also: ぶんしょかん
Refers to a building or institution where historical documents and records are stored and preserved.
I found an old map at the city archives.
This archive has many documents from the Edo period.
公文書館 is a public records office or government archives, often used for official documents. 文書館 is a broader term for any archive.
archival science; archive studies
Standard kanji spelling. The reading もんじょかん is the most common pronunciation.
Alternate reading. Less common but still encountered.
Compound of 文書 (document) and 館 (building). The reading もんじょかん uses the older reading もんじょ for 文書, while ぶんしょかん uses the more common modern reading.