Madagascar 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
Archives Nationales de Madagascar 21, Rue Karija Tsaralalàna Antananarivo, Madagascar 101 Mailing address: P.O. Box 3384, Tsaralalàna, Antananarivo, Madagascar 101 Telephone: (261) (20) 22 235 34 Email: dan@primature.gov.mg Facebook

French Colonial Archives
National Archives of Overseas (ANOM) 29 chemin du moulin de Testas - CS50062 13182 Aix-en-Provence CEDEX 5 France Telephone: + 33 (0)4 42 93 38 50 E-mail: anom.aix@culture.gouv.fr
 * 1807 to 1919 - Overseas National Archives, Madagascar

Libraries
National Library of Madagascar (Bibliothèque nationale de Madagascar) Antananarivo, Madagascar Telephone:+261344624285 Facebook

The principal libraries are the National Library in Antananarivo, with 236,000 volumes, and the university library, with 195,000 volumes. Other important libraries include the National Archives (30,000 volumes), the Antananarivo municipal library (23,000), and the Albert Camus Cultural Center Library (35,000).

Museums
Google listing of museums in Madagascar

The palace of the queen in Antananarivo contains important art, archaeological, and historical exhibits, especially concerning the Merina kingdom. Other museums in the city are the Gallery of Fine Arts; the University of Madagascar's Museum of Art and Archaeology; the Folklore, Archaeology, Paleontology, and Animal Museum; the Historical Museum, and a natural history museum. There is also an oceanographic research museum in Nosy Bé, a regional museum in Toamasina, and university museums in Fianarantsoa and Tuléar.

Record Offices
Ministère de l'Intérieur et de la Décentralisation-Officiel (Ministry of Interior and Decentralization) Rue Lamyne Gueye Anosy, Antananarivo, Madagascar E-mail: mid.gov.mg Facebook