The Shumen State Archive is a division within the Regional State Archives of Varna Directorate. It manages the selection, acquisition, registration, processing, preservation and provision for use of the documents identified for permanent storage, which come from the district administration, the municipalities of the Shumen region, the territorial structures of the state bodies and other state and municipal institutions, organisations and important figures of local significance. The archive is also responsible for scientific and methodological guidance and control of the organisation, preservation and use of documents in the archival services.