The main tasks of the City Archives consist of:
- Acquiring, managing and making available the Amsterdam archive and documentary heritage. The collections include digital, printed and written material, maps, drawings, prints, photos and audiovisual documentation;
- Ensuring that the archives of the city of Amsterdam are transferred to the City Archives in an orderly and accessible state;
- Managing information in whatever form;
- Supervising the requirements of completeness, authenticity, integrity and accessibility of information in the primary processes and process applications