The national archive of Estonia is the center of archive management with departments in Tallinn, Tartu, Rakvere and Valga. The main objective of National archive — to provide preserving and use of written memory of society, documentary cultural heritage for present and future generations. The national archive collects and stores the records documenting history, culture, statehood and social conditions in Estonia is time-invariant, places of creation or the nature of the data medium.