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The conception of Web 2.0, where the collective intelligence and technology is the key for its development and can be in the origin of a new concept of communication, has changed the way of work of institutions working with information. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze how Portuguese municipal archives use Facebook in promoting access and dissemination of information. The search made on Facebook using the terms "municipal archive" and "historical municipal archive" reveals that only 9 of this services use Facebook, showing a small participation of Portuguese municipal archives in this social platform. The search also revealed a low engagement of the organizations (9 in 308) and also that the engagement of users in the building and sharing of knowledge is lower still. The results show a small participation of Portuguese municipal archives on Facebook and that they are far away from the concepts of Web 2.0 and Archives 2.0. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]