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Adding local short description: "National archives of Chile", overriding Wikidata description "national monument of Chile"

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{{Short description|National archives of Chile}}
{{Expand Spanish|Archivo Nacional de Chile|topic=cult|date=December 2009}}

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| name = National Archives of Chile
| native_name = Archivo Nacional de Chile
| type = [[National archives]]
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| image_caption = Main building of the National Archives of Chile in [[Santiago]].
| formed = {{Start date and age|1927|11|25}}
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| headquarters = Miraflores 50, [[Santiago de Chile]]
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| chief1_name = Emma de Ramón Acevedo
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The '''National Archives of Chile''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: {{lang|es|Archivo Nacional de Chile}}) is a public organization of the Chilean state, created in 1927 with the goal to "collect and conserve the archives of the Departments of State and all the documents and manucsrpits related to the [[history of Chile|national history]], and to oversee their organization and use".<ref>"''reunir y conservar los archivos de los Departamentos de Estado y todos los documentos y manuscritos relativos a la [[Historia de Chile|historia nacional]], y atender a su ordenación y aprovechamiento''" [[Congreso Nacional de Chile]], "''Ley Nº 7.217 que crea el Archivo Nacional de Chile"''.</ref> It is treated as a dependent organization of the [[Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos]] (Direction of [[Library|Libraries]], Archives, and [[Museum]]s), which is administered by the [[Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes de Chile]] (National Council on Culture and the Arts).

==History==

The organization has its historical roots in several specialized archives created by different public organizations of the Chilean state. In its foundational form, it was an office attached to the General Archive of the [[Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas de Chile]] (National Institute of [[Statistics]] of Chile), created in 1847 under the auspices of [[president of Chile|President]] [[Manuel Bulnes]]. The "''Ley Orgánica de Ministerios''" ("[[Organic law|Organic Law]] of Ministries") of 1887 ordered the creation of the ''Archivo General de Gobierno'' (General Archive of the Government), a dependent to the [[Ministerio de Educación de Chile|Ministerio de Justicia e Instrucción Pública de Chile]] (Ministry of Justice and Public Instruction of Chile), which, together with the department of [[manuscript]]s of the [[Biblioteca Nacional de Chile]] ([[National library|National Library]] of Chile) and the documents of the [[Archivo Judicial de Chile]] (Judicial Archive of Chile), was reorganized in to a single dependency called the '''Archivo Nacional de Chile'''.

With the creation of the Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, the administration of the dependency was not modified, and the Archive continued under the [[DIBAM]]. In reality, the Archivo Nacional was located beside the building of the Biblioteca Nacional, at the exit of the [[Santiago Metro]] [[Santa Lucía metro station (Santiago)|Santa Lucía station]], on the street Miraflores.

[[File:Nazi assembly in Chile.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|Photograph from the collection of a [[Nazi]] assembly which includes women, [[Hitler Youth]], and other children]]

==Collection==
The collection includes extensive records on [[Nazism in Chile|Nazi activities in the country]], related to spy operations and the [[Ratlines (World War II aftermath)|Ratlines]] (routes used to escape Germany) around the time of [[World War II]].<ref>[https://www.archivonacional.gob.cl/sitio/Contenido/Institucional/77097:Transferencia-de-Archivos-del-Departamento-50-de-la-Direccion-General-de-Investigaciones Transfer of Archives of Department 50 of the General Directorate of Investigations] – National Archives of Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2022.</ref> Some photographs were shown on [[History (American TV network)|History]]'s investigative documentary series ''[[Hunting Hitler]]''.

==Location==
The building housing the National Archives is located at 50 Miraflores Street, downtown [[Santiago]]. The building was built between 1915 and 1935 in the [[neoclassical style]],<ref name="CMN">{{Cite web
|url = http://www.monumentos.cl/OpenSupport_Monumento/asp/PopUpFicha/ficha_publica.asp?monumento=882
|title = Archivo Nacional
|publisher = [[National Monuments Council (Chile)|National Monuments Council]]
|language = Spanish
|accessdate = 17 October 2013
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131019150241/http://www.monumentos.cl/OpenSupport_Monumento/asp/PopUpFicha/ficha_publica.asp?monumento=882
|archivedate = 19 October 2013
}}</ref> is attached to the building housing the [[Biblioteca Nacional de Chile]]. The building occupies a blockfront between [[Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins]] and Moneda Street, and faces the [[Santa Lucía Hill]]. The building was originally designed to house the [[Chilean National History Museum]], which was moved to its current location in 1982. Since that year the building has served as the home for the National Archives.<ref name="CMN"/>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Archivo Nacional de Chile}}

* [http://www.archivonacional.cl/sitio/ National Archives of Chile (in Spanish only)]

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[[Category:National archives|Chile]]
[[Category:Cultural organisations based in Chile]]
[[Category:Archives in Chile]]

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