World Wide Diplomatic Archives Index: Lithuania

Legislation

The Law on Documents and Archives stipulates that access to government documents shall be open unless they contain information which is a state secret.

Location

Archives of the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania: J.Tumo - Vaizganto str.2, LT - 01511 Vilnius

Procedures

The location of Foreign Affairs documents depends on the time period. Documents from post-1990 are found at the State Modern Archives. Documents from the Soviet period are found at the Central State Archives and documents from prior to 1918 are found at the State Historical Archives. Researchers may contact the relevant archive ahead of time or visit the reading room with a picture I.D.