Urgell Regional Archive (ACUR)
The Regional Archive of l’Urgell (ACUR) was created on 14 July 1982, through an agreement signed between the Department of Culture and the Tàrrega City Council. On 22 November 1986, its new headquarters were inaugurated, located in the old town of the city, and it was integrated into the Regional Archives Network of the Catalan Goverment (Generalitat de Catalunya). Since 1989, the Regional Council of Urgell has exercised management powers.
The ACUR preserves public and private collections from the region. The fundamental nucleus is the municipal collection of Tàrrega, but there are also others, among which the Pedrolo family’s patrimonial collection (13th-18th centuries), the collection of the J. Trepat agricultural machinery factory (20th century) and that of the Ateneu de Tàrrega are worth highlighting. And this is without forgetting the musical collections. Likewise, it also has an auxiliary library specializing in topics related to the history of Urgell, and a newspaper library with various titles of periodical publications from the region.
Plan your visit
What can I do?
- Chronological scope: 12th-21st centuries.
- Conferences, talks, exhibitions, workshops and courses.
- Guided visits aimed at educational centres or other groups that request it.
- Document consultation.
- Library and auxiliary newspaper library with abundant regional bibliography and general reference works.
- The newspaper library has local and regional newspapers from the lands of Ponent.
- Reading device.
- Microfilm player installed in the consultation room.
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.
