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National Archives of Panama
Calidonia
Panama City, Panama
Website: Website

The National Archives of Panama contains court records, notary records for all provinces of Panama, a digital collection of all bills that have been passed since 1934 (bills passed between 1903-1934 are too fragile to digitize), land records, etc.

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Records of the Panama Canal
Website
Guides to Federal Records
U.S. National Archives

These records are part of the United States National Archives Federal Records from 1848 to 1984.

Libraries

The National Library of Panama
Ernesto J. Castillero R. National Library
Omar Recreational Park
Avenida Belisario Porras "Vía Porras"
Corregimiento de San Francisco, City of Panama, Panama
Telephone: (507) 221 8360
Website

Museums

Afro-Antillean Museum of Panama (Museo Afro-Antillano de Panama)
Calle 24 y Avenida Justo Arosemena
Calidonia
Panama City, Panama
Telephone: (507) 501-4130/501-4131
Email: info@samaap.org
Sociedad de Amigos del Museo Afroantillano de Panamá - Samaap

The popular Panama Interoceanic Canal Museum may showcase the history, politics and influence of French and American workers who helped construct the Panama Canal, but the Afro-Antillean Museum is the place for travelers who want to learn more about the impact the nation’s West Indian community had on developing the infrastructure that still keeps this Central America destination up and running.

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Museum of Old Panama
Vía Cincuentenario
Lefevre Park
Panama City, Panama
Telephone: (507) 226-8915/226-9364/226-1757
Email: patronato@panamaviejo.org

The museum shows us the history and life of Panama from before the arrival of the Spaniards to colonize the Panamanian lands, until the destruction of it by piracy. In the photo we can see a model of how Panama was the old city back then.

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Panama Canal Museum
George A. Smathers Libraries
University of Florida
Gainesville, Panama
Telephone: (800) 621-6044/(773) 955-4545
Email: Special@uflib.ufl.edu
Website

The Panama Canal Museum Collection includes more than 16,500 objects --photographs, artwork, newspapers, books and ephemera -- that document the history of the United States in Panama.

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Panama Canal Museum
Plaza de la Independencia
Calle 5a Este
San Felipe
Panama City, Panama
Telephone: (507) 211-1649/211-1650
Email: info@museodelcanal.com
Website

The Panama Canal Museum is located in a beautifully restored building that was once the office space of the French Canal Company, the U.S. Isthmian Canal Commission offices and then, in 1912, the main Post Office

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Panama History Museum
Avenida 7 Central
Municipal Palace
San Felipe
Panama City, Panama
Telephone: (507) 501-4128/228--6231
Email: museodehistoria@inac.gob.pa

The collections that make up the Museum of History of Panama, are grouped following the accrual of the History of the country, generally established by the common of the national historians and officialized in the textbooks approved by the Ministry of Education as follows: 1st Colonial Period, from 1501 to 1821. 2nd Departmental Period, from 1821 to 1903. 3rd Republican Period, from 1903 to the present. Having chosen the facts and monuments that have had the greatest impact on the life of the country in order that the visitor can get an idea of ​​the importance and the events summits of each historical period and the participation of the different human groups that make up the Panamanian nationality in them; including national and foreign ethnic minorities.

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

Records Office

Birth, marriage, and death certificates can be requested from overseas by sending a written request and payment ($9) to cover postage and handling.

Send request to:

Tribunal Electoral de Panama, Registro Civil

Apartado 0816-01504

Panama, Republica de Panama

Telephone: (507) 504-6253

The following information should be included (as much as possible):

• Birth record - Complete name, date of birth, place of birth, name of parents and national ID (cedula)
• Marriage record - Complete name of the bride and groom, date of marriage, place, and the national IDs of the bride and groom
• Death record - Complete name of the deceased, place of death and general information about the person's birth