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*'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm. | *'''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. | *'''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 [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them. | *Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them. | ||
== Archives == | == Archives == | ||
'''National Archives of Myanmar'''<br> | |||
[https://www.nam.gov.mm/Archives.aspx Website] | |||
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'''National Archives Department (Nay Pyi Taw)'''<br> | '''National Archives Department (Nay Pyi Taw)'''<br> | ||
Yazathingaha Road<br> | Yazathingaha Road<br> | ||
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Phone: +95-67-418386<br> | Phone: +95-67-418386<br> | ||
Fax: +95-67-418376<br> | Fax: +95-67-418376<br> | ||
Email: nad@mptmail.net.mm<br> | |||
[https://www.nam.gov.mm/ Website] | [https://www.nam.gov.mm/ Website] | ||
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[http://www.burmalibrary.org/ '''Online Burma Library'''] | [http://www.burmalibrary.org/ '''Online Burma Library'''] | ||
*The Online Burma/Myanmar Library (“OBL”, “the Library”). is a free, non-commercial, open, multi-source, searchable, online research library focused on Burma/Myanmar. It grew out of the documentation on Burma/Myanmar provided from 1987 to the UN, ILO and other international bodies by the Burma Peace Foundation. It provides information on and for Burma/Myanmar, and holds approximately 50,000 links to documents (of which a quarter are in Burmese) and websites. OBL is by far the largest single source of organised Burma/Myanmar material on the Internet. The material - substantial archives, articles, periodicals, reports, books and videos (and links which lead to many more thousands of documents) - is organised under 100 categories such as Health, Land, Economy, Environment, Law and Constitution, Foreign Relations and History. It is a hybrid library/portal site since approximately half the material is located on our own server - the library function - and half on remote sites, to which OBL makes links - the portal function. OBL does not cover breaking news directly, though we link to the sites of the more than 100 groups and individuals which do. <ref>"ABOUT THE ONLINE BURMA/MYANMAR LIBRARY," Online Burma Library, https://www.burmalibrary.org/en/page/about-the-online-burmamyanmar-library, accessed 15 December 2022.</ref> | *The Online Burma/Myanmar Library (“OBL”, “the Library”). is a free, non-commercial, open, multi-source, searchable, online research library focused on Burma/Myanmar. It grew out of the documentation on Burma/Myanmar provided from 1987 to the UN, ILO and other international bodies by the Burma Peace Foundation. It provides information on and for Burma/Myanmar, and holds approximately 50,000 links to documents (of which a quarter are in Burmese) and websites. OBL is by far the largest single source of organised Burma/Myanmar material on the Internet. The material - substantial archives, articles, periodicals, reports, books and videos (and links which lead to many more thousands of documents) - is organised under 100 categories such as Health, Land, Economy, Environment, Law and Constitution, Foreign Relations and History. It is a hybrid library/portal site since approximately half the material is located on our own server - the library function - and half on remote sites, to which OBL makes links - the portal function. OBL does not cover breaking news directly, though we link to the sites of the more than 100 groups and individuals which do. <ref>"ABOUT THE ONLINE BURMA/MYANMAR LIBRARY," Online Burma Library, https://www.burmalibrary.org/en/page/about-the-online-burmamyanmar-library, accessed 15 December 2022.</ref> | ||
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'''[https://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/news.html The Anglo-Burmese Library] <br> | |||
*Civil registration, church records, newspapers, etc. | |||
==Museums== | ==Museums== | ||
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In other languages: - 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 of Myanmar
Website
National Archives Department (Nay Pyi Taw)
Yazathingaha Road
Oattarrathiyi Township
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Phone: +95-67-418386
Fax: +95-67-418376
Email: nad@mptmail.net.mm
Website
National Archives Department (Yangon)
No.114, Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Road
Dagon Township
Yangon, Myanmar
Phone: +95-1-370778
Fax: +95-1-395002
Website
Libraries
National Library (Yangon)
No. 604/608 Merchant Street
Pabedan Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Tel: +95 1 8377352 (General Information)
Email: makay73@gmail.com
Website
National Library of Myanmar (Nay Pyi Taw)
Razathingaha Road, Near Kumudra Lotus Circle
Ottarathiri township, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Phone +95 67 3418426
Facebook
- The Online Burma/Myanmar Library (“OBL”, “the Library”). is a free, non-commercial, open, multi-source, searchable, online research library focused on Burma/Myanmar. It grew out of the documentation on Burma/Myanmar provided from 1987 to the UN, ILO and other international bodies by the Burma Peace Foundation. It provides information on and for Burma/Myanmar, and holds approximately 50,000 links to documents (of which a quarter are in Burmese) and websites. OBL is by far the largest single source of organised Burma/Myanmar material on the Internet. The material - substantial archives, articles, periodicals, reports, books and videos (and links which lead to many more thousands of documents) - is organised under 100 categories such as Health, Land, Economy, Environment, Law and Constitution, Foreign Relations and History. It is a hybrid library/portal site since approximately half the material is located on our own server - the library function - and half on remote sites, to which OBL makes links - the portal function. OBL does not cover breaking news directly, though we link to the sites of the more than 100 groups and individuals which do. [1]
- Civil registration, church records, newspapers, etc.
Museums
Google Search: Museums/Myanmar (Burma)
National Museum of Myanmar (Yangon)
66/74 Pyay Road
Dagon 11191, Yangon
Yangon Division, Myanmar
Phone: +95 9 250 701 353
Website
Wikipedia: National Museum of Myanmar (Yangon)
National Museum of Myanmar (Naypyidaw)
Yaza Thingaha Road
Ottarathiri Township
Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Phone: +95 9 250 701 353
Wikipedia: National Museum of Myanmar (Naypyidaw)
Record Office
References
- ↑ "ABOUT THE ONLINE BURMA/MYANMAR LIBRARY," Online Burma Library, https://www.burmalibrary.org/en/page/about-the-online-burmamyanmar-library, accessed 15 December 2022.