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Bhutan 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 and Library

National Library and Archives of Bhutan
P.O. Box No. 185, Thimphu
Kawangjangtsa
Thimphu, Bhutan

E-mail: library.bhutan@gmail.com
Library Phone: +975-2-324314/333301
Library e-mail: nlablibrarian@gmail.com
Archives Phone: 00975-2-329140
Fax: 00975-2-322693
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Endangered Archives: Bhutan

• Digitization of 20 remote Bhutanese archives
• Manuscript collection in Gangtey
• Manuscripts at Drametse and Ogyen Choling
• Manuscripts in Thadrak, Tshamdrak and Nyephug Temples
• Dongkala, Chizing, Dodedra and Phajoding temple archives

Museums

National Museum of Bhutan
Paro, Bhutan, (above the Rinpung Dzong)
P.O. Box No. 1227, Paro, Bhutan

Email: tadzongmuseum@gmail.com
Website

Record Offices

Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs
Department of Civil Registration and Census
Post Box No.133, Tashichho dzong,
Thimphu,Bhutan

Telephone: +975-2-322301/322015/325173
Website