The Medici Archive Project is a not-for-profit corporation that plays a leadership role in the field of historical research.  The chief focus of the Project's activity is the Archive of the Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany (1537-1743), housed in the Archivio di Stato in Florence, Italy.

The Project is achieving the following goals in collaboration with institutions around the world:

• creating worldwide public access to the historical data in the Medici Granducal Archive by way of a fully searchable on-line database
  
• developing new technological solutions for information management in the humanities through the pioneering challenge of accessing the Medici Granducal Archive
  
• training emerging scholars in the values and methods of archival research through hands-on work in the Medici Granducal Archive
  
• encouraging the publication of documentary material, in the Medici Granducal Archive and elsewhere, in print and electronic formats
  
• advocating the importance of the Medici Granducal Archive and other documentary sources in achieving a full understanding of human activity in past ages.