Directory · 16 entries

Web archives: who runs them, what they collect and who can view them

This directory lists public and national web archives with their operator, collecting scope and access rules. The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine collects publicly available pages worldwide through crawls ^1,2. National libraries collect under legal deposit or permission, such as the UK regulations of 2013 ⁴. Rows for some archives come only from the IIPC members list, which shows the body is a member ¹⁰. Blank cells mean the source read did not state the fact.

Last checked 6 November 2026

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Wayback Machine
Country
International
Operator
Internet Archive ¹
Scope
Publicly available web pages from its own crawls and Alexa Internet crawls. Not password pages, forms or robots-blocked pages ^1,2
Access
Open online to anyone, with Save Page Now for single pages ^1,2
Source
Internet Archive help pages ^1,2
UK Web Archive
Country
United Kingdom
Operator
British Library with the UK legal deposit libraries ³
Scope
Websites since 2005, whole UK domain since 2013, plus a .uk collection 1996 to 2013 from the Internet Archive ³
Access
Over 19,000 sites online with owner permission, the rest only on library premises ³
Source
British Library ³, Non-Print Works Regulations 2013 ⁴
UK Government Web Archive
Country
United Kingdom
Operator
The National Archives ⁵
Scope
UK government information published online, including websites, images, videos and social media content from 1996 ⁵
Access
Online, with an A to Z listing and search ⁵
Source
The National Archives ⁵
Library of Congress Web Archives
Country
United States
Operator
Library of Congress ⁶
Scope
Since 2000. Congress, all Judicial Branch sites, US national election campaigns, selected executive and foreign sites ⁶
Access
Public, under notice and permission rules for site owners ⁶
Source
Library of Congress collections policy, July 2022 ⁶
Archives de l'internet
Country
France
Operator
Bibliothèque nationale de France ⁷
Scope
French domain under a legal deposit law of 1 August 2006, 5.8 million domains collected in 2022 ⁷
Access
Accredited researchers, on site ⁷
Source
BnF ⁷
Government of Canada Web Archive
Country
Canada
Operator
Library and Archives Canada ⁸
Scope
Canadian web resources and federal web content back to 2005, under section 8 (2) of the Library and Archives of Canada Act ⁸
Access
Online with full-text search and thematic collections ⁸
Source
Library and Archives Canada, 29 July 2025 ⁸
PANDORA and the Australian Web Archive
Country
Australia
Operator
National Library of Australia and partners ⁹
Scope
Australian websites, with PANDORA now part of the larger Australian Web Archive ⁹
Access
Searchable in Trove ⁹
Source
National Library of Australia ⁹
WARP
Country
Japan
Operator
National Diet Library ¹¹
Scope
Since 2002. Government bodies, local governments, agencies and public universities, other sites with permission ¹¹
Access
Some captures online, some on NDL premises only ¹¹
Source
National Diet Library ¹¹
Netarkivet
Country
Denmark
Operator
Royal Danish Library ¹⁰
Source
IIPC members list ¹⁰
Arquivo.pt, Portuguese Web Archive
Country
Portugal
Operator
FCCN-FCT ¹⁰
Source
IIPC members list ¹⁰
Web archive of the National Library Board
Country
Singapore
Operator
National Library Board Singapore ¹⁰
Source
IIPC members list ¹⁰
Web archive of the National Library of China
Country
China
Operator
National Library of China ¹⁰
Source
IIPC members list ¹⁰
Web archive of the National Library of Korea
Country
South Korea
Operator
National Library of Korea ¹⁰
Source
IIPC members list ¹⁰
Web archive of the National Library of New Zealand
Country
New Zealand
Operator
National Library of New Zealand ¹⁰
Source
IIPC members list ¹⁰
Web archive of Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Country
Egypt
Operator
Bibliotheca Alexandrina ¹⁰
Source
IIPC members list ¹⁰
Web archive of the Publications Office of the EU
Country
European Union
Operator
Publications Office of the European Union ¹⁰
Source
IIPC members list ¹⁰

Notes

The UK regulations let deposit libraries request online works by means of a web harvester and allow only one terminal to show the same material at a time ⁴.
The IIPC members page did not list a member institution from India, South Africa or Brazil when read in November 2026 ¹⁰.

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Wayback Machine

UK Web Archive

UK Government Web Archive

Library of Congress Web Archives

Archives de l'internet

Government of Canada Web Archive

PANDORA and the Australian Web Archive

WARP

Netarkivet

Arquivo.pt, Portuguese Web Archive

Web archive of the National Library Board

Web archive of the National Library of China

Web archive of the National Library of Korea

Web archive of the National Library of New Zealand

Web archive of Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Web archive of the Publications Office of the EU

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