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Archives and Libraries

• Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
• If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
• Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Archives

National Archives
Rastriya Abhilekhalaya
Ram Shah Path
Kathmandu
Telephone: +977 (1) 212 778

Libraries

Nepal National Library
Harihar Bhawan
Pulchowk Lalitpur
Kathmandu
Telephone: +977 (1) 521 132
Fax: +977 (1) 536 461
E-mail: nnl@nnl.wlink.com.np
Website

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Kathmandu University Library
POB 6250
Kathmandu
Telephone: +977 (11) 61 399
Fax: +977 (11) 61 443
E-mail: rudra@ku.edu.np

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Royal Nepal Academy, Library
Kamaladi
Kathmandu
Telephone: +977 (1) 221 242
Fax:+977 (1) 221 175

Museums

Google listing of museums in Nepal

Record Offices

Department of National ID and Civil Registration (DoNIDCR)
Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Telephone: 977-01-4200016
Toll Free No: 16600196666
E-mail: info@donidcr.gov.np
Website

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Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics
Thapathali
Kathmandu, Nepal

Telephone: 4229406
Fax: (977-1) 4227720
E-mail: Contact us