History
The Tattoo Archive was founded in Berkeley, California in 1980 by C. W. Eldridge. It operated in Berkeley until 2007 when it relocated to Winston Salem, North Carolina. The Tattoo Archive has always been a working tattoo shop offering custom tattoo work as well as promoting the history of tattooing.
Specialties
The Tattoo Archive is a tattoo shop which does custom tattooing by appointment as well walk-ins. It is also home to our online store selling tattoo collectibles from around the world. Here, you can also find the BookMistress' tattoo books and the Paul Rogers Tattoo Research Center (PRTRC), a nonprofit corporation with the primary goal of preserving tattoo history.