Panama Archives and Libraries

Archives
National Archives of Panama Calidonia Panama City, Panama Website: Website


 * The National Archives of Panama contains court records, notary records for all provinces of Panama, a digital collection of all bills that have been passed since 1934 (bills passed between 1903-1934 are too fragile to digitize), land records, etc.

Records of the Panama Canal Website Guides to Federal Records U.S. National Archives
 * These records are part of the United States National Archives Federal Records from 1848 to 1984.

Libraries
The National Library of Panama Ernesto J. Castillero R. National Library Omar Recreational Park Avenida Belisario Porras "Vía Porras" Corregimiento de San Francisco, City of Panama, Panama Telephone: (507) 221 8360 Website

Museums
Afro-Antillean Museum of Panama (Museo Afro-Antillano de Panama) Calle 24 y Avenida Justo Arosemena Calidonia Panama City, Panama Telephone: (507) 501-4130/501-4131 Email: [mailto:info@samaap.org info@samaap.org] Sociedad de Amigos del Museo Afroantillano de Panamá - Samaap
 * The popular Panama Interoceanic Canal Museum may showcase the history, politics and influence of French and American workers who helped construct the Panama Canal, but the Afro-Antillean Museum is the place for travelers who want to learn more about the impact the nation’s West Indian community had on developing the infrastructure that still keeps this Central America destination up and running.

Museum of Old Panama Vía Cincuentenario Lefevre Park Panama City, Panama Telephone: (507) 226-8915/226-9364/226-1757 Email: [mailto:patronato@panamaviejo.org patronato@panamaviejo.org]
 * The museum shows us the history and life of Panama from before the arrival of the Spaniards to colonize the Panamanian lands, until the destruction of it by piracy. In the photo we can see a model of how Panama was the old city back then.

Panama Canal Museum George A. Smathers Libraries University of Florida Gainesville, Panama Telephone: (800) 621-6044/(773) 955-4545 Email: [mailto:Special@uflib.ufl.edu Special@uflib.ufl.edu] Website
 * The Panama Canal Museum Collection includes more than 16,500 objects --photographs, artwork, newspapers, books and ephemera -- that document the history of the United States in Panama.

Panama Canal Museum Plaza de la Independencia Calle 5a Este San Felipe Panama City, Panama Telephone: (507) 211-1649/211-1650 Email: [mailto:info@museodelcanal.com info@museodelcanal.com] Website
 * The Panama Canal Museum is located in a beautifully restored building that was once the office space of the French Canal Company, the U.S. Isthmian Canal Commission offices and then, in 1912, the main Post Office

Panama History Museum Avenida 7 Central Municipal Palace San Felipe Panama City, Panama Telephone: (507) 501-4128/228--6231 Email: [mailto:museodehistoria@inac.gob.pa museodehistoria@inac.gob.pa]
 * The collections that make up the Museum of History of Panama, are grouped following the accrual of the History of the country, generally established by the common of the national historians and officialized in the textbooks approved by the Ministry of Education as follows: 1st Colonial Period, from 1501 to 1821. 2nd Departmental Period, from 1821 to 1903. 3rd Republican Period, from 1903 to the present. Having chosen the facts and monuments that have had the greatest impact on the life of the country in order that the visitor can get an idea of ​​the importance and the events summits of each historical period and the participation of the different human groups that make up the Panamanian nationality in them; including national and foreign ethnic minorities.

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

Records Office
Birth, marriage, and death certificates can be requested from overseas by sending a written request and payment ($9) to cover postage and handling. Send request to:
 * Tribunal Electoral de Panama, Registro Civil
 * Apartado 0816-01504
 * Panama, Republica de Panama


 * Telephone: (507) 504-6253

The following information should be included (as much as possible):
 * Birth record - Complete name, date of birth, place of birth, name of parents and national ID (cedula)
 * Marriage record - Complete name of the bride and groom, date of marriage, place, and the national IDs of the bride and groom
 * Death record - Complete name of the deceased, place of death and general information about the person's birth