Archives & Documentary Collections

Controlled access to rare, digitized, and rigorously classified documents.

Archive collections include:
- Historical excavation or scientific mission reports
- Unpublished manuscripts, personal journals, correspondence
- Topographic and military maps (19th–20th centuries)
- Building plans, technical drawings, architectural surveys
Creation of a cartographic database of Algeria across eras:
- Colonial period (IGN, military, administrative maps)
- Post-independence (urban planning maps, 1:50,000 scale maps, etc.)
Thematic and geographic classification.
Consultation available on-site or online depending on formats.
Ongoing project of digitization and progressive online publication.