About NAM

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Arkib Negara Malaysia or National Archives of Malaysia (NAM) is an important place to Malaysia, as it is a place where it keeps all the Malaysia treasures. What sort of "treasures' are there in NAM. The national recorded documents are invaluable treasures that must be protected and preserved for the future references.

The NAM's vision is to become an outstanding National Centre for Archives and Archival Research.  Its  mission is  to make sure the enduring and invaluable national records are preserved. It plays an important role in providing research and reference services to researchers or students. It is also meant to communalize and popularize archival heritage.

The summary of the history NAM
  • 1 December 1957 it was named as Pejabat Rekod Awam or Public Record Officies
  • 1963 changed the name to the Department of National Archives
  • 1966 the National Archives Act was formed
  • 1982 NAM was transferred to the current location
One of its roles is to act as the government agency that collects, keeps and preserves the government documents or records as stated in the National Archives Act. Besides keeping the government records, NAM also keeps individual letters that holds the historical values, collection materials by historical figures such the former prime ministers and famous artist.  Other documents that are kept at NAM are photos, audios, videos, maps, manuscripts and those that have historical values.

NAM headquarters is at Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur.

 
Arkib Negara Malaysia - "Pusat Sumber Maklumat dan Penyelidikan Negara"
National Archives Malaysia be the main source of information and research for Malaysia



(Right) Place to register and be a member of NAM.  Anybody can be a researcher at NAM.
These two guys above are from Maldives (right) and Botwana, South Africa.  Both of them are students of Lim Kok Wing  University, doing study about the Sultan Abdul Samad Building. 

NAM provides a place for anybody to come and learn about Malaysia.


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