Since its inauguration in 1975, de Appel presented 1131 events and exhibitions, made in collaborations with 29.682 people, 945 collectives, and 4.134 institutes from 436 cities and 68 countries. It had 6 directors, and 5 interim directors, and occupied 7 different addresses in Amsterdam and had at least one nomadic period. The Archive of de Appel today has around 13.188 books, 3.043 magazines, 469 videos and films, 266 audio recordings, 221 posters, 191 artworks, 113 articles and innumerable photographs.

De Appel Archive tells a multitude of stories about De Appel’s living past and lively present through books, ephemera, video, audio, manuscripts, correspondence, witness reports and art.

The documentation centre that the founder of De Appel, Wies Smals, started in 1975 is now known as De Appel Archive. The archive is constantly being expanded with records like books, ephemera, video, audio, manuscripts, correspondence, witness reports and art works of exhibitions and performances, but also of lectures, symposia, informal presentations, conversations and other events.