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Archives
National Archives of Panama
Calidonia
Panama City
Website: Archivo Nacional de Panamá
- The National Archives of Panama contains court records, notary records for all provinces of Panama, a digital collection of all bills that have been passed since 1934 (bills passed between 1903-1934 are too fragile to digitize), land records, etc.
Records of the Panama Canal
Website: Records of the Panama Canal
- These records are part of the United States National Archives Federal Records from 1848 to 1984.
Central American Archives
4th Avenue, 7th and 8th Streets, Zone 1
Guatemala City, Guatemala
- This History of the General Archive of Central America located in Guatemala gives more detail on the types of records held.
- CRL (Center for Research Libraries) Acquires Central American Archives
- Finding Aid
- Costa Rica Catalogue Search
- Accessing the CRL Collections Information on borrowing records
- "The Archivo General de Centroamérica (Central American Archives) 1544-1821, in Guatemala, is the most comprehensive collection found anywhere in the world of historical records spanning the period of Spanish rule in the Americas. The holdings of the Archivo include myriad types of documents covering a host of cultural, legislative, judicial, fiscal, economic, religious, military, agricultural and commercial matters pertaining to the Kingdom of Guatemala, an area which, from the time of the Conquest in 1544 through 1821, embraced modern-day Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Mexican State of Chiapas."[1]
Libraries
Benito Juarez Municipal Library
4th Street next to the Mariana Vásquez Nursery
Mayor Diaz
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 268-0428
Website: Municipal Libraries
Boquete Library
Ave. Belisario Porras
Bajo Boquete
Telephone: (507) 720-2879
Email: admin@biblioboquete.com
Website: Boquete Library
Website #2: Biblioteca de Boquete
Website #3: Biblioteca de Boquete Library
Fernando Guardia Library
Hector Conte Bermudez
Penonome
Coclé
Telephone: (507) 997-8628
Email: bpublica11@gmail.com
Website: Biblioteca Pública Fernando Guardia
Hortencio de Icaza Library
La Chorrera
Telephone: (507) 253-2405
Email: aalmanza07@gmail.com
Website: Public Library Hortensio de Icaza
Website #2: Biblioteca Hortencio Icasa
IBCP Library (Chinese Baptist Church of Panama)
Mall Piso 1 Local 36
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 385-1646/236-0186
Email: biblioteca.ibcp@gmail.com
Email #2: jovenibcp@gmail.com
Website: Biblioteca IBCP
Ismael Villar Municipal Library
Community of San Miguel
San Martín
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 296-0810
Website: Municipal Libraries
Jose M.Pinilla Library
Calle 50 and Vía Porras
San Francisco
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 226-5138
Website: Jose M.Pinilla Library
Justo Arosemena Municipal Library
Calle 16, one block from the parking lots of Machetazo de La Centra
Santa Anan
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-5840
Website: Municipal Libraries
Manuel Jose Hurtado Municipal Library
Calle 14, inside the Manuel José Hurtado School
El Chorrillo
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-5848
Website: Municipal Libraries
Miguel Ordonez Municipal Library
Behind the Gym Gringo de la Guardia
Lefevre Park
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-5884
Website: Municipal Libraries
Mons. Marcos Gregorio McGrath Library (USMA (Santa Maria La Antigua University))
Ave. Ricardo J. Alfaro
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 230-8200/230-8361
Email: dci@usma.ac.pa
Website: Mons. Marcos Gregorio McGrath Library
Website #2: USMA (Santa Maria La Antigua University)
Website #3: USMA (Santa Maria La Antigua University)
Municipal Library 20-30
Community Board Building
Pueblo Nuevo
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-5872
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library Demetrio Korsi
Juan Ramón Poll Building
Calidonia
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-5858
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library Eusebio Morales
Inside the Juan B. Sosa School, Panama Viejo
Lefevre Park
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-5883
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library Felipe O. Perez
Calle 14, within the United States School
San Felipe
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-9600
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library Joaquina H. Torrijos
Calle 142 Eeste
Community Board Building
Río Abajo
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-5880
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library José Gabriel Duque
Next to the Central Park of Pacora
Pacora
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 296-0362
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library José Maria Sanchez
8th Street
Río Abajo
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 221-2264
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library José Pablo Paredes
In front of the Fe y Alegría School
Curundú
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-5862
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library Nicole Garay
Mastellari Building
El Chorrillo
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-5926
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library Norberto Navarro
Community Board Building
Av. José María Torrijos
Pedregal
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 266-4247
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library Republica de Chile
Inside the Republic of Chile School
Calidonia
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-5860
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library Ricardo J. Alfaro
Inside the Ricardo J. Alfaro School
Tocumen
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 295-0071
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library Rosa Maria J. Del Castillo
Main route La Mesa
San Martín
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 296-1969
Website: Municipal Libraries
Municipal Library Villa Grecia
Villa Grecia, Sector 3
The Summits
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 320-0779
Website: Municipal Libraries
Narciso Garay Municipal Library
Community Board Building
Betania
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 261-6915
Website: Municipal Libraries
The National Library of Panama
Ernesto J. Castillero R. National Library
Omar Recreational Park
Avenida Belisario Porras "Vía Porras"
Corregimiento de San Francisco, City of Panama
Telephone: (507) 221 8360
Website: Biblioteca Nacional
Website #2: National Library of Panama
Website #3: National Library of Panama
New Curundú Municipal Library
Next to the Community Board, the roundabout
Curundú
Panama City
Website: Municipal Libraries
Omar Torrijos Herrera Library
Calle N
San Miguelito
Website: Omar Torrijos Herrera Library
Website #2: Omar Torrijos Herrera Library
Pedro J. Sosa Municipal Library
Inside the Pedro J. Sosa School
Calidonia
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 506-5859
Website: Municipal Libraries
Roberto F. Chiari Library
Building 704
Av Balboa
Ascanio Arosemena Training Center
Panama Canal
Telephone: (507) 272-8921
Website: Roberto F. Chiari Library
Website #2: Roberto F. Chiari Library
Website #3: Roberto F. Chiari Library
Website #4: Roberto F. Chiari Library
Simon Bolivar Library
Av Octavio Méndez Pereira
Panama
Telephone: (507) 523 5360
Email: newsup@gmail.com
Website: Simon Bolivar Library
Website #2: System of Libraries of the University of Panama
Museums
Afro-Antillean Museum of Panama (Museo Afro-Antillano de Panama)
Calle 24 y Avenida Justo Arosemena
Calidonia
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 501-4130/501-4131
Email: info@samaap.org
Website: Afro-Antillean Museum
Website #2: Afro-Antillean Museum of Panama
Website #3: Afro-Antillian Museum
Website #4: Sociedad de Amigos del Museo Afroantillano de Panamá - Samaap
- The popular Panama Interoceanic Canal Museum may showcase the history, politics and influence of French and American workers who helped construct the Panama Canal, but the Afro-Antillean Museum is the place for travelers who want to learn more about the impact the nation’s West Indian community had on developing the infrastructure that still keeps this Central America destination up and running.
Museum of Old Panama
Vía Cincuentenario
Lefevre Park
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 226-8915/226-9364/226-1757
Email: patronato@panamaviejo.org
Email #2: info@panamaviejo.org
Email #3: info@patronatopanamaviejo.org
Website: Museum of Old Panama
Website #2: Museum of Old Panama
Website #3: Sitio Arqueológico Panamá Viejo
Website #4: Conjunto Monumental Histórico Panamá Viejo
- The museum shows us the history and life of Panama from before the arrival of the Spaniards to colonize the Panamanian lands, until the destruction of it by piracy. In the photo we can see a model of how Panama was the old city back then.
Panama Canal Museum
George A. Smathers Libraries
University of Florida
Gainesville
Telephone: (800) 621-6044/(773) 955-4545
Email: Special@uflib.ufl.edu
Website: Canal Zone Records
- The Panama Canal Museum Collection includes more than 16,500 objects --photographs, artwork, newspapers, books and ephemera -- that document the history of the United States in Panama.
Panama Canal Museum
Plaza de la Independencia
Calle 5a Este
San Felipe
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 211-1649/211-1650
Email: info@museodelcanal.com
Website: Museum of the Interoceanic Canal of Panama
Website #2: Museo del Canal
Website #3: Canal Museum
- The Panama Canal Museum is located in a beautifully restored building that was once the office space of the French Canal Company, the U.S. Isthmian Canal Commission offices and then, in 1912, the main Post Office. It is full of artifacts and information. The Interoceanic Canal Museum of Panama is a permanent, non-profit institution, at the service of society and its development, open to the public; that acquires, preserves, investigates, interprets, disseminates and exposes the testimonies of the history of Panama and its Canal, for education, knowledge and the delight of the public that visits it.
Panama History Museum
Avenida 7 Central
Municipal Palace
San Felipe
Panama City
Telephone: (507) 501-4128/228--6231
Email: museodehistoria@inac.gob.pa
Website: Museum of History
Website #2: History Museum of Panama
Website #3: History Museum of Panama
- The collections that make up the Museum of History of Panama, are grouped following the accrual of the History of the country, generally established by the common of the national historians and officialized in the textbooks approved by the Ministry of Education as follows: 1st Colonial Period, from 1501 to 1821. 2nd Departmental Period, from 1821 to 1903. 3rd Republican Period, from 1903 to the present. Having chosen the facts and monuments that have had the greatest impact on the life of the country in order that the visitor can get an idea of the importance and the events summits of each historical period and the participation of the different human groups that make up the Panamanian nationality in them; including national and foreign ethnic minorities.
Royal Customs House of Portobelo
Calle Genea
Portobelo, Colón
Website: Real Aduana de Portobelo
Website #2: Portobelo Royal Customs House Museum
- Under renovation at the time of research, the handsome, two-story Royal Customs House of Portobelo was originally built in 1638 to serve as the contaduría (counting house) for the king’s gold. Now the two main rooms house permanent exhibitions, including replicas of Spanish-colonial rifles, sketches of Portobelo’s forts, 20th-century black-and-white photos of the town and a few dozen rusty cannonballs.
For a list of museums in Panama, go to List of museums in Panama in Wikipedia.
- ↑ "Archivo General de Centro America, 1544-1821. Guatemala." at Center for Research Libraries. https://catalog.crl.edu/Record/ab5229b5-a49e-5e58-8fad-e16946ba2a03, accessed 18 October 2022. CRL purchased microfilms of the complete set of the Archivo General de Centroamérica (Central American Archives, or CAA)