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Archives[edit | edit source]

National Archive of Honduras 'Antonio Ramon Vallejo' (Archivo Nacional de Honduras)
Barrio El Centro
Christopher Columbus Avenue
Salvador Mendieta Street
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Telephone: (504) 222-8338
Email: archivonacionaldehonduras@yahoo.es
Website

In the National Archive of Honduras is the documentary funds divided based on the periodization of the History of Honduras, Colonial, Federal and Republican era and additionally has a hemerographic fund and another with the records of land titles of 16 of the 18 departments that administratively form the country.

Central American Archives
4th Avenue, 7th and 8th Streets, Zone 1
Guatemala City, Guatemala

This History of the General Archive of Central America located in Guatemala gives more detail on the types of records held.
CRL (Center for Research Libraries) Acquires Central American Archives
Finding Aid
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Accessing the CRL Collections Information on borrowing records
"The Archivo General de Centroamérica (Central American Archives) 1544-1821, in Guatemala, is the most comprehensive collection found anywhere in the world of historical records spanning the period of Spanish rule in the Americas. The holdings of the Archivo include myriad types of documents covering a host of cultural, legislative, judicial, fiscal, economic, religious, military, agricultural and commercial matters pertaining to the Kingdom of Guatemala, an area which, from the time of the Conquest in 1544 through 1821, embraced modern-day Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Mexican State of Chiapas."[1]

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History Library
“Dr. Jesús Núñez Chinchilla” Old Presidential House Historical Center AP 1518
Tegucigalpa, MDC Honduras
Telephone: (+504) 9561-0625
Email: libraryihah1@gmail.com
Website


Juan Ramón Molina National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Juan Ramón Molina)
Avenida Miguel Cervantes
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Telephone: (504) 2222 8577


Libreria Cultura
Bo. Guamilito 8 Avenida 1 y 2 Calle
San Pedro Sula
Telephone: (504) 2550 5750
Email: servicioalcliente@libreriaculturahn.com
Website: Facebook


National Autonomous University of Honduras (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras UNAH)
Boulevard Suyapa
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Telephone: (504) 235 3361
Email: info@unah.edu.hn
Website: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras

Museums[edit | edit source]

Museum of Anthropology and History
3 Avenida between 3 and 4 blocks NW
San Pedro Sula
Telephone: (504) 2557 1874/557 1496
Email: museosps@yahoo.com
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Public institution at the national service of society, which acquires, preserves, researches, communicates and exhibits for the purposes of study and education. It treasures in its exhibition halls the most transcendental archaeological collections in the cultural history of the city.

Museum for National Identity
Calle El Telegrafo
Tegucigalpa
Telephone: (504) 2238 7412/2238 7395
Email: info@min.hn

Located in the heart of Tegucigalpa’s historical center, the Museum for National Identity summarizes the nation’s historical and cultural identity through its collection of art and artifacts from around Honduras. The exhibits, housed within a nineteenth century hospital that once served as the Palace of Ministries, begin with the geological formation of Honduras and continue through to the present day.

For a list of museums in Honduras, go to List of museums in Honduras in Wikipedia.

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

Registro Nacional de las Personas Tegucigalpa (Website is in Spanish.)
Address: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Telephone: +504 9775-2964

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Archivo General de Centro America, 1544-1821. Guatemala." at Center for Research Libraries. https://catalog.crl.edu/Record/ab5229b5-a49e-5e58-8fad-e16946ba2a03, accessed 18 October 2022. CRL purchased microfilms of the complete set of the Archivo General de Centroamérica (Central American Archives, or CAA)