The Institute of History of Nicaragua and Central America ( Spanish: ''Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroamérica'', ''IHNCA'') is a research institute that is connected to the

Central American University José Simeón Cañas Central American University ( es, Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"), also known as UCA El Salvador, is a private university with nonprofit purposes in San Salvador, El Salvador, run by the Society of Jesus. ...

in Nicaragua. The institute is settled at the

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of the university in Managua. The building has several halls and rooms for lectures, research, documentation, and expositions.IHNCA
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The IHNCA originates out of a merger in 1997 of the Library of the Central-American Historical Institute (Biblioteca del Instituto Histórico Centroamericano) and the Institute of History of Nicaragua (Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua). These institutes were founded in 1934 and 1987 respectively. The institute is dedicated to the research, spread of knowledge on history, and the administration of historical

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. It has executed thorough research and looks after an archive of more than 50,000 books, many papers, audio recordings, films, video's, maps and collections of paintings, masks and other artifactsPrins Claus Fund (2009
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In 2009, the institute received one of the

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from the Netherlands.

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* Nicaraguan culture History of Nicaragua History museums Research institutes in Nicaragua Museums in Nicaragua Buildings and structures in Managua Tourist attractions in Managua {{Nicaragua-museum-stub