Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Family History Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Archives
Archives of Bosnia-Herzegovina Reisa Džemaludina Čauševića 6 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Phone/fax: + 387-33-206-492 E-mail: info@arhivbih.gov.ba Website
 * They hold current records of state bodies, state and public institutions as well as enterprises and corporate bodies, families and persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main branch is in Sarajevo; there are also district (canton/county) archives located in several major administrative centers around the country: Sarajevo, Brčko, Bihać, Travnik, Tuzla, Goražde, Široki Brijeg and Mostar.

Archive of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Arhiv Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine) Hamdije Ćemerlića 2 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Telephone: +387 33 214-481 Fax: +387 33 556-905 Email: info@arhivfbih.gov.ba Website

Archive of Republika Srpska (Arhiv Republike Srpske) Aleja Sv. Save 1 Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina Phone: (051) 340 241 Fax: (051) 340 231 E-mail: arhivrs@inecco.net Website

Libraries
National and University Library Zmaja od Bosne 8B 71000 Sarajevo, Bosna and Hercegovina Telephone: +387 33 275 309 E-mail: katalog@nub.ba Website
 * During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the siege of Sarajevo, in the night from 25th to 26 August 1992, members of the Army of the Republika Srpska shelled Vijećnica where the library was located at that time. The resulting fire destroyed an estimated 80 percent of the Library’s collections.

Museums
Museum of Sarajevo (Muzej Sarajevo)

- Jewish Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Muzej Jevreja Bosne i Hercegovine)

Record Offices
Civil registration records are available at civil registration offices in the municipalities.

For a list of municipalities with a map, see Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Wikipedia.