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Archives and Libraries

• 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 and Public Records Services of Papua New Guinea
Office of Libraries Archives and Literacy
P.O. Box 734
Waigani, National Capital District
Papua New Guinea

Telephone:[675] 3431451
Pacific Regional Branch: Introducing National Archives and Public Records Services of Papua New Guinea

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National Archives of Australia
National Archives
National Office
Kings Avenue
Parkes ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6212 3600
E-mail: archives@naa.gov.au
Research Guide: Papua New Guinea records 1883–1942: microfilm collections
Downloadable .pdf list of sources

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Australian National University Archives
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia

Telephone:+61 2 6125 5111
Website
220 archival descriptions results for Papua New Guinea]

Libraries

Office of Library and Archives
PO Box 1202 Waigain, NCD
Papua New Guinea

Tel: +91 562 267 4332
Email: info@ola.gov.pg
Website

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The largest libraries are at the University of Papua New Guinea (440,000 volumes) and at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology (130,000). Local libraries are well established in urban centers. The National Library Service in Boroko has 85,000 volumes. The Papua New Guinea Institute of Public Administration in Boroko holds 90,000 volumes.

Museums

The Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery, in Boroko, has a good collection of art and general ethnography. The museum is implementing the National Cultural Property Act to protect the country's cultural heritage and to further establish appropriate museums. In 1981 the country opened the Madang Museum, Culture and Tourism Center in Yomba. The J. K. MacCarthy Museum, an ethnological collection, is located in Goroka.