THE
EUROPA ARCHIEF
MATHIEU SEGERS
Commissioned by the Province of Limburg, Studio Europa is developing an archive on the history of the Maastricht Treaty and the EU. The archive is named after historian and European expert Professor Mathieu Segers (1976-2023), under whose guidance the realisation of the archive started in 2018.
The Europa Archive Mathieu Segers (EAMS) consists of the legacies of key players in European integration and documents from government bodies that provide insight in the background and realization of the treaty and its most important elements: the establishment of the EU and the introduction of the euro.
Studio Europa is opening the collection for a broad audience with the help of archivists from the Social History Centre Limburg and specialists from the Maastricht Library and Maastricht Museum.
The EAMS opened on November 28, 2024 in Center Céramique. You can view the first parts of the collection here by appointment.
The collection
Consult the collection at Centre Céramique
The archival documents and objects from the EAMS can be viewed by appointment in the reading room of Centre Céramique (fourth floor). The Maastricht Library, located in Centre Céramique, provides a specialized reference library to support research in the archive.
The archival documents or objects you wish to study can be requested by email at publieksservice@maastricht.nl, specifying the correct inventory and inventory numbers [for example: Archive of Edmund P. Wellenstein, inventory numbers 3, 7, and 1-16].
You can request to consult items until 15:00 on the working day before your visit. Centre Céramique will contact you to schedule an appointment.
In 2024, the Mathieu Segers Europe Archive has been named the academic heritage of Maastricht University
Digitisation project
Foreign Affairs archives
Together with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Studio Europa Maastricht is working on digitising the ministry’s main files on the run-up and the makings of the Maastricht Treaty.
In this project, we also focus on the subsequent treaties that have been decisive in fleshing out the treaty: the treaties of Amsterdam (1997), Nice (2001), and Lisbon (2007). The third focal point is the development of the Economic and Monetary Union from 1988 to 2012.
We hope to present the first part of this digital collection during 2026/27.
