Archives Départementales de Vaucluse

Intended to bring together "all the titles and papers acquired during the Revolution" to make them accessible to citizens, from 1796, public repositories were created in the departmental capitals. Entrusted to the General Councils, they gathered the documents of the institutions abolished in 1790 as well as those of the new administrations. This historical documentary and cultural center preserves in a part of the Palais des Papes some twenty linear kilometers of documents classified in regulatory series. The oldest document dates back to the year 898.
Access to the archives is free for both those conducting research and visitors to the temporary exhibitions on display in the lobby. The departmental archives also host conferences and tours for associations.

The visit to the chapel of Benedict XII takes place during the European Heritage Days, during events organized by the departmental archives or during visits for associations.
Virtual tour of the chapel: https://www.v36.fr/visite-virtuelle/211213-AvignonChapelle/

The team is working to continue filing, taking care of documents, offering you more online resources and responding remotely to requests for access to information and preparing for your visit, or on the contrary, dispensing with it!

OPERATION OF THE READING ROOM:
You can attend the reception by making an appointment at 04 90 86 16 18 (limited places).
The room is open Tuesday – Wednesday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 13:30 p.m. to 17:XNUMX p.m.

IH: difficult access for disabled people (steep slope, bumpy surface and stairs).