Historia Helvetica is an archival consortium connecting historical photos from five Switzerland regions together: Notre Histoire, UnsereGeschichte, LaNostraIstoria, Nossa Istorigia, and GeneveMonde. We created the cooperative portal--which supports Photos, Audio, Video, Testimonials--to enable the public to publish their own audiovisual archives (photos, films, audios) and combine them with a selection of documents from heritage institutions, including the archives of Radio Télévision Suisse.

Other institutions (museums, libraries, etc.) soon joined the project.

We aim to create a shared feeling for the lives of individuals and give them recognition as part of the collective memory of our region (French-speaking, German-speaking, Italian-speaking Romansh-speaking and International Switzerland).

We thrive on the possibility for each person to give their own story a place in a collective history, and the prospect of finding an echo, an understanding. Over time, the public has made the platform their own, and is the driving force behind its activity.