Department of National Archives

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Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Department of National Archives Reviews | Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars (8 reviews)

Department of National Archives is located in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Philip Gunewardena Mawatha. Department of National Archives is rated 4.2 out of 5 in the category state archive in Sri Lanka.

Address

Philip Gunewardena Mawatha

Phone

+94 112694523

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Chamuditha Koralage

Probably one of the best government institutions which offers a friendly public service.

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Shohan Sri

Infront park of department of national archives it is a very shedy plase

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Sumudu Basnayaka

Clean place

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chameera madushan

Implementation of the National Archives Act No. 48 of 1973 and its subsequent amendments and preparing rules and regulations relating to the accrual of Public Records and unique Private Collections as permanent deposits. Management and Preservation of traditional (Palm leaf and Papers) and non-traditional (Digital) government records basing on relevant stipulated rules and regulations. Receive Newspapers and Publications for legal deposit in terms of the relevant laws, making facilities to retrieve information from its holdings for use by the government for its administrative processes and for research purposes by the public The Objectives & Functions set out in the National Archives Act No.48 of 1973 and National Archives (Amendment) Act No.30 of 1981 Ensue official custody and physical safety of public records. To make them available for reference and study. To conduct record surveys in Public Institutions. Serve as the legal depository for Newspapers and Publications printed in the Island. Conduct training workshops in Records Management and conservation. Implement the Printing Presses, Printers and Publishers and Newspaper Ordinances. Preserve and Indexing of the private collections deposited in the Department. Conservation of records at religious institutions

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Social Human සමාජ මිනිසා

Good for historical and social research

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Melanie Atkins

On a recent holiday visiting National Archives to research family history. The help given by all staff was extraordinary. Despite my having no language other than English the staff assisted in every way they could. The building, the search room and surrounds were new and well suited to the search task.

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Mohamed Shafran Abdul Kuddoos

Well designed architecture building. Staff's can speak in English or sometime if you want in Sinhala. A different inner looking. Awesome.

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Asoka Priyantha

Excellent service