While archives are widely recognized as essential for democratic governance, namely, ensuring transparency, accountability, and collective memory, they are rarely treated as constitutional objects. However, around 30 of the world’s nearly 200 constitutions mention archives explicitly. This chapter examines the underexplored role of archives in national constitutions and attempts to categorize these references into four functional categories: Rights, Authority and Duty, Value, and Existence. This chapter concludes by linking archives to broader themes of mnemonic constitutionalism and institutional integrity.