The PERMM archive grew out of the museum’s institutional archive. Its key mission is to collect and preserve materials related to contemporary art in Perm. The collection includes invitations, exhibition booklets, photographs and video recordings of events, press releases, press clippings, interviews, and artists’ descriptions and sketches of works.
In recent years the archive has added to its collection documents from Perm-based artists and institutions, including the self-organized space Dom Gruzchika and ArtPolitika School of Contemporary Art.