What We Do
Acting within the Corporate Governance Service of Aberdeen City Council, the unit provides an important service to members and officials while maintaining a strong public profile through our searchroom services and outreach activities.
We also provide a professional archives service for Aberdeenshire Council.
We ensure that the records are housed in secure accommodation under suitable environmental conditions on our two sites - the Town House and Old Aberdeen House.
Fragile material is protected and stored appropriately and conservation of documents is undertaken by specialists when required.
The records are sorted and catalogued by us and made available to the public in the our searchrooms. Our Online Catalogue has detailed descriptions of many of our collections and is continually updated so remember to keep checking back. Collection level descriptions of some of our records are also available on the Scottish Archive Network (SCAN).
Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives offers a full range of modern reader services at our two public search rooms. Access to most of the records held in the Archives is free to the public, however, users of certain classes of records for commercial purposes will be subject to charges. Details of our charges are available via our Table of Fees or on request.
We offer:
- E-mail, telephone, fax & postal enquiries answered (subject to our research charges)
- Record surveys
- Talks & workshops
- Historical exhibitions
- Reproductions of original documents
You can also download our Information Leaflets for further information or check our Frequently Asked Questions.
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