Mali 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
Direction Nationale des Archives du Mali Archives Sites The archives have two sites. Telephone: (223) 20.29.94.20 / 20.29.53.93 / 20.29.94.03 Fax: (223) 20.29.94.03 E-mail: archives@archivesmali.gouv.ml Website Wikipedia: Direction Nationale des Archives du Mali Includes list of topics

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
 * 1864 to 1919 - Overseas National Archives, French Sudan, now Mali

Libraries
National Library of Mali Bamako, Mali

In Bamako are located the National Library (20,000 volumes) and archives, a municipal library, and the library of the Islamic Center, opened in 1987. In addition, the French Cultural Center, with 27,000 volumes, serves as a public library, and there is a US Information Service library as well as several other privately run libraries. Timbucktu has a center of historic research with valuable Arabic manuscripts, which also serves as a museum. The National Museum, which also has a library, is in Bamako.

Museums
Timbucktu has a center of historic research with valuable Arabic manuscripts, which also serves as a museum. The National Museum, which also has a library, is in Bamako, as is the Sudanese Museum, detailing the country's history as the former French Sudan. Regional museums are located in Gao and Sikasso, and there is a historical museum in Timbuktu.

National Museum of Mali
 * The National Museum of Malí (French: Musée national du Mali) is an archaeological and anthropological museum of African art is located in Bamako, the capital of Mali. It presents permanent and temporary exhibits on the history of Mali, as well as the musical instruments, dress, and ritual objects associated with Mali's various ethnic groups. Concrete models of several important cultural landmarks, such as the mosques of Djenné and Timbuktu are displayed outside on the grounds of the museum.

LonelyPlanet: Mali Ethnological Museum
 * The Ethnological Museum occupies a hugely significant site near Sidi Yahiya Mosque, containing the well of Bouctou, where Timbuktu was founded. There's also a variety of exhibits including clothing, musical instruments, jewellery and games, as well as interesting colonial photographs and pictures of the ancient rock carvings at Tin-Techoun, which have since been stolen or destroyed.

Record Offices
Direction Nationale de l’Etat Civil (National Directorate of Civil Status) KATI, Route de KOULOUBA Mali

Telephone: +223 20 71 33 35 E-mail: [mailto:contact@dnec.gouv.ml contact@dnec.gouv.ml]