1 May 2012 saw the grand opening of the new Arkivcentrum Syd (ACS). Visitors can view the contents of the archive on new, functional premises.
The principal organisers behind ACS are the Regional Archives in Lund, Lund University and Region Skåne. Other participating bodies include the archive organisation Lund City Archives, the County Police Authority in Skåne and Skånes arkivförbund (the Skåne Archive Association), as well as the genealogical research organisations DIS Syd and Skånes Genealogiska Förbund (the Genealogical Society of Skåne). A number of other organisations have joined in since 2012: Lunds biologiska museer (the Biological Museums of Lund) and Folklivsarkivet (the Folklore Archive).
ACS now accommodates 440 shelf-kilometres of documents.

The public areas include reading rooms with a total of 50 seats, conference and meeting rooms, a reference library, a reception area and a break room where refreshments can be purchased.

Dehumidifiers from DST and their local reseller, Skandiluft Avfuktarservice AB, were chosen when selecting equipment for the new archive. Two DST dehumidifiers were already installed at another archive. These proved to be very effective, and they were serviced very efficiently by Skandiluft Avfuktarservice.
Several large DST dehumidifiers from DST have been installed at Arkivcentrum Syd in Lund.

Museums and archives
Moisture poses a threat to the preservation of antiques and museum artefacts. Paintings, furniture, linens and other organic materials contain microorganisms which thrive and multiply if the ambient air has a high level of relative humidity. This can cause irreparable damage.
Vast numbers of artefacts to be put on display and preserved for future generations are kept at museums and archives. Of course, this makes stringent demands of a well controlled indoor climate.
Paintings, furniture, linens and other organic materials contain microorganisms which thrive and multiply if the ambient humidity is excessively high. Valuable metal artefacts preserved in museums may be damaged by oxidation and corrosion.
It is possible to regulate the relative humidity on the premises so as to avoid costly and complex restoration work. If relative humidity is restricted within certain ranges, microorganisms cannot thrive, bacteria cannot grow and corrosion cannot occur.