Sierra Leone Archives and Libraries

Archives
National Archives of Sierra Leone Fourah Bay College Mount Aureol Freetown Telephone: 232 22 227509 Email: [mailto:bert_moore90@hotmail.com bert_moore90@hotmail.com] Website: National Archives of Sierra Leone Website #2: Sierra Leone Public Archives


 * The Sierra Leone Public Archives include the holdings of the British colonial government and subsequently the independent Republic of Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone Blue Books British Online Archives Main Street East Ardsley Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF3 2AP UK Telephone: 0 1924 825700 Email: [mailto:info@britishonlinearchives.co.uk info@britishonlinearchives.co.uk] Website: Sierra Leone Blue Books


 * Sierra Leone has had that name since the 15th century. It was established as a colony for freed slaves at a time when slavery continued elsewhere. These books include population numbers, the accounts and lists of Sierra Leone's officers. Details of its trading partners and social services are also in these records. Each book has a contents page at the front so that you can see if the data set you need is included.

Libraries
Bo Regional Library Bo Southern Province Website: Bo Regional Library

Fatima College Library University of Makeni Makeni Bombali District Northern Province Telephone: +232 76 670769 Email: [mailto:info@universityofmakeni.com info@universityofmakeni.com] Website: Fatima College Library

Museums
National Railway Museum Cline Town Freetown Telephone: +232 77 423575/ 076662157/ 077376580 Website: National Railway Museum Website #2: National Railway Museum Website #3: National Railway Museum Website #4: National Railway Museum


 * The museum has a fine collection of historical 2’6” gauge railway locomotives, coaches, wagons and related equipment from the former Sierra Leone Railway that once connected Freetown to Pendembu via the second principal city of Bo, and to the major town of Makeni.

Sierra Leone National Museum Siaka Stevens St Cotton Tree Freetown Telephone: +232 022 223555 Website: Sierra Leone National Museum Website #2: Sierra Leone National Museum Website #3:Sierra Leone National Museum


 * Sierra Leone’s National Museum is located at the centre of Freetown under the branches of the city’s famous Cotton Tree. It is the hub of many cultural activities in Freetown and holds an important collection of Sierra Leonean artefacts and artworks.

Sierra Leone Peace Museum Jomo Kenyatta Rd Freetown Telephone: +232 76 819242 Email: [mailto:dumbuya1@un.org dumbuya1@un.org] Email #2: [mailto:slpeacemuseum@gmail.com slpeacemuseum@gmail.com] Website: Sierra Leone Peace Museum Website #2: Sierra Leone Peace Museum Website #3: Sierra Leone Peace Museum Website #4:Sierra Leone Peace Museum


 * The Peace Museum includes a memorial to victims, an exhibit which documents and narrates the war’s history and the peace process, and an archive and law library containing an unparalleled collection of documents relating to the conflict, including the public records of the SCSL and of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Record Offices
Office of Chief Registrar Births and Deaths Office 3 Wilberforce Street Freetown Website: Civil registration and vital statistics systems


 * The office of the Registrar of Births and Deaths is a unit of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and is responsible for vital registration. District Registrars are employees of local councils (local government) but are supervised by staff of the MoHS. Almost all of the 149 Chiefdoms have a Community Health Officer (an employee of MoHS) who registers births and deaths.