The Arquivo Distrital de Beja, is a regional archive with a service nature dependent on the Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB), a central service under the direct administration of the State, integrated in the Ministry of Culture under the terms Decree-Law No. 103/2012 of May 16 and Ordinance No. 192/2012 of June 19, having been created in 1965 by Decree No. 46350 of May 22. 
The Arquivo Distrital de Beja holds a diverse universe of archival heritage of about 500 documentary funds, including original documents from 1420 to the present day, in the most varied types of support, fulfilling its main mission of safeguarding, enhancing and publicizing this heritage.