Solsonès Regional Archive (ACS)
Solsonès Regional Archive (ACS)
The Solsonès Regional Archive (ACS), which is part of the Generalitat Archives Network, was inaugurated on March 30, 1995. The creation agreement was signed on January 31, 1984. It currently holds more than 1,000 linear meters of documentation and, chronologically, it spans from the 13th century to the present day.
Among the documentary collections that make up the archive are the City of Solsona Archive and the old notary of the Solsona district; alongside it, due to its special importance, we must add the Josep Maria Vicens i Purgimon (1910-1955) photographic collection, as well as a significant number of collections from the Solsona associative fabric: the Orfeó Nova Solsona, the Associació de Festes del Carnaval, etc. In 2010, the ACS celebrated its 15th anniversary; During this time, it has gathered more than 160 documentary funds and collections, and has consolidated a strong bond with the society of Solsona.
The archive is closely related to the territory and, since its birth, had a great territorial vocation. This reality is evident in many facts; for example, more than 89% of the documentary funds of the local Administration are in the Regional Archive. Its premises occupy part of the old hospital of Llobera, an outstanding building of Catalan civil Gothic.
Plan your visit
What can I do?
- Chronological scope: 13th-21st centuries.
- Conferences, talks, exhibitions, workshops and courses.
- Guided visits aimed at educational centres or other groups that request it.
- Consultation of documents.
- Advisory service for research and consultation of documentary and bibliographical collections.
- Consultation of inventories of collections deposited in the Archive.
- Auxiliary library with reference, historical and regional works.
- Very complete auxiliary newspaper library in the regional section, made up of 110 titles.
- Reproduction: photocopies and digitisation of documents.
Timetables
Winter hours
Morning: Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Afternoon: Monday to Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
On Friday afternoon, the consultation will be open if there are requests by appointment.
Summer hours
From June 1 to September 30, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.