Guatemala - Libraries and museums



There are three notable libraries in Guatemala City. The National Library, with about 150,000 volumes, has collections of Guatemalan and other Central American books and newspapers. The General Archives of Central America has a 100,000-item collection of documents for the three-century colonial period, when Guatemala was the administrative center for the Central American area. The library of the Geographical and Historical Academy of Guatemala (30,000 volumes) is of special value to researchers. The Central American Industrial Research Institute maintains the largest technical library in Central America (36,000 volumes). The Institute of Nutrition in Central American and Panama in Guatemala City maintains an important collection of public health documents. The University of San Carlos library has 205,000 volumes. There are small public library branches in Quetzeltenanyo.

The Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1948) in the capital has an excellent collection of Mayan artifacts, and the Colonial Museum in Antigua contains colonial paintings, wood carvings, iron and leather work, and sculpture. Also in the capital are the National Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of History, and the Center for Conservation Studies, founded in 1981.

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