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Archives[edit | edit source]

National Archives of Ecuador (Archivo Nacional del Ecuador)
Av. 10 de Agosto N11-539 y Santa Prisca
Quito, Ecuador
Telefax: 593 2 228 0431
Email: Archivonacionalec@andinanet.net
Facebook
Website

The National Archive is the leading institution in the custody and administration of Documentary Heritage, protecting and caring for the country's written memory and establishing technical rules and procedures for archival description.

Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco – Historical Archive (Archivo Historico "Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco")
Carrion 10-40 y Av. 10 de Agosto
Quito, Ecuador
Telephone: 593 2 299 3284/299 3285
E-mail: darchhis@mmrree.gov.ec

The files that rest in the Historical Archive 'Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco' of the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry were included in the Unesco Memory of the World Register, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador. Among these documents are 69 volumes containing the files of 2,445 cases of naturalizations of foreign citizens between 1899 and 1968.

Historical Archive of Guayas (Archivo Histórico del Guayas)
Calle Alberto Borges y Av. de las Américas # 1126 antes de llegar al aeropuerto
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Telephone: 593 4 239 4441
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This Archive includes five Funds that are: Protocols, Trials, Historical Library, Library of the Historical Research Center of Guayaquil, and Microfilms. Of these, the first two are of interest, whose extreme dates are 1635 to 1888, with a total of 8,000 documents. There are, however, 120 unclassified files, and there are only inventories from 1830 to 1888.

Libraries[edit | edit source]

National Library of Ecuador (Biblioteca Nacional Del Ecuador Eugenio Espejo)
Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana - Benjamín Carrión, Avenida 6 de Diciembre
Quito, Ecuador
Sodiro y Valparaíso (esquina)
Quito 170524
Telephone: 593 2 381 4550
Email: info@bne.gob.ec
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Website

Museums[edit | edit source]

National Museum of Ecuador (Museo Nacional)
Avenida Patria (between Avenida 6 de Diciembre and Avenida 12 de Octubre)
Quito, Ecuador
Telephone: 593 2 381 4550 Ext. 6000
Email: contacto.muna@culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec

Located in the circular, glass-plated, landmark building of the Casa de la Cultura is one of the country’s largest collections of Ecuadorian art, with magnificent works of pre-Hispanic and colonial religious art. The museum collection includes more than 1000 ceramic pieces dating from 12,000 BC to AD 1534, with highlights being ‘whistle bottles’ from the Chorrera culture, figures showing skull deformation practiced by the Machalilla culture, wild serpent bowls from the Jama-Coaque and ceramic representations of tzantzas (shrunken heads). The ‘coin axes’ from the Milagro-Quevedo culture and the famous ceremonial stone chairs of the Manteños culture are also interesting. Displays in the Sala de Oro (Gold Room) include a magnificent radiating golden sun mask. Archaeological exhibits include arrowheads from Ecuador’s first nomadic hunter-gatherers, the Valdivia culture (Ecuador’s first settled agriculturalists) and the Inca.

Record Offices[edit | edit source]

Records of births, marriages and deaths are at the civil registration office in each municipality.

Copies are in Quito at the:

Direccion Genereal del Registro Civil, Edificio San Agustin, Mejia y Guayaquil
Address: Av. Amazonas N37-61 y Naciones Unidas (Av. Amazonas N37-61 and United Nations)
Postal Code: 170507 / Quito - Ecuador
Telephone: +593 2 3731 110
Telephone: (593)(2)381 42 90
Website: https://www.registrocivil.gob.ec/

Provincial Office	Phone Number	Provincial Office	Phone Number
Azuay	072-844-611	Los Rios	052-731-220
Bolivar	032-980-292	Manabi	052-394-960
Cañar	072-244-450	Morona Santiago	072-700-173
Carchi	062-982-662	Napo	062-886-325
Cotopaxi	032-805-692	Orellana	062-882-170
Chimborazo	032-966-989	Pastaza	032-884-734
El Oro	072-931-068	Pichincha	022-675-902
Esmeraldas	062-724-525	Santa Elena	043-802-300 ext. 1041
Galapagos	052-520-312	Santo Domingo	022-743-041
Guayas	043-802-300 ext. 3200	Sucumbios	062-832-804
Imbabura	062-955-335	Tungurahua	032-520-648
Loja	072-571-364	Zamora Chinchipe	072-505-183

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-=== Archives ===
+== Archives ==
-'''National Archives of Ecuador''' (Archivo Nacional del Ecuador)<br>Av. 10 de Agosto N11-539 y Santa Prisca<br>Quito<br>
+'''National Archives of Ecuador''' (Archivo Nacional del Ecuador)<br>Av. 10 de Agosto N11-539 y Santa Prisca<br>Quito, Ecuador<br>
-Telefax: 593 2 228 0431<br>Email: [mailto:archivohistoriconacional.ahn@culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec archivohistoriconacional.ahn@culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec]<br>
+Telefax: 593 2 228 0431<br>Email: Archivonacionalec@andinanet.net<br>
-[https://www.facebook.com/ArchivoHistoricoNacionalEC/ Facebook]
+[https://www.facebook.com/ArchivoHistoricoNacionalEC/ Facebook]<br>[https://archivohistoriconacional.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec/?fbclid=IwAR23lqvtrOrd2aDjZx6gl1wkQ6YANCbIZzu1dydbNFCFpJfMJ8zWRG1A2tM Website]
 :The National Archive is the leading institution in the custody and administration of Documentary Heritage, protecting and caring for the country's written memory and establishing technical rules and procedures for archival description.
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-'''Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco – Historical Archive''' (Archivo Historico "Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco")<br>Carrion 10-40 y Av. 10 de Agosto<br>Quito<br>
+'''Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco – Historical Archive''' (Archivo Historico "Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco")<br>Carrion 10-40 y Av. 10 de Agosto<br>Quito, Ecuador<br>
-Telephone: 593 2 299 3284/299 3285<br>
+Telephone: 593 2 299 3284/299 3285<br>E-mail: darchhis@mmrree.gov.ec
 :The files that rest in the Historical Archive 'Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco' of the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry were included in the Unesco Memory of the World Register, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador.  Among these documents are 69 volumes containing the files of '''2,445 cases of naturalizations of foreign citizens between 1899 and 1968.'''
 -----
 '''Historical Archive of Guayas''' (Archivo Histórico del Guayas)<br>
-Calle Alberto Borges y Av. de las Américas # 1126 antes de llegar al aeropuerto<br>Guayaquil<br>Telephone: 593 4 239 4441<br>
+Calle Alberto Borges y Av. de las Américas # 1126 antes de llegar al aeropuerto<br>Guayaquil, Ecuador<br>Telephone: 593 4 239 4441<br>[https://www.facebook.com/archivohistoricodelguayas/ Facebook]
 :This Archive includes five Funds that are: Protocols, Trials, Historical Library, Library of the Historical Research Center of Guayaquil, and Microfilms. Of these, the first two are of interest, whose extreme dates are 1635 to 1888, with a total of 8,000 documents. There are, however, 120 unclassified files, and there are only inventories from 1830 to 1888.
-=== Libraries ===
+== Libraries ==
-'''Aurelio Espinosa Polit Ecuadorian Library''' (Biblioteca Quito Aurelio Espinosa Polit Ecuadorian Library)<br>
-Cotocollao, José Nogales N69-22 y Francisco Arcos<br>Quito 170101<br>
-Telephone: 593 2 249 1156<br>Email: [mailto:info@beaep.ec info@beaep.ec]<br>
-Website: [https://www.ecuador.com/attractions/museums/aurelio-espinosa-polit/ Aurelio Espinosa Polit Museum and Library, Museums, Culture]<br>
-Website #2: [https://www.facebook.com/Centro-Cultural-Biblioteca-Ecuatoriana-Aurelio-Espinosa-P%C3%B3lit-409520942430332/ Centro Cultural Biblioteca Ecuatoriana Aurelio Espinosa Pólit]
-'''Municipal Library "Federico González Suárez"''' (Biblioteca Municipal “Federico González Suárez”)<br>
-Centro Cultural Metropolitano<br>García Moreno N3-151<br>Quito 170130<br>
-Telephone: 593 2 395 2300 ext. 15508/15509<br>
-Website: [https://www.quitocultura.info/venue/biblioteca-municipal-central-federico-gonzalez-suarez/ Municipal Central Library "Federico González Suárez"]<br>
-Website #2: [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Biblioteca-Municipal-Federico-Gonz%C3%A1lez-Su%C3%A1rez/1791305661176966 Biblioteca Municipal Federico González Suárez]
 '''National Library of Ecuador''' (Biblioteca Nacional Del Ecuador Eugenio Espejo)<br>
-Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana - Benjamín Carrión, Avenida 6 de Diciembre<br>Quito<br>Sodiro y Valparaíso (esquina)<br>Quito 170524<br>
+Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana - Benjamín Carrión, Avenida 6 de Diciembre<br>Quito, Ecuador<br>Sodiro y Valparaíso (esquina)<br>Quito 170524<br>
-Telephone: 593 2 381 4550<br>Email: [mailto:info@bne.gob.ec info@bne.gob.ec]<br>
+Telephone: 593 2 381 4550<br>Email: info@bne.gob.ec<br>
-Website: [https://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/biblioteca-nacional-centro-eugenio-espejo.html The National Library of Ecuador will function at the Eugenio Espejo Convention Center]<br>Website #2: [https://www.facebook.com/BNEcuador Biblioteca Nacional Eugenio Espejo]<br>
+[https://www.facebook.com/BNEcuador Facebook]<br>
-Website #3: [http://www.bnm.me.gov.ar/novedades/?p=16872 History and libraries: National Library of Ecuador]<br>
+[http://www.bnm.me.gov.ar/novedades/?p=16872 Website]<br>
-Website #4: [https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/cultura/biblioteca-nacional-nueva-sede-enero/ The National Library will operate in its new headquarters from January]<br>Website #5: [https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=387874 The National Library of Ecuador Eugenio Espejo]
-'''Pablo Palacio Library''' (Biblioteca Pablo Palacio)<br>CAv. Amazonas N34-451<br>Quito 170102<br>Telephone: 593 2 396 1484<br>
+== Museums ==
-Website: [https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Library/Biblioteca-Pablo-Palacio-132933140226284/ Biblioteca Pablo Palacio]<br>
+'''National Museum of Ecuador''' (Museo Nacional)<br>Avenida Patria (between Avenida 6 de Diciembre and Avenida 12 de Octubre)<br>Quito, Ecuador<br>
+Telephone: 593 2 381 4550 Ext. 6000<br>Email: contacto.muna@culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec<br>
-=== Museums ===
+:Located in the circular, glass-plated, landmark building of the Casa de la Cultura is one of the country’s largest collections of Ecuadorian art, with magnificent works of pre-Hispanic and colonial religious art. The museum collection includes more than 1000 ceramic pieces dating from 12,000 BC to AD 1534, with highlights being ‘whistle bottles’ from the Chorrera culture, figures showing skull deformation practiced by the Machalilla culture, wild serpent bowls from the Jama-Coaque and ceramic representations of tzantzas (shrunken heads).  The ‘coin axes’ from the Milagro-Quevedo culture and the famous ceremonial stone chairs of the Manteños culture are also interesting. Displays in the Sala de Oro (Gold Room) include a magnificent radiating golden sun mask. Archaeological exhibits include arrowheads from Ecuador’s first nomadic hunter-gatherers, the Valdivia culture (Ecuador’s first settled agriculturalists) and the Inca.
+==Record Offices==
-'''Alberto Mena Caamaño Museum''' (Museo Alberto Mena Caamaño)<br>García Moreno 887 and Espejo<br>Quito 170401<br>Pasaje Espejo No.1147<br>Quito<br>
+Records of births, marriages and deaths are at the civil registration office in each municipality. <br>
-Telephone: 593 2 395 2300<br>Email: [mailto:areadeguiasmuseo@gmail.com areadeguiasmuseo@gmail.com]<br>
-Website: [https://www.ecuador.com/blog/amazing-reminders-of-the-past-at-alberto-mena-caamano-museum/ Amazing Reminders of the Past at Alberto Mena Caamaño Museum]<br>Website #2: [https://quitotravel.ec/en/museo-alberto-mena-caamano/ Alberto Mena Caamaño Museum]<br>
-Website #3: [https://www.facebook.com/museodeceraAMC/ Museo Alberto Mena Caamaño]
-:The exhibits at the Alberto Mena Caamaño Museum afford visitors a wonderful opportunity to gain insight into the art and culture of the people of Quito. Much of the art donated by Alberto Mena Caamaño represents colonial art from the 16th and 17th centuries, featuring renowned artists such as Miguel de Santiago and Joaquín Pinto. The museum also features a number of contemporary artworks, some of which have won the prestigious Mariano Aguilera Award for sculpture and painting.  The museum features both permanent and temporary exhibitions. The permanent exhibition, “From Quito to Ecuador”, portrays the history of Quito from 1700 through to 1830 when the new Republic of Ecuador gained independence from Gran Colombia. It also covers the life and achievements of Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704-1748), the Ecuadorian scientist who collaborated with the French Geodesic Mission in their quest to measure the roundness of the Earth, as well as the length of a degree of longitude at the Equator – a huge undertaking considering they were using 18th century technology.
+Copies are in Quito at the: <br>
-'''Guayaquil Municipal Museum''' (Museo Municipal)<br>Calle Sucre entre calle Chile y calle, Pedro Carbo<br>Telephone: 593 4 259 4800/99 703 0332<br>
+'''Direccion Genereal del Registro Civil''', Edificio San Agustin, Mejia y Guayaquil <br>
-Website: [https://www.guayaquilesmidestino.com/en/content/municipal-museum-guayaquil-heritage Municipal Museum of Guayaquil (Heritage)]<br>
+Address: Av. Amazonas N37-61 y Naciones Unidas (Av. Amazonas N37-61 and United Nations) <br>
-Website #2: [https://www.ecuador.com/attractions/museums/municipal-museum-guayaquil/ Municipal Museum of Guayaquil, Museums, Culture]<br>
+Postal Code: 170507 / Quito - Ecuador  <br>
-Website #3: [https://www.planetandes.com/ecuador/pacific-coast/guayas/guayaquil/guayaquil-municipal-museum/ Guayaquil Municipal Museum]<br>
+Telephone: +593 2 3731 110 <br>
-Website #4: [https://www.facebook.com/MUMG-Museo-Municipal-de-Guayaquil-68122309693/ MUMG - Museo Municipal de Guayaquil]
+Telephone: (593)(2)381 42 90  <br>
+Website: [https://www.registrocivil.gob.ec/ https://www.registrocivil.gob.ec/] <br>
-:The Municipal Museum contains four halls that all feature a specific aspect of the city’s history. The first hall displays archaeological pieces that have been collected in and around Guayaquil. It is this sort of archaeological evidence that gives researchers necessary and vital information about the original inhabitants that occupied this location. Not only does it tell them about how early inhabitants lived and what they ate, but it has also provided insight into the origin of the city’s name.
-'''Museum of the City''' (Museo de la Ciudad)<br>García Moreno S1-47 y Rocafuerte / Bulevar 24 de Mayo y García Moreno<br>Quito<br>
+{| width="630" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" border="1"
-Telephone: 593 2 228 3882 ext. 100-102<br>Email: [mailto:comunicacionmdc@fmcquito.gob.ec comunicacionmdc@fmcquito.gob.ec]<br>
+|-
-Email #2: [mailto:cristina.medrano@fmcquito.gob.ec cristina.medrano@fmcquito.gob.ec]<br>
+| '''Provincial Office'''
-Website: [http://www.museociudadquito.gob.ec/ The City Museum]<br>
+|'''Phone Number'''
-Website #2: [https://www.viator.com/Quito-attractions/City-Museum-of-Quito-Museo-de-la-Ciudad/d735-a24080 City Museum of Quito (Museo de la Ciudad) Tours]<br>
+| '''Provincial Office'''
-Website #3: [https://www.ecuador.com/attractions/museums/museo-de-la-ciudad/ Museo de la Ciudad, Museums, Culture]<br>
+|'''Phone Number'''
-Website #4: [https://quitotravel.ec/en/museo-de-la-ciudad/ Museum of the City]
+|-
+|Azuay||072-844-611||align"right|Los Rios||052-731-220
-:The City Museum is a non-formal education space that promotes intercultural and intergenerational dialogue, reflection and debate, through the different themes developed in its exhibitions and permanent artistic and cultural programming.  In addition, it contributes to the development of the communities, promotes the recognition and revaluation of the living cultural heritage of the Metropolitan District of Quito.
+|-
+|Bolivar||032-980-292||align"right|Manabi||052-394-960
-'''National Museum of Ecuador''' (Museo Nacional)<br>Avenida Patria (between Avenida 6 de Diciembre and Avenida 12 de Octubre)<br>Quito<br>
+|-
-Telephone: 593 2 381 4550 Ext. 6000<br>Email: [mailto:contacto.muna@culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec contacto.muna@culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec]<br>
+|Cañar||072-244-450||align"right|Morona Santiago||072-700-173
-Website: [http://muna.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec/ MuNa]<br>
+|-
-Website #2: [https://www.lonelyplanet.com/ecuador/quito/attractions/museo-nacional/a/poi-sig/1297824/363359 Museo Nacional]
+|Carchi||062-982-662||align"right|Napo||062-886-325
+|-
-:Located in the circular, glass-plated, landmark building of the Casa de la Cultura is one of the country’s largest collections of Ecuadorian art, with magnificent works of pre-Hispanic and colonial religious art. The museum collection includes more than 1000 ceramic pieces dating from 12,000 BC to AD 1534, with highlights being ‘whistle bottles’ from the Chorrera culture, figures showing skull deformation practiced by the Machalilla culture, wild serpent bowls from the Jama-Coaque and ceramic representations of tzantzas (shrunken heads).  The ‘coin axes’ from the Milagro-Quevedo culture and the famous ceremonial stone chairs of the Manteños culture are also interesting. Displays in the Sala de Oro (Gold Room) include a magnificent radiating golden sun mask. Archaeological exhibits include arrowheads from Ecuador’s first nomadic hunter-gatherers, the Valdivia culture (Ecuador’s first settled agriculturalists) and the Inca.
+|Cotopaxi||032-805-692||align"right|Orellana||062-882-170
+|-
+|Chimborazo||032-966-989||align"right|Pastaza||032-884-734
+|-
+|El Oro||072-931-068||align"right|Pichincha||022-675-902
+|-
+|Esmeraldas||062-724-525||align"right|Santa Elena||043-802-300 ext. 1041
+|-
+|Galapagos||052-520-312||align"right|Santo Domingo||022-743-041
+|-
+|Guayas||043-802-300 ext. 3200||align"right|Sucumbios||062-832-804
+|-
+|Imbabura||062-955-335||align"right|Tungurahua||032-520-648
+|-
+|Loja||072-571-364||align"right|Zamora Chinchipe||072-505-183
+|}
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