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Archives[edit | edit source]

National Archives and Public Records Services of Papua New Guinea
Office of Libraries Archives and Literacy
P.O. Box 734
Waigani, National Capital District
Papua New Guinea

Telephone:[675] 3431451
Pacific Regional Branch: Introducing National Archives and Public Records Services of Papua New Guinea


National Archives of Australia
National Archives
National Office
Kings Avenue
Parkes ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6212 3600
E-mail: archives@naa.gov.au
Research Guide: Papua New Guinea records 1883–1942: microfilm collections
Downloadable .pdf list of sources


Australian National University Archives
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia

Telephone:+61 2 6125 5111
Website
220 archival descriptions results for Papua New Guinea]

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Office of Library and Archives
PO Box 1202 Waigain, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Tel: +91 562 267 4332
Email: info@ola.gov.pg
Website


National Library of Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Telephone: +675 323 7775
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Additional Libraries[edit | edit source]

The largest libraries are at the University of Papua New Guinea (440,000 volumes) and at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology (130,000 volumes). Local libraries are well established in urban centers. The National Library Service in Boroko has 85,000 volumes. The Papua New Guinea Institute of Public Administration in Boroko holds 90,000 volumes.[1]

Museums[edit | edit source]

The Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery, in Boroko, has a good collection of art and general ethnography. The museum is implementing the National Cultural Property Act to protect the country's cultural heritage and to further establish appropriate museums. In 1981 the country opened the Madang Museum, Culture and Tourism Center in Yomba. The J. K. MacCarthy Museum, an ethnological collection, is located in Goroka.[1]


Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG)
Waigani, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea

Phone: (+675) 325 2405/325 2422
Email: nationalmuseum@museumpng.gov.pg
Website

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

Civil Registry Office
PO Box 470
WAIGANI
National Capital District
Papua New Guinea
Website
Sambra Haus - Waigani
Telephone: + (675) 313 3000 Ext:7002

Civil Registry Office - Boroko
Telephone: + (675) 323 6510

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Papua New Guinea - Libraries and museums", NationsEncyclopedia, https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Papua-New-Guinea-LIBRARIES-AND-MUSEUMS.html, accessed 1 February 2023.