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:The Guyana National Museum is located on North Road in a building complex which opened in 1951. The Museum’s collections were housed previously in the Carnegie Building. The Guyana National Museum in Georgetown has a collection of flora and fauna, precious stones found in our land formation, archaeological findings, and examples of Amerindian arts and crafts. This museum is the largest and house most of our general artifacts. | :The Guyana National Museum is located on North Road in a building complex which opened in 1951. The Museum’s collections were housed previously in the Carnegie Building. The Guyana National Museum in Georgetown has a collection of flora and fauna, precious stones found in our land formation, archaeological findings, and examples of Amerindian arts and crafts. This museum is the largest and house most of our general artifacts. | ||
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Archives[edit | edit source]
National Archives of Guyana (Walter Rodney Archives)
D'Urban Park Homestretch Avenue
Georgetown, Demerara
Telephone: 592-227-7687/592-226-3852/592-226-3852
Email: narchivesguyana@yahooo.com
Website: National Archives of Guyana
Website #2: National Archives of Guyana
Website #3: Walter Rodney National Archives of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana
Website #4: Public access to historical records now more accessible -as National Archives continues digitisation process
Website #5: Rescue project for Dutch archives in Guyana
Website #6: The Importance of Guyana's Archives
- The National Archives of Guyana principally contain archival material from the nineteenth century colonial government of British Guiana and material when the provinces of Berbice, Essequibo, and Demerara were Dutch colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Libraries[edit | edit source]
The National Library
76/77 Church and Main Streets
Georgetown
Telephone: 592 226 2690/227 4053
Email: natlib@sdnp.org.gy
Website: National Library of Guyana
Website #2: National Library observes 110 years
Website #3: The National Library 1909 – 2009
Website #4: National Library of Guyana
University of Guyana Library
Turkeyen Campus
Georgetown
Telephone: 592 642-7003/222-5401/222-4931
Email: gwyneth.george@uog.edu.gy
Website: University of Guyana Library
Website #2: The University of Guyana Library
Website #3: University of Guyana Library
Museums[edit | edit source]
Guyana National Museum
Company Path
Georgetown 413741
Telephone: 592 225 7191
Email: guyananationalmuseum@gmail.com
Website: Guyana National Museum
Website #2: The Guyana National Museum
- The Guyana National Museum is located on North Road in a building complex which opened in 1951. The Museum’s collections were housed previously in the Carnegie Building. The Guyana National Museum in Georgetown has a collection of flora and fauna, precious stones found in our land formation, archaeological findings, and examples of Amerindian arts and crafts. This museum is the largest and house most of our general artifacts.