Acre Archives and Libraries

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State of Acre

Archives and Libraries

Archives

Custodial Entities in the State of Acre (Entidades Custodiadoras no Estado do Acre)
Website: Custodial Entities in the State of Acre

General Archive of the State of Acre (Arquivo Geral do Estado do Acre)
Av. Epaminondas Jácome, nº 3047
Rua Riachuelo, nº 307 - José Augusto
Rio Branco AC 69908-420
Telephone: 55 68 3224-3855
Email: arquivo.sga@ac.gov.br
Website: Public Archive Division of the State of Acre

Libraries

Acre State Library System (Sistema Estadual de Bibliotecas do Acre)
Av. Getúlio Vargas, nº 389 Centro
Rio Branco AC 69900-060
Telephone: 55 68 3223-1210/3223-6041
Email: helena.carloni@ac.gov.br
Website: Acre State Library System

Federal University of Acre Central Library (Universidade Federal do Acre Biblioteca Central)
Rod BR 364, Km 04, s/n - Distrito Industrial
Rio Branco AC 69920-900
Telephone: 55 68 3901-2618
Email: bcentral@ufac.br
Website: Federal University of Acre Central Library
Website #2: Central Library of the Federal University of Acre (Ufac)

Forest Library (Biblioteca da Floresta)
Via Parque da Maternidade, s/n - Centro
Rio Branco AC 69900-351
Telephone: 55 68 3223-9939
Email: biblioteca.floresta@ac.gov.br
Website: Biblioteca da Floresta
Website #2: Rio Branco: visiting the Forest Library

Pedro Martinelo Library - Uninorte (Biblioteca Pedro Martinelo - Uninorte)
União Educacional do Norte (UNINORTE)
Rio Branco AC 69911-845
Telephone: 55 68 3302-7070
Website: Biblioteca Pedro Martinelo - Uninorte

Public Library (Biblioteca Pública)
R. Rui Barbosa, 195 - Centro
Cruzeiro do Sul AC 69980-000
Website: Biblioteca Pública - Biblioteca em Centro

State Public Library - Acre (Biblioteca Pública Estadual - Acre)
Avenida Getúlio Vargas, nº389 - Centro
Rio Branco AC 69900-351
Telephone: 55 68 3223-6041/3223-1210
Email: livroeleitura@ac.gov.br
Website: State Public Library - Acre
Website #2: Rio Branco: visiting the Forest Library

UNINORTE Library in Rio Branco, Acre (Biblioteca UNINORTE em Rio Branco, Acre)
R. Fátima Maia, 200 - Jardim de Alah
Rio Branco AC 69914-220
Website: UNINORTE Library in Rio Branco, Acre

For a long list of public libraries in the State of Acre, go to Public Libraries in the State of Acre.

Museums

Governor Geraldo Mesquita Rubber Museum (Museu da Borracha Governador Geraldo Mesquita)
Av. Ceará, 1144 - Centro
Rio Branco AC 69900-088
Telephone: 55 68 3223-1202
Email: museu.fem@ac.gov.br
Email #2: suzianeallves@yahoo.com.br
Website: Governor Geraldo Mesquita Rubber Museum
Website #2: Rubber Museum
Website #3: Rubber Museum
Website #4: Rubber Museum
Website #5: Rubber Museum

Founded in the late seventies, the Governador Geraldo Mesquita Rubber Museum, located at Avenida Ceará, 1144, in the center of the Acreian capital, brings together in its vast collection a detailed narrative of the history of the Acrean people, with emphasis on the Acrean Revolution, highlighting the rubber cycles in Acre.

Memorial of Autonomists (Memorial dos Autonomistas)
Avenida Getúlio Vargas, nº 309, Centro
Rio Branco AC 69900-660
Telephone: 55 68 3224-6417
Email: atendimento@viajabrasil.com.br
Website: Memorial dos Autonomistas
Website #2: Memorial dos Autonomistas
Website #3: Memorial dos Autonomistas e Theatro Hélio Melo
Website #4: Revitalization of Memorial Autonomists complex
Website #5: Memorial of Autonomists in Rio Branco

The Memorial dos Autonomistas shows, disseminates and preserves the history of the Acrean Autonomist Movement, the only state in the country’s history that underwent an armed revolution to become a Brazilian territory (Revolução Acreana – the Acrean Revolution, in 1903).

For a list of museums in Brazil go to List of museums in Brazil in Wikipedia.