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National Archives of Guyana
D'Urban Park Homestretch Avenue
Georgetown, Demerara
Guyana
Telephone: 592-227-7687/592-226-3852/592-226-3852
Email: narchivesguyana@yahoo.com

The National Archives of Guyana principally contain archival material from the nineteenth century colonial government of British Guiana and material when the provinces of Berbice, Essequibo, and Demerara were Dutch colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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National Archives of Guyana (Dutch)
Address: PO Box Postbus 15648 1001 NC Amsterdam
Email: post@dutchculture.nl

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National Archives of Overseas (ANOM)
29 chemin du moulin de Testas - CS50062
13182 Aix-en-Provence
CEDEX 5 France

Telephone: + 33 (0)4 42 93 38 50
Email: anom.aix@culture.gouv.fr

• 1677 to 1907 - Overseas National Archives, Guyana
  

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The British National Archives
The National Archives
Bessant Dr, Richmond TW9 4DU
United Kingdom

Libraries

The National Library
76/77 Church and Main Streets
Georgetown, Guyana
Telephone: 592 226 2690/227 4053
Email: natlib@sdnp.org.gy

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University of Guyana Library
Turkeyen Campus
Georgetown, Guyana
Telephone: 592 642-7003/222-5401/222-4931
Email: gwyneth.george@uog.edu.gy
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Museums

Guyana National Museum
Company Path
Georgetown 413741 Guyana
Telephone: 592 225 7191
Email: guyananationalmuseum@gmail.com

The Guyana National Museum is located on North Road in a building complex which opened in 1951. The Museum’s collections were housed previously in the Carnegie Building. The Guyana National Museum in Georgetown has a collection of flora and fauna, precious stones found in our land formation, archaeological findings, and examples of Amerindian arts and crafts. This museum is the largest and house most of our general artifacts.

Record Offices

The Registrar General
General Register Office
GPO Building
Robb Street
Georgetown, Guyana

Telephone: +592 225 7561

+592 226 4575

Fax: +592 227 6861

Email: groguyana@gmail.com

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