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*'''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 Malawi'''<br> | '''National Archives of Malawi'''<br> | ||
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Telephone: (265) 525 240 / 524 148 / 524 184<br> | Telephone: (265) 525 240 / 524 148 / 524 184<br> | ||
Fax: (265) 524 148 / 525 362<br> | Fax: (265) 524 148 / 525 362<br> | ||
Email:archives@sdnp.org.mw<br> | |||
[http://www.sdnp.org.mw/ruleoflaw/archives/index.html Website] | [http://www.sdnp.org.mw/ruleoflaw/archives/index.html Website] | ||
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Telephone:+265 991 463 912<br> | Telephone:+265 991 463 912<br> | ||
[https://nls.mw/ Website] | [https://nls.mw/ Website] | ||
{{Block indent|There are 15 libraries in Malawi being managed by the National Library Service. On average, each library provides access to 146,000 individuals each year or around 400 people a day. In the capital Lilongwe, four libraries were built in partnership with the Building Malawi organization.<ref>"National Library Service", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Service_of_Malawi, accessed 30 January 2023.</ref>}} | |||
== Museums == | == Museums == | ||
'''Chichiri Museum'''<br> | '''Chichiri Museum'''<br> | ||
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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 Malawi
P.O. Box 62, Zomba,, Malawi
Telephone: (265) 525 240 / 524 148 / 524 184
Fax: (265) 524 148 / 525 362
Email:archives@sdnp.org.mw
Website
Libraries
National Library Service
P.O. Box 30314
Lilongwe 3, Malawi
Telephone:+265 991 463 912
Website
Museums
Chichiri Museum
Along Kasungu Crescent near Chichiri Shopping Mall
Blantyre, Malawi
Phone:+265 (0) 1 873 258, +265 (0) 1 872 438, +265 (0) 1 876 615
Email: museum@malawi.net
Wikipedia: Chichiri Museum
Record Offices
National Registration Bureau
Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security
Private Bag B318
Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Malawi
Telephone: (+265-1-776-234)
Email: nrb@homeaffairs.gov.mw
Website
References
- ↑ "National Library Service", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_Service_of_Malawi, accessed 30 January 2023.