PORTAL INSTITUCIONAL DEL MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA

Basic information

The Central Archive is responsible for the organisation, control, conservation, access and dissemination of the Department's documentary heritage, as well as a source of information, both for the Public Administrations and for citizens.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

• TO ATTEND THE CONSULTATION ROOM IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BY SENDING AN E-MAIL TO THIS ADDRESS: archivo.general@hacienda.gob.es

History

The Central Archive of the Ministry of Finance, created by Royal Order of 25 June 1850, is one of the oldest in the General State Administration. You can find out more about its history and evolution at the following link:

• History of the Ministry's Central Archives

Services

• To request access to the consultation room, an appointment is required: archivo.general@hacienda.gob.es
• Services to units and office archives of the Ministry:
  • Conservation and treatment of the documents.
  • Document transfer management
  • Administrative loan of files to production offices.
  • Processing of authorised disposal of documents.
  • Document assessment processes for processing requests to the Higher Commission for Classification of Administrative Documents for removal or conservation rulings.
  • Consultancy services for Electronic Administration relating to documents, files and archives.
• Citizen services:
  • Information on documentary funds.
  • Search and consult documents.
  • Reproduction of documents.
• Services through the website of the Ministry and the Electronic Office:
  • Archive information service.
  • Policy for the Management of the Department's Electronic Documents.
  • Procedure to req​uest certifications and authentic copies of documents and dossiers held in the General Archive.
  • Cultural diffusion
    • The Carillon of the Ministry of Finance (short documentary on the carillon of the Ministry of Finance)
      • Melodies played (Marcha Real, Parsifal, La verbena de la Paloma, La Bruja)

Contact

• Public opening hours and telephone: 91 595 57 96; 91 595 60 08, Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 14:30.
• Email: archivo.general@hacienda.gob.es
• Address: c/ Alcalá, 9 - Planta Baja. 28071-Madrid

Quality and Commitment

• Charter of S​ervices (PDF aprox. 1,2 MB)

Curiosities

• Cultural diffusion projects
  • The carillon of the Ministry of Finance, the first in Madrid. Find out about its curiosities through a short documentary and the melodies it played, reconstructed from the sound of its bells:
    • ​The carillon of the Ministry of Finance
  • Graphic Chronicle of the Royal Customs House. Different videos on the history and curiosities of the building of the Real Casa de la Aduana, the current headquarters of the Ministry of Finance.
    • Graphic Chronicle of the Royal Customs House