The city archive is assigned to the department of culture and sports of the city of Garbsen. With its historical public relations work, it contributes to a lively cultural life in the young city, which was only founded in 1974. The core tasks of the municipal archive are the evaluation, acquisition and indexing of archival records from the area of the city of Garbsen and its predecessor municipalities (Berenbostel, Frielingen, (Alt)Garbsen, Havelse, Heitlingen, Horst, Meyenfeld, Osterwald o. E., Osterwald u.E., Schloß Ricklingen and Stelingen).