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Archives
Colima
General Archive of Notaries of the State of Colima (Archivo General de Notarías del Estado de Colima)
Calzada Pedro A. Galván, esq. con Aldama Palacio Legislativo y de Justicia Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 313 1814/313 9290
Email: pega79@hotmail.com
Website: General File of Notaries of the State of Colima
Website #2: General Archive of Notaries of the State of Colima
Historical Archive of the Autonomous University of Colima (Archivo Histórico de la Universidad Autónoma de Colima)
Avenida 20 de Noviembre, número 234 esquina con Revolución Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 316 1000
Email: hemeroteca@ucol.mx
Website: Historical Archive of the Autonomous University of Colima
Historical Archive of the Civil Registry of the State of Colima (Archivo Histórico del Registro Civil del Estado de Colima)
Gabino Barreda número 261 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 312 6446/313 7730
Email: rossy_mania@hotmail.com
Website: Historical Archive of the Civil Registry of the State of Colima
Website #2: Historical Archive of the Civil Registry of the State of Colima
Historical Archive of the Diocese of Colima (Archivo Histórico de la Diócesis de Colima)
Hidalgo, Número 135 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 312 4344
Email: obispado@diocesisdecolima.org
Website: Historical Archive of the Diocese of Colima
Historical Archive of the Municipality of Colima (Archivo Histórico del Municipio de Colima)
Independencia 79 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 312 2857/330 0229
Email: archivodecolima@gmail.com
Email #2: casadelarchivo@yahoo.com.mx
Website: Historical Archive of the Municipality of Colima
Website #2: Casa del Archivo
Historical Archive of the Parish of Nuestra Señora de la Merced Colima, Colima (Archivo Histórico de la Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Merced Colima, Colima)
Madero, Número 284 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 312 1346
Website: Historical Archive of the Parish of Nuestra Señora de la Merced Colima, Colima
Historical Archive of the Parish of Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro Colima, Colima (Archivo Histórico de la Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro Colima, Colima)
Belisario Domínguez, Número 336 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 312 3252
Website: Historical Archive of the Parish of Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro Colima, Colima
Historical Archive of the Parish of Our Lady of Health Colima, Colima (Archivo Histórico de la Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Salud Colima, Colima
Doctor Miguel Galindo Número 146, Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 312 0332
Website: Historical Archive of the Parish of Our Lady of Health Colima, Colima
Historical Archive of the Parish of San Felipe de Jesús Colima, Colima (Archivo Histórico de la Parroquia de San Felipe de Jesús Colima, Colima)
Doctor Constitución, Número 70 Apartado Postal 143 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 312 0222
Website: Historical Archive of the Parish of San Felipe de Jesús Colima, Colima
Historical Archive of the Parish of San José Colima, Colima (Archivo Histórico de la Parroquia de San José Colima, Colima)
Centenario, número 25 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 312 3054
Website: Historical Archive of the Parish of San José Colima, Colima
Historical Archive of the Parish of San Miguel Arcángel del Espíritu Santo Cómala, Colima (Archivo Histórico de la Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel del Espíritu Santo Cómala, Colima)
Venustiano Carranza Número 49 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 315 5300
Email: samiguelparroquia@hotmail.com
Website: Historical Archive of the Parish of San Miguel Arcángel del Espíritu Santo Cómala, Colima
Historical Archive of the Parish of San Pedro Coquimatlán, Colima (Archivo Histórico de la Parroquia de San Pedro Coquimatlán, Colima)
Reforma número 105 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 323 0250
Website: Historical Archive of the Parish of San Pedro Coquimatlán, Colima
Historical Archive of the State of Colima (Archivo Histórico de Colima)
Juárez y Díaz Mirón s/n Colonia Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 313 9993/159 7143
Email: archivohistorico@culturacolima.gob.mx
Email #2: direccionhec@gmail.com
Email #3: claudia_velazquez@ucol.mx
Email #4: direccion@archivohistoricocolima.mx
Email #5: direccionahec@yahoo.com.mx
Website: Historical Archive of the State of Colima (AHEC)
Website #2: Historical Archive of the State of Colima
- Its holdings include the most complete newspaper archive available for the official Colima state newspaper, "El Estado de Colima," including the years 1867 to 1900. The website includes a table listing specifically what articles appear in every issue of the newspaper. To view the catalog, click on Acervos; then next to Fondo Periódico Oficial “El Estado de Colima” 1867–1900, click on Descargar.
- Civil registration records from 1867 to 1899 are in the archive. In this collection, 1078 books of birth, marriage, and death records are preserved. The following places are included in the collection: Colima city, Coquimatlán, Zacualpan, Manzanillo, Camotlán de Miraflores, Cuauhtémoc, Quesería, Tecomán, Comala, Villa de Álvarez, Suchitlán, San Miguel de la Unión, Ixtlahuacán y El Mamey (hoy Minatitlán). Some places only have a partial collection, but the Colima records are complete.
Municipal Archive of Cómala (Archivo Municipal de Cómala)
Leona Vicario, number 1 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 315 6015
Email: ayucom@prodigy.net.mx
Email #2: csav1981@hotmail.com
Email #3: felazaro@comala.gob.mx
Website: Municipal Archive of Cómala
Website #2: Municipal Archive of Comala, Colima
Municipal Archive of Coquimatlán, Colima (Archivo Municipal de Coquimatlán, Colima)
Reforma y Jesús Alcaraz sin número Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 323 0333
Email: almichel82@hotmail.com
Email #2: ayuncoquimatlan@yahoo.com.mx
Website: Municipal Archive of Coquimatlán, Colima
Website #2: Municipal Archive of Coquimatlán, Colima
Municipal Historical Archive of Colima (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Colima)
Independencia, Número 79 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 312 2857/314 1288
Email: archivodecolima@gmail.com
Website: Municipal Historical Archive of Colima
Website #2: Historical Archive of the Municipality of Colima (AHMC)
Website #3: Historical Archive of the Municipality of Colima
Municipal Historical Archive of Cuauhtemoc, Colima (Archivo Histórico Municipal de Cuauhtémoc, Colima)
Francisco I. Madero s/n Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 328 1101
Email: archivo_historicocuauhtemoc@hotmail.com
Website: Municipal Historical Archive of Cuauhtemoc, Colima
Website #2: Cuauhtémoc Municipal Historical Archive, Colima
There are 16 historical archives in nine municipalities in the State of Colima. Here is the website: State of Colima Historical Archives.
Libraries
Colima
Arq. Gonzalo Villa Chávez Library (Biblioteca Arq. Gonzalo Villa Chávez)
Vicente Guerrero núm. 174 Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 313 4945
Email: rhuerta.col.@inah.gob.mx
Website: Arq. Gonzalo Villa Chávez Library
Website #2: Arq. Gonzalo Villa Chávez Library
Central State Public Library Profra. Rafaela Suárez (Biblioteca Pública Central Estatal Profra. Rafaela Suárez)
Del Trabajo y Ejercito Nacional S/N Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 313 3024
Email: bp0332@dgb.gob.mx
Email #2: bpcecol@yahoo.com.mx
Website: Central State Public Library Profra. Rafaela Suárez
Website #2: Central State Public Library Profra. Rafaela Suárez
Website #3: Profa. Rafaela Suarez
Library Profr. Gregorio Torres Quintero (Biblioteca Profr. Gregorio Torres Quintero)
Mexicali Esq. Nuevo León (Centro Cultural Balbino Dávalos)
Moctezuma
28048 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 313 3786
Email: bp6320@dgb.gob.mx
Email #2: mechita252@hotmail.com
Website: Library Profr. Gregorio Torres Quintero
Website #2: Library Profr. Gregorio Torres Quintero
Website #3: Prof. Gregorio Torres Quintero
Lic. Balbino Dávalos Library (Biblioteca Lic. Balbino Dávalos)
Aquiles Serdán S/N Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 313 9545
Email: bp0709@dgb.gob.mx
Email #2: vmariza@hotmail.com
Website: Lic. Balbino Dávalos Library
Website #2: Lic. Balbino Dávalos Library
Website #3: Lic. Balbino Dávalos
Marina Larios Arreola Library (Biblioteca Marina Larios Arreola)
Francisco I. Madero 147
Hidalgo No. 68 Los Tepames
28600 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 120 9501
Email: bp4453@dgb.gob.mx
Website: Marina Larios Arreola Library
Website #2: Biblioteca Marina Larios Arreola
Website #3: Marina Larios Arreola
Profa. Rafaela Suarez
Av. Ejército Nacional Esq. Calle del Trabajo s/n Col. Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 313 3024
Email: bpcecol@yahoo.com.mx
Email #2: bp0332@dgb.gob.mx
Website: Profa. Rafaela Suarez
San Francisco Norte Library (Biblioteca San Francisco Norte)
Independencia 371, Niños Héroes
28020 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 313 1886
Email: bp6947@dgb.gob.mx
Email #2: ariesgays@hotmail.com
Website: San Francisco Norte Library
Website #2: Biblioteca San Francisco Norte
Website #3: San Francisco North
TecMilenio Library, Campus Colima (Biblioteca de TecMilenio, Campus Colima)
Av. Ignacio Sandoval 1410
Col. Jardines Vista Hermosa
28017 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 316 1699
Website: TecMilenio Library, Campus Colima
Union of Trade Unions Library (Biblioteca Unión de Sindicatos)
Torres Quintero 70 Altos. San Rafael
28000 Colima
Mérida No. 38-A Col. San Rafael
28048 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 307 8730
Email: bp6339@dgb.gob.mx
Website: Union of Trade Unions Library
Website #2: Union Of Trade Unions Library
Website #3: Union of Trade Unions
Victoriano Guzmán Nava Library (Biblioteca Victoriano Guzmán Nava)
Aniceto Castellanos S/N, Lo de Villa
28620 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 314 3715
Email: bp7681@dgb.gob.mx
Email #2: a_i_le67@hotmail.com
Website: Victoriano Guzmán Nava Library
Website #2: Victoriano Guzmán Nava Library
Website #3: Victoriano Guzman Nava
There are six libraries in three municipalities in the State of Colima. Here is the website: State of Colima Libraries.
There are 57 DGB libraries in 10 municipalities in the State of Colima. Here is the website: State of Colima DGB Libraries.
Museums
Colima
Museum of the Cultures of the West María Ahumada de Gómez (Museo de las Culturas de Occidente María Ahumada de Gómez)
Calz. Galván Nte. s/n Centro
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 313 0608/330 7192/313 2868
Email: contacto@colima.gob.mx
Website: Museum of the Cultures of the West María Ahumada de Gómez
Website #2: Ma. Ahumada de Gómez
- It is part of the facilities of the House of Culture of the city. It was built on purpose and inaugurated on December 1, 1980 with the aim of preserving and disseminating the archaeological heritage of the pre-Hispanic peoples that inhabited the territory of Colima. It has 11 permanent rooms called Mesoamerica and Occidente; Colima (chronological sequence) Lithic; Physical type; Fauna and Flora; Work and technology; Clothing and war; Architecture; Religion; Music; and art.
Regional Museum of History of Colima (Museo Regional de Historia de Colima)
Portal Morelos 1, Centro Histórico
28000 Colima
Telephone: 52 312 312 9228
Email: museocolima@hotmail.com
Email #2: fernando_rodriguez@inah.gob.mx
Website: Regional Museum of History of Colima
Website #2: Colima History Museum
Website #3: Regional Museum of History of Colima
- The museum currently houses in its 6 archeology rooms and 8 history rooms, interesting pieces that reveal the most important aspects of regional history, from pre-Hispanic times to a few decades after the revolution.
There are 18 museums in 10 municipalities in the State of Colima. Here is the website: State of Colima Museums.