Muzeum Niepodległości, Muzeum Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze, Stowarzyszenie Archiwistów Polskich Oddział w Warszawie, Urząd Miasta Marki.
• PKP S.A. (Polskie Koleje Państwowe)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint nationwide collection campaign 'Pamięć Kolejowych Pokoleń w Archiwach Państwowych' to preserve railway-related private memorabilia and documents, honoring the 100th anniversary of PKP. The campaign runs until October and aims to collect materials documenting the history of Polish railways and railway workers.
• Dom Spotkań z HistoriąminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partner for the album 'Budujemy nowy dom. Odbudowa Warszawy w latach 1945–1952' documenting Warsaw's post-war reconstruction. The archive provided archival materials for this second edition publication.
• Politechnika Warszawska (Warsaw University of Technology)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint organization of the historical salon 'BOS-ka Warszawa. Udział Politechniki w odbudowie stolicy' held at the Main Building of Warsaw University of Technology on October 27, 2025.
• Mazowieckie Samorządowe Centrum Doskonalenia NauczycielicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing educational partnership providing methodological workshops for history teachers, including the 'Educare necesse est...' conference series co-organized annually. This is a recurring annual partnership for teacher professional development.
• Milanowskie Centrum KulturyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the 'Vivat Szczepkowski! 100-lecie paryskiego sukcesu' exhibition at Willi Waleria in Milanówek, featuring archival materials from the archive's collection alongside works from the Milanów cultural center.
• Fundacja WidzialniminorOthersWebsite accessibility project partner - the site was developed as part of the Polish Accessibility Academy project implemented by Fundacja Widzialni and the Ministry of Administration and Digitization.

Scale indicators2 records

Broad incumbents

• Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF): France's national library and a major European cultural-heritage institution. Comparable scale and digitization ambition, though focused on published works rather than government records.
• Biblioteka Narodowa: Poland's national library and a partner in cultural-heritage outreach. Closely related institutional mission (collecting, preserving, providing access to Polish documentary heritage) but focused on published materials rather than state records.

Regional players

• Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie: Poland's flagship museum and co-organizer of the XVI Warszawski Piknik Archiwalny. Comparable as a Warsaw-based cultural-heritage institution with similar public programming, exhibitions, and education mission.
• Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (IPN): Polish state institution researching and documenting 20th-century history. Co-organizes archival events with the Warsaw archive and shares overlapping collections of WWII and post-war records, though its mandate extends to prosecution and education.

Direct peers

• Archiwum Państwowe w Krakowie: Polish state archive serving the Lesser Poland region. Operates the same statutory mandate, branch structure, and public-service model as the Warsaw archive, but in a different voivodeship.
• Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe (NAC): Poland's national digital archive, also co-organizing the Warsaw Archival Picnic. Closely comparable as a digitization-focused sibling institution addressing the same collections with overlapping technology infrastructure.
• The National Archives (UK): UK government's official archive. Directly comparable as a national/state archive with analogous supervisory, preservation, and public-access functions, providing a benchmark for service models and digital transformation.
• Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych (AGAD): Poland's central archive for pre-Warsaw Uprising historical records, operating under the same Naczelny Dyrektor Archiwów Państwowych. Directly comparable as a state archive with similar mandate, public-access model, and educational programming.
• Archiwum Akt Nowych (AAN): Polish state archive for records from 1918 onward, also under the Naczelny Dyrektor Archiwów Państwowych. Co-organizer of the XVI Warszawski Piknik Archiwalny, sharing identical mission, funding model, and user base with the Warsaw archive.
• Archives Nationales (France): France's national archive holding records from the Middle Ages onward. Comparable as a continental European state archive with a similar regulatory mandate and large digitized holdings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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