Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Institute of Ethiopian Studies

    • Postal Address:

      P.. Box 1176
      Addis Ababa
      Ethiopia

    • Location:

      Addis Ababa University

    • Telephone:

      251-119469; 110086

    • Facsimile:

      251-1-55-26-88

    • E-mail:

      ies.aau@telecom.net.et

    • URL:

      http://www.ies.ethiopia.et

    • Director:

      Dr. Getachew Kassa

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Museum

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Artifacts
      Ecclesiastical records
      Ephemera
      Government records
      Manuscripts
      Maps
      Music
      Newspapers
      Oral histories
      Photographs
      Posters
      Sound recordings

    • Size:

      1. Books, periodicals, theses, manuscripts, medical scrolls and archival items = 152,380. 2. Microfilm = 10,000 reels, Microfiche=120 boxes, slides=1000, 3. Photographic archives = 290 albums of different sizes, 38,000 photographs, about 500 maps.

    • Holdings:

      IES is the store house of Ethiopian wisdom and tradition that houses the best collection about Ethiopia anywhere. Its Library collections include: Books, Periodicals, M.A. and Ph.D theses, senior essays, magic-medical scrolls, manuscripts, archival items, slides, audiovisual materials, ephemera, maps and etc. The Museum houses the largest ethnographic collection, i.e. various artefacts, icons, crosses, weapons, ecclesiastical paintings, coins, musical instruments, ceramic and wooden materials, etc.

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      Diversified Culture of Ethiopia is represented.

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      Published and unpublished materials are available for references & spot reading services to the appropriate users of the Library. The Museum is accessable to any one who wants to visit by paying the entrance fee.

    • Access restrictions:

      Book loan service is restricted; unpublished materials are not allowed to copy. The system is a closed stack system. Photographing of the museum objects is restricted (not allowed).

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Card catalogs
      Guides
      Inventories

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications: