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Archives
Central American Archives
4th Avenue, 7th and 8th Streets, Zone 1
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Telephone: +502 2232 3037
- 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]
Historical Archive of the National Police
10 00, Avenida La Pedrera
Guatemala City
Telephone: (502) 2269 0628
- A product of broad international collaboration, these digitized documents from the Guatemalan National Police Historical Archive (AHPN) aim to facilitate scholarly and legal research into a vast cache of historical documentation.
Libraries
Academy of Geography and History of Guatemala
3a Avenida 8-35 zona 1
Guatemala
Telephone: (502) 2253 5141
Email: acgeohis@gmail.com
Website
Central Library (Biblioteca Central)
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC)
Educational Resources Building
Ciudad Universitaria Zona 12
Guatemala City
Telephone: (502) 2418 7880
Website: Biblioteca Central
Website #2: Biblioteca Central USAC
Website #3: Biblioteca Universidad San Carlos
Website #4: Biblioteca Central USAC
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Dr. Isidro Iriarte Landivariana library SJ
Lomas de Ciudad Vieja Dos
Guatemala City
Telephone: (502) 2426 2626
Website: Dr. Isidro Iriarte Landivariana library SJ
Website #2: Rafael Landívar University Library
The Library (Biblioteca Banco De Guatemala Y Fundacion Cultural Duane Carter)
Portal of the Panaderas # 2
La Antigua Guatemala
Telephone: (502) 7832 8381
Email: Elquintopatio@gmail.com
Website: The Library
Website #2: Duane Carter Library
Website #3: Duane Carter Foundation
Website #4: The Duane library
Library of the Faculty of Engineering
Guatemala City
Telephone: (502) 2418 8000 ext. 1541
Email: biblioteca@ing.usac.edu.gt
Website: Library of the Faculty of Engineering
Library Municipality Santa Catarina Pinula
Guatemala City
Website: Library Municipality Santa Catarina Pinula
Ludwig von Mises Library
Francisco Marroquín University
Manuel F. Ayau Street (6 final street), zone 10
Guatemala City
Telephone: (502) 2338 7821
Email: bibliocons@ufm.edu
Website: Ludwig von Mises Library
National Library of Guatemala "Luis Cardoza y Aragón"
5 Avenida 7-26, Guatemala
Telephone: (502) 2232 2443
Email: bibliotecanacional@mcd.gob.gt
Website: National Library of Guatemala
Website #2: Biblioteca Nacional De Guatemala
National Newspaper Library of Guatemala (Hemeroteca Nacional de Guatemala)
Guatemala City
Telephone: (502) 2232 7625
Website: National Newspaper Library of Guatemala
Website #2: National Hemeroteca "Lic. Clemente Marroquín Rojas "
Website #3: Hemeroteca Nacional
Riecken Community Libraries
La Fundación Riecken
Calle Real de Jocotenango Lotificación El Pedregal No.9
Jocotenango, Sacatepéquez
Telephone: (502) 7888 7308/(650) 206 2539
Email: info@rieckenlibraries.org
Website: Riecken Community Libraries
Website #2: Riecken Community Libraries
Website #3: Bibliotecas Comunitarias Riecken
Museums
Azul Maya Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico Azul Maya) )
Calle Monte Rey
Panajachel
Telephone: (502) 7762 0257
Website: Azul Maya Archaeological Museum
- The Azul Maya Archaeological Museum is a small gallery that showcases original objects discovered across all of Guatemala’s Mayan regions. The museum’s founder established the exhibition after gathering artifacts while traveling extensively through the country.
Miraflores Museum (Museo Miraflores)
Miraflores Mall
7a calle 21-55, Zona 11
Paseo Miraflores
Guatemala City
Telephone: (502) 2208 0550
Website: Museo Miraflores
Website #2: Museo Miraflores
Website #3: Museo Miraflores
Website #4: Museo Miraflores
Website #5: Museo Miraflores
- Located in present-day Guatemala City, the Museo Miraflores is placed on what was the southern end of the ancient Maya city of Kaminaljuyú. The museum showcases over 2000 years of artifacts which were excavated from the site including pottery, jewelry, sculpture and obsidian objects. The museum is located a short drive from Kaminaljuyú archaeological park.
Museum of the University of San Carlos (MUSAC) (Museo de la Universidad de San Carlos (MUSAC))
9a. avenue 9-79 zone 1
Guatemala City
Telephone: (502) 2232 0721
Email: infomusac@musacenlinea.org
Website: Museo de la Universidad de San Carlos MUSAC
Website #2: Museo de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Website #3: Museo de la Universidad de San Carlos MUSAC
- The Museum of the University of San Carlos was created as an academic museum, open for the meeting between the people and people linked to art, science, history and culture.
National Museum of Archeology and Ethnology (Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología)
6a Calle
Sala 5, Finca La Aurora, Zona 13
Guatemala City
Telephone: (502) 2475 4399/2475 4010
Email: info@munae.gob.gt
Website: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología
Website #2: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología
Website #3: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología
Website #4: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología
- This museum has the country's biggest collection of ancient Maya artifacts, but explanatory information is very sparse. There's a great wealth of monumental stone sculpture, including Classic-period stelae from Tikal, Uaxactún and Piedras Negras; a superb throne from Piedras Negras; and animal representations from Preclassic Kaminaljuyú.
For a list of museums in Guatemala, go to List of museums in Guatemala 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)