The 'Vasile Parvan' Institute of Archaeology in Bucharest (RO) is the main institution specialised in archaeological research in Romania, and a member of the Romanian Academy. As the oldest research institution in Romania (dating back from 1834), the IAB possessing a rich archaeological, , excavations and studies carried out by foreign archaeologists, participation to international archaeological congresses and exhibitions, Romanian archaeological patrimony in numismatic and epigraphic patrimony, together with an extremely rich archive bearing on the general and institutional history of archaeology in the country. This archive contains administrative documents, personal documents of various personalities of Romanian archaeology, reports concerning archaeological findings and research, heritage management, and correspondence with other institutions and personalities from within the country and abroad. Our main research direction within the AREA project concerns the topic of "Archaeology abroad", investigating such aspects as: training of Romanian archaeologists in the western European countriesforeign museums, personal connections of local archaeologists etc. These research directions have all important relevance and implications which reach beyond the country's borders, and that they can be best followed through intensive archival research in Romania and across Europe.