Since 1993 the archives of the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle collect and keep varied archive materials which are both available to staff and scholars. The archives document mainly exhibitions, events in the Forum and events organized by other institutions which are taking place in the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle as well as the hall's history.

In addition, the archives holds a collection of newspaper articles on the subject "art and culture", covering a time span from 1945 until 1982.

The archives' collection includes the following materials:

• Paper division (files, correspondence, invitations, exhibition catalogues etc.)
• Poster collection (poster from exhibitions and other events)
• Arrangement plans (architecture of exhibitions and position of exhibits)
• Photo archives (photographs, slides, installations, of the architecture of the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle etc.)
• Video and sound archives (documentation of exhibitions and events) Especially the video archives are of high interest. They contain numerous TV productions which were produced in cooperation with major TV stations like the WDR, SAT1, SAT2, ARD and ZDF.