Honduras Archives and Libraries

Archives
National Archive of Honduras 'Antonio Ramon Vallejo'  (Archivo Nacional de Honduras) Barrio El Centro Christopher Columbus Avenue Salvador Mendieta Street Tegucigalpa Telephone: (504) 222-8338 Email: [mailto:archivonacionaldehonduras@yahoo.es archivonacionaldehonduras@yahoo.es] Website: National Archive of Honduras Website #2: National Archive of Honduras turns 132


 * In the National Archive of Honduras is the documentary funds divided based on the periodization of the History of Honduras, Colonial, Federal and Republican era and additionally has a hemerographic fund and another with the records of land titles of 16 of the 18 departments that administratively form the country.

Central American Archives 4th Avenue, 7th and 8th Streets, Zone 1 Guatemala City, Guatemala
 * 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."

Libraries
Juan Ramón Molina National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Juan Ramón Molina) Avenida Miguel Cervantes Tegucigalpa Telephone: (504) 2222 8577 Website: National Library Juan Ramón Molina Website #2: National Library Juan Ramón Molina Website #3: National Library of Honduras "Juan Ramón Molina"

Libreria Cultura Bo. Guamilito 8 Avenida 1 y 2 Calle San Pedro Sula Telephone: (504) 2550 5750 Email: [mailto:servicioalcliente@libreriaculturahn.com servicioalcliente@libreriaculturahn.com] Website: Libreria Cultura

National Autonomous University of Honduras (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras UNAH) Boulevard Suyapa Tegucigalpa Telephone: (504) 235 3361 Email: [mailto:info@unah.edu.hn info@unah.edu.hn] Website: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras Website #2: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras UNAH-vs

Riecken Community Libraries La Fundación Riecken Apartado Postal #1088 Colonia Ruben Dario, Calle Venecia, 2216 Tegucigalpa Telephone: (504) 2235 9927/(650) 206 2539 Email: [mailto:info@rieckenlibraries.org info@rieckenlibraries.org] Website: Riecken Community Libraries Website #2: Bibliotecas Comunitarias Riecken Website #3: Riecken Community Libraries Website #4: Biblioteca Publica Copan Ruinas Roberto Sosa Website #5: Public Library of Santa Lucia Website #6: Arturo Flores Aguiluz Library

Wilson Popenoe Library El Valle del Zamorano El Zamorano Telephone: (504) 2287 2000 Ext. 2121 Email: [mailto:wpedraza@zamorano.edu wpedraza@zamorano.edu] Website: Biblioteca Wilson Popenoe Website #2: Wilson Popenoe Library

Museums
Archeology Museum of Comayagua Plaza de San Francisco Comayagua Telephone: (504) 9593 9270/2772 0386 Email: [mailto:rrc.ihah@gmail.com rrc.ihah@gmail.com] Website: Archeology Museum of Comayagua Website #2: Regional Museum of Comayagua Website #3: Comayagua Museum Website #4: Comayagua Museum


 * It is the only museum of Lenca culture in the world, which has a rich collection of polychrome ceramics of the Preclassic Period, composed of vessels, vases, pieces of jade, some of them from the 74 archaeological sites in the area, including Tenampua, Chircal, Ajuterique, Las Vegas, the Basin of El Cajón and Siguatepeque.

Museum of Anthropology and History 3 Avenida between 3 and 4 blocks NW San Pedro Sula Telephone: (504) 2557 1874/557 1496 Email: [mailto:museosps@yahoo.com museosps@yahoo.com] Website: Museum of Anthropology and History Website #2: Museum of Anthropology and History Website #3: Museo de Antropología e Historia de San Pedro Sula Website #4: Museum of Anthropology and History Website #5: Museo de Antropología e Historia de San Pedro Sula


 * Public institution at the national service of society, which acquires, preserves, researches, communicates and exhibits for the purposes of study and education. It treasures in its exhibition halls the most transcendental archaeological collections in the cultural history of the city.

Museum for National Identity Calle El Telegrafo Tegucigalpa Telephone: (504) 2238 7412/2238 7395 Email: [mailto:info@min.hn info@min.hn] Website: Museum for National Identity Website #2: Museum for National Identity Website #3: Museum for National Identity


 * Located in the heart of Tegucigalpa’s historical center, the Museum for National Identity summarizes the nation’s historical and cultural identity through its collection of art and artifacts from around Honduras. The exhibits, housed within a nineteenth century hospital that once served as the Palace of Ministries, begin with the geological formation of Honduras and continue through to the present day.

Regional Museum of Maya Archeology Central Plaza Copan Ruinas Telephone: (504) 651 3829 Email: [mailto:info@copanhonduras.org info@copanhonduras.org] Website: Museum of Maya Archeology Website #2: Maya Archaeology Museum (Museo de Arqueologia Maya) Website #3: Museo Regional de Arqueologia Maya Website #4: Museo Regional de Arqueologia Maya


 * The Museum has an important collection of artifacts, stelae, altars, vessels, jade ornaments, and obsidian utensils from the ruins of Copán. Of singular importance is the tomb of the scribe that was found in Las Sepulturas, and a collection of eccentrics. As well as the Mayan Calendar and the portraits of the sixteen rulers of the Maya royal family.

For a list of museums in Honduras, go to List of museums in Honduras in Wikipedia.