diff --git a/projects/bp-gallery/cypress/e2e/start.cy.ts b/projects/bp-gallery/cypress/e2e/start.cy.ts
index 2c8474679..a6df6bd85 100644
--- a/projects/bp-gallery/cypress/e2e/start.cy.ts
+++ b/projects/bp-gallery/cypress/e2e/start.cy.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ describe('Start view', () => {
 
   it('shows the archive cards and browse view', () => {
     cy.get('.archives').should('exist');
-    cy.get('.archive').should('exist');
+    cy.get('[data-testid="archive"]').should('exist');
     cy.get('.browse-container').should('exist');
   });
 
   it('shows the picture count for the archive cards', () => {
-    cy.contains('.archive', 'Herbert-Ahrens-Bilderarchiv').contains('5 Bilder');
+    cy.contains('[data-testid="archive"]', 'Herbert-Ahrens-Bilderarchiv').contains('5 Bilder');
   });
 
   it('should have a visible navigation bar', () => {
diff --git a/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/archives/ArchiveCheckboxField.tsx b/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/archives/ArchiveCheckboxField.tsx
index eb1478d3c..73b1b3be9 100644
--- a/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/archives/ArchiveCheckboxField.tsx
+++ b/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/archives/ArchiveCheckboxField.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const ArchiveCheckboxField = ({ defaultValue, id, onChange, label }: ArchiveInpu
   );
 
   return (
-    <div className='archive-form-div'>
+    <div className='archive-form-div my-2'>
       <label className='archive-form-label' htmlFor={`archive-form-${id}`} />
       <FormControlLabel
         label={label}
diff --git a/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/archives/ArchiveEditView.tsx b/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/archives/ArchiveEditView.tsx
index 1c9008df8..4b331dd76 100644
--- a/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/archives/ArchiveEditView.tsx
+++ b/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/archives/ArchiveEditView.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ interface ArchiveForm {
   paypalPurpose: string;
   logo?: File;
   links: LinkInfo[];
+  hidden: boolean;
   restrictImageDownloading: boolean;
   dirty: boolean;
   invalid?: boolean;
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ const ArchiveEditView = ({ archiveId }: ArchiveEditViewProps) => {
     paypalDonationText: '',
     paypalPurpose: '',
     links: [],
+    hidden: false,
     restrictImageDownloading: false,
     dirty: false,
   });
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ const ArchiveEditView = ({ archiveId }: ArchiveEditViewProps) => {
       paypalDonationText: archive?.paypalDonationText ?? '',
       paypalPurpose: archive?.paypalPurpose ?? '',
       links: archive?.links ?? [],
+      hidden: archive?.hidden ?? false,
       restrictImageDownloading: archive?.restrictImageDownloading ?? false,
     });
   }, [archive]);
@@ -180,6 +183,7 @@ const ArchiveEditView = ({ archiveId }: ArchiveEditViewProps) => {
                 'paypalClient',
                 'paypalDonationText',
                 'paypalPurpose',
+                'hidden',
                 'restrictImageDownloading',
               ]),
               logo,
@@ -200,6 +204,7 @@ const ArchiveEditView = ({ archiveId }: ArchiveEditViewProps) => {
               'paypalClient',
               'paypalDonationText',
               'paypalPurpose',
+              'hidden',
               'restrictImageDownloading',
             ]),
           },
@@ -331,6 +336,12 @@ const ArchiveEditView = ({ archiveId }: ArchiveEditViewProps) => {
               onBlur={value => updateForm({ paypalPurpose: value, dirty: true })}
               placeholder={t('archives.edit.paypal.purpose-placeholder')}
             />
+            <ArchiveCheckboxField
+              defaultValue={archive.hidden ?? false}
+              label={t('archives.edit.hidden')}
+              id='hidden'
+              onChange={value => updateForm({ hidden: value, dirty: true })}
+            />
             <ArchiveCheckboxField
               defaultValue={archive.restrictImageDownloading ?? false}
               label={t('archives.edit.restrictImageDownloading')}
diff --git a/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/start/StartView.tsx b/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/start/StartView.tsx
index e76615728..735dc6297 100644
--- a/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/start/StartView.tsx
+++ b/projects/bp-gallery/src/components/views/start/StartView.tsx
@@ -48,25 +48,35 @@ const StartView = () => {
     fallback: { clientId: '', donationText: '', purposeText: '' },
   });
 
-  const archiveCards = archives?.map(archive => {
-    const sharedProps = {
-      archiveName: archive.name,
-      archiveDescription: archive.shortDescription ?? '',
-      archiveId: archive.id,
-      archivePictureCount: pictureCounts?.find(pictureCount => pictureCount.id === archive.id)
-        ?.count,
-    };
+  const archiveCards = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      archives
+        ?.filter(archive => isLoggedIn || !archive.hidden)
+        ?.map(archive => {
+          const sharedProps = {
+            archiveName: archive.name,
+            archiveDescription: archive.shortDescription ?? '',
+            archiveId: archive.id,
+            archivePictureCount: pictureCounts?.find(pictureCount => pictureCount.id === archive.id)
+              ?.count,
+          };
 
-    return (
-      <div className='archive' key={archive.id}>
-        {archive.showcasePicture ? (
-          <ArchiveCard picture={archive.showcasePicture} {...sharedProps} />
-        ) : (
-          <ArchiveCardWithoutPicture {...sharedProps} />
-        )}
-      </div>
-    );
-  });
+          return (
+            <div
+              className={archive.hidden ? 'brightness-90 opacity-50' : ''}
+              key={archive.id}
+              data-testid='archive'
+            >
+              {archive.showcasePicture ? (
+                <ArchiveCard picture={archive.showcasePicture} {...sharedProps} />
+              ) : (
+                <ArchiveCardWithoutPicture {...sharedProps} />
+              )}
+            </div>
+          );
+        }),
+    [archives, isLoggedIn, pictureCounts]
+  );
 
   const showStories = useFlag('showstories');
   const tabs: OverviewContainerTab[] = useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/APIConnector.tsx b/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/APIConnector.tsx
index ca9ee0ec4..0655984a7 100644
--- a/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/APIConnector.tsx
+++ b/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/APIConnector.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export type ArchiveTag = {
   createdAt?: Maybe<Scalars['DateTime']>;
   email?: Maybe<Scalars['String']>;
   exhibitions?: Maybe<ExhibitionRelationResponseCollection>;
+  hidden?: Maybe<Scalars['Boolean']>;
   links?: Maybe<LinkRelationResponseCollection>;
   logo?: Maybe<UploadFileEntityResponse>;
   longDescription?: Maybe<Scalars['String']>;
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ export type ArchiveTagFiltersInput = {
   createdAt?: InputMaybe<DateTimeFilterInput>;
   email?: InputMaybe<StringFilterInput>;
   exhibitions?: InputMaybe<ExhibitionFiltersInput>;
+  hidden?: InputMaybe<BooleanFilterInput>;
   id?: InputMaybe<IdFilterInput>;
   links?: InputMaybe<LinkFiltersInput>;
   longDescription?: InputMaybe<StringFilterInput>;
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ export type ArchiveTagFiltersInput = {
 export type ArchiveTagInput = {
   email?: InputMaybe<Scalars['String']>;
   exhibitions?: InputMaybe<Array<InputMaybe<Scalars['ID']>>>;
+  hidden?: InputMaybe<Scalars['Boolean']>;
   links?: InputMaybe<Array<InputMaybe<Scalars['ID']>>>;
   logo?: InputMaybe<Scalars['ID']>;
   longDescription?: InputMaybe<Scalars['String']>;
@@ -2772,6 +2775,7 @@ export type GetAllArchiveTagsQuery = {
       attributes?: {
         name: string;
         shortDescription?: string | null;
+        hidden?: boolean | null;
         showcasePicture?: {
           data?: {
             id?: string | null;
@@ -2855,6 +2859,7 @@ export type GetArchiveQuery = {
         paypalClient?: string | null;
         paypalDonationText?: string | null;
         paypalPurpose?: string | null;
+        hidden?: boolean | null;
         restrictImageDownloading?: boolean | null;
         logo?: {
           data?: {
@@ -4569,6 +4574,7 @@ export const GetAllArchiveTagsDocument = gql`
         attributes {
           name
           shortDescription
+          hidden
           showcasePicture {
             data {
               id
@@ -4944,6 +4950,7 @@ export const GetArchiveDocument = gql`
           paypalClient
           paypalDonationText
           paypalPurpose
+          hidden
           restrictImageDownloading
           logo {
             data {
diff --git a/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/operation.graphql b/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/operation.graphql
index 8550b2ac5..ca81c6a8c 100644
--- a/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/operation.graphql
+++ b/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/operation.graphql
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # NOTE: this file is auto-generated, edit /projects/bp-graphql/operations instead
 query canRunOperation( $operation: String! $variableSets: [JSON!] $withSomeVariables: Boolean ) { canRunOperation( operation: $operation variableSets: $variableSets withSomeVariables: $withSomeVariables ) }
-query getAllArchiveTags($sortBy: [String] = ["createdAt:asc"]) { archiveTags(sort: $sortBy) { data { id attributes { name shortDescription showcasePicture { data { id attributes { media { data { attributes { url updatedAt provider } } } } } } } } } }
+query getAllArchiveTags($sortBy: [String] = ["createdAt:asc"]) { archiveTags(sort: $sortBy) { data { id attributes { name shortDescription hidden showcasePicture { data { id attributes { media { data { attributes { url updatedAt provider } } } } } } } } } }
 query getAllCollections { collections(publicationState: PREVIEW) { data { id attributes { name parent_collections(publicationState: PREVIEW) { data { id attributes { name } } } } } } }
 query getAllKeywordTags { keywordTags { data { id attributes { name visible synonyms { name } } } } }
 query getAllLocationTags { getAllLocationTags }
 query getAllPersonTags { personTags { data { id attributes { name synonyms { name } } } } }
 query getAllPictureIds { pictures { data { id } } }
-query getArchive($archiveId: ID!) { archiveTag(id: $archiveId) { data { id attributes { name shortDescription longDescription email paypalClient paypalDonationText paypalPurpose restrictImageDownloading logo { data { id attributes { width height formats updatedAt provider } } } showcasePicture { data { id attributes { media { data { id attributes { width height formats url updatedAt provider } } } } } } links { data { id attributes { title url } } } } } } }
+query getArchive($archiveId: ID!) { archiveTag(id: $archiveId) { data { id attributes { name shortDescription longDescription email paypalClient paypalDonationText paypalPurpose hidden restrictImageDownloading logo { data { id attributes { width height formats updatedAt provider } } } showcasePicture { data { id attributes { media { data { id attributes { width height formats url updatedAt provider } } } } } } links { data { id attributes { title url } } } } } } }
 query getArchiveNames( $filters: ArchiveTagFiltersInput = {} $sortBy: [String] = ["createdAt:asc"] ) { archiveTags(filters: $filters sort: $sortBy) { data { id attributes { name } } } }
 query getArchivePictureCounts { archivePictureCounts { data { id attributes { count } } } }
 query getCollectionInfoById($collectionId: ID!) { collection(id: $collectionId) { data { id attributes { name description child_collections(sort: "name:asc" publicationState: PREVIEW) { data { id attributes { name publishedAt pictures(pagination: { limit: 1 }) { data { id } } child_collections(pagination: { limit: 1 } publicationState: PREVIEW) { data { id } } parent_collections(publicationState: PREVIEW) { data { id attributes { name } } } } } } } } } }
diff --git a/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/schema/schema.json b/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/schema/schema.json
index 488fd627f..9feb72f65 100644
--- a/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/schema/schema.json
+++ b/projects/bp-gallery/src/graphql/schema/schema.json
@@ -4987,6 +4987,16 @@
             },
             "defaultValue": null
           },
+          {
+            "name": "hidden",
+            "description": null,
+            "type": {
+              "kind": "INPUT_OBJECT",
+              "name": "BooleanFilterInput",
+              "ofType": null
+            },
+            "defaultValue": null
+          },
           {
             "name": "createdAt",
             "description": null,
@@ -5208,6 +5218,16 @@
             },
             "defaultValue": null
           },
+          {
+            "name": "hidden",
+            "description": null,
+            "type": {
+              "kind": "SCALAR",
+              "name": "Boolean",
+              "ofType": null
+            },
+            "defaultValue": null
+          },
           {
             "name": "publishedAt",
             "description": null,
@@ -5513,6 +5533,18 @@
             "isDeprecated": false,
             "deprecationReason": null
           },
+          {
+            "name": "hidden",
+            "description": null,
+            "args": [],
+            "type": {
+              "kind": "SCALAR",
+              "name": "Boolean",
+              "ofType": null
+            },
+            "isDeprecated": false,
+            "deprecationReason": null
+          },
           {
             "name": "createdAt",
             "description": null,
diff --git a/projects/bp-gallery/src/shared/locales/de.json b/projects/bp-gallery/src/shared/locales/de.json
index b3cd0719a..154444a07 100755
--- a/projects/bp-gallery/src/shared/locales/de.json
+++ b/projects/bp-gallery/src/shared/locales/de.json
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@
         "thankyou-label": "Vielen Dank für Ihre Spende von {{amount}}€",
         "error-label": "Es ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Es wurde nichts von ihrem Konto abgebucht, bitte versuchen Sie es erneut."
       },
+      "hidden": "Archiv verstecken",
       "restrictImageDownloading": "Herunterladen von Bildern einschränken"
     }
   },
diff --git a/projects/bp-graphql/src/operations/getAllArchiveTags.ts b/projects/bp-graphql/src/operations/getAllArchiveTags.ts
index b08eb8fce..cf048db4b 100644
--- a/projects/bp-graphql/src/operations/getAllArchiveTags.ts
+++ b/projects/bp-graphql/src/operations/getAllArchiveTags.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export default {
           attributes {
             name
             shortDescription
+            hidden
             showcasePicture {
               data {
                 id
diff --git a/projects/bp-graphql/src/operations/getArchive.ts b/projects/bp-graphql/src/operations/getArchive.ts
index 52ac3dde9..5d13c4dc6 100644
--- a/projects/bp-graphql/src/operations/getArchive.ts
+++ b/projects/bp-graphql/src/operations/getArchive.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export default {
             paypalClient
             paypalDonationText
             paypalPurpose
+            hidden
             restrictImageDownloading
             logo {
               data {
diff --git a/projects/bp-strapi/src/api/archive-tag/content-types/archive-tag/schema.json b/projects/bp-strapi/src/api/archive-tag/content-types/archive-tag/schema.json
index 10ed9ac61..f44304e35 100644
--- a/projects/bp-strapi/src/api/archive-tag/content-types/archive-tag/schema.json
+++ b/projects/bp-strapi/src/api/archive-tag/content-types/archive-tag/schema.json
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
       "type": "media",
       "multiple": false,
       "required": false,
-      "allowedTypes": ["images"]
+      "allowedTypes": [
+        "images"
+      ]
     },
     "paypalClient": {
       "type": "string"
@@ -65,6 +67,10 @@
       "relation": "oneToMany",
       "target": "api::exhibition.exhibition",
       "mappedBy": "archive_tag"
+    },
+    "hidden": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}