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UNESCO initiative to preserve documentary items From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The first inscriptions on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register were made in 1997.[1] By creating a compendium of the world’s documentary heritage, including manuscripts, oral traditions, audio-visual materials, library and archive holdings,[2] the program aims to promote the exchange of information among experts and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials.[3] As of 2023, 494 pieces of documentary heritage had been inscribed in the register.[4] Of these, 116 are from the Asia and the Pacific region.[5]
The Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) is a regional committee of UNESCO's global programme, maintaining a separate register.[6][7] There are also national registers, including for the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand.
Items listed below are part of the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register. National and regional registers are listed separately.
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- Australia's The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) is the first full-length narrative feature film produced anywhere in the world.[8]
- Cambodia’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contains photographs of over 5,000 prisoners, as well as "confessions", many extracted under torture, and other biographical records.[9]
- The Baysunghur Shahnameh Iran is a manuscript of the "Book of Kings", one of the classics of the Persian-speaking world, on a par with the Iliad and The Aeniad of the Greco-Roman cultural communities.[10]
- The Korean version of the Buddhist scriptures, Tripitaka Koreana, is one of the most important and is the most complete corpus of Buddhist doctrinal texts in the world.[11]
More information Documentary heritage[A], Country/Territory ...
Documentary heritage[A] | Country/Territory | Custodian(s), Location(s) | Year inscribed |
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The Endeavour Journal of James Cook | ![]() |
National Library of Australia, Canberra | 2001 | [13] |
The Mabo Case Manuscripts | ![]() |
National Library of Australia, Canberra | 2001 | [14] |
The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) | ![]() |
National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra | 2007 | [8] |
The Convict Records of Australia | ![]() |
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2007 | [15] |
Manifesto of the Queensland Labour Party, 1892 | ![]() |
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane | 2009 | [16][17][18] |
Giant Glass Plate Negatives of Sydney Harbour | ![]() |
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney | 2021 | [19] |
7 March Speech of Bangabandhu | ![]() |
Liberation War Museum, Dhaka | 2017 | [20][21] |
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives | ![]() |
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh | 2009 | [9] |
Traditional Music Sound Archives | ![]() |
Chinese Academy of Arts, Beijing | 1997 | [22] |
Records of the Qing's Grand Secretariat – 'Infiltration of Western Culture in China' | ![]() |
Palace Museum, Beijing | 1999 | [23] |
Ancient Naxi Dongba Literature Manuscripts | ![]() |
Lijiang Prefecture Dongba Research Institute, Dayan | 2003 | [24] |
Golden Lists of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Examination | ![]() |
State Archives, Beijing | 2005 | [25] |
Qing Dynasty Yangshi Lei Archives | ![]() |
2007 | [26] | |
Ben Cao Gang Mu: Compendium of Materia Medica | ![]() |
Library of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences | 2011 | [27] |
Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) | ![]() |
National Library of China | 2011 | [28] |
Official Records of Tibet from the Yuan Dynasty China, 1304–1367 | ![]() |
Tibet Autonomous Region Archives, Lhasa | 2013 | [29] |
Qiaopi and Yinxin Correspondence and Remittance Documents from Overseas Chinese | ![]() |
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2013 | [30] |
Documents of Nanjing Massacre | ![]() |
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2015 | [31][7] |
The Archives of Suzhou Silk from Modern and Contemporary Times | ![]() |
Suzhou Industrial and Commercial Archives Administration | 2017 | [32] |
Chinese Oracle-Bone Inscriptions | ![]() |
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2017 | [33] |
Official Records of Macao During the Qing Dynasty (1693–1886) | ![]() ![]() |
Torre do Tombo National Archive, Alvalade, Lisbon | 2017 | [34] |
Archives and Manuscripts of Macau Kong Tac Lam Temple (1645–1980) | ![]() |
Association of Piety and Longevity Kong Tac Lam, Macau | 2023 | [35] |
The four treatises of Tibetan Medicine | ![]() |
Mentseekhang, Traditional Tibetan Hospital (Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute), Lhasa | 2023 | [36] |
Records of the Indian Indentured Labourers | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2011 | [37] | |
The I.A.S. Tamil Medical Manuscript Collection | ![]() |
Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai | 1997 | [38] |
Archives of the Dutch East India Company | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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2003 | [39] |
Shaiva Manuscript in Pondicherry | ![]() |
French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry | 2005 | [40] |
Rigveda | ![]() |
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune | 2007 | [41] |
Tarikh-e-Khandan-e-Timuriyah | ![]() |
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library, Patna 25°37′18″N 85°08′08″E | 2011 | [42] |
Laghukālachakratantrarājatīka Vimalaprabhā | ![]() |
The Asiatic Society, Kolkata | 2011 | [43] |
Shāntinātha Charitra | ![]() |
Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, Ahmedabad | 2013 | [44] |
Gilgit Manuscript | ![]() |
National Archives of India, New Delhi | 2017 | [45] |
Maitreyayvarakarana | ![]() |
Maitreyayvarakarana Asiatic Society, Kolkata | 2017 | [46] |
La Galigo | ![]() ![]() |
2011 | [47] | |
Nagarakretagama: Description of the Country (1365 AD) | ![]() |
National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta | 2013 | [48] |
Babad Diponegoro | ![]() ![]() |
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2013 | [49] |
Asian-African Conference Archives | ![]() |
National Archives of Indonesia, South Jakarta | 2015 | [50] |
Borobudur Conservation Archives | ![]() |
National Archives of Indonesia | 2017 | [51] |
The Indian Ocean Tsunami Archives | ![]() ![]() |
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2017 | [52] |
Panji Tales Manuscripts | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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2017 | [53] |
"Bayasanghori Shâhnâmeh" (Prince Bayasanghor's Book of the Kings) | ![]() |
Golestan Palace, Tehran | 2007 | [10] |
The Deed For Endowment: Rab’ I-Rashidi (Rab I-Rashidi Endowment) 13th Century manuscript | ![]() |
Tabriz Central Library, Tabriz | 2007 | [54] |
Administrative Documents of Astan-e Quds Razavi in the Safavid Era | ![]() |
Astan-e Quds Razavi Library, Mashhad | 2009 | [55] |
Al-Tafhim li Awa'il Sana'at al-Tanjim: The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology | ![]() |
Library, Museum and Documentation Centre of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Tehran | 2011 | [56] |
Collection of Nezami’s Panj Ganj | ![]() |
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2011 | [57] |
A Collection of selected maps of Iran in the Qajar Era (1193 – 1344 Lunar Calendar / 1779–1926 Gregorian Calendar) | ![]() |
Library of Political and International Studies of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 2013 | [58] |
Dhakhīra-yi Khārazmshāhī | ![]() |
Library of the Sepahsalar Mosque, Tehran | 2013 | [59] |
Al-Masaalik Wa Al-Mamaalik: The Book of Itineraries and Kingdoms | ![]() ![]() |
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2015 | [60] |
Kulliyyāt-i Saʽdi: Kulliyat of Saadi | ![]() |
The National Library and Archives of Iran, Tehran | 2015 | [61] |
Jāme’ al-Tavarikh: Compendium of Chronicles | ![]() |
Golestan Palace, Tehran | 2017 | [62] |
Sakubei Yamamoto Collection | ![]() |
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2011 | [63] |
Materials Related to the Keicho-era Mission to Europe Japan and Spain | ![]() ![]() |
Sendai City Museum, Sendai | 2013 | [64] |
Midokanpakuki: the original handwritten diary of Fujiwara no Michinaga | ![]() |
Yōmei Bunko, Kyoto | 2013 | [65] |
Archives of Tōji temple contained in one-hundred boxes | ![]() |
Kyoto Prefectural Library, Kyoto | 2015 | [66] |
Return to Maizuru Port—Documents Related to the Internment and Repatriation Experiences of Japanese (1945–1956) | ![]() |
Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum, Kyoto | 2015 | [67] |
Three Cherished Stelae of Ancient Kozuke | ![]() |
Takasaki, Gunma | 2017 | [68] |
Collection of manuscripts of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi | ![]() |
National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty | 2003 | [69] |
Audiovisual documents of the International antinuclear movement "Nevada-Semipalatinsk" | ![]() |
State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty | 2005 | [70] |
Aral Sea Archival Fonds | ![]() |
State Archive & State Archive of Film, Almaty | 2011 | [71] |
Correspondence of the late Sultan of Kedah (1882–1943) | ![]() |
National Archives of Malaysia, Alor Setar | 2001 | [72] |
Hikayat Hang Tuah: The story of Hang Tuah | ![]() |
National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur | 2001 | [73] |
Sejarah Melayu (the Malay Annals) | ![]() |
Institute of Language and Literature, Kuala Lumpur | 2001 | [74] |
Batu Bersurat, Terengganu (Inscribed Stone of Terengganu) | ![]() |
Terengganu State Museum, Kuala Terengganu | 2009 | [75] |
Lu."Altan Tobchi" : Golden History written in 1651 | ![]() |
National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar | 2011 | [76] |
Mongolian Tanjur & Stone Stele Monument for Mongolian Tanjur | ![]() |
National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar | 2011, updated 2017 |
[77][78] |
Kanjur written with 9 precious stones | ![]() |
National Library of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar | 2013 | [79] |
Kuthodaw Inscription Shrines | ![]() |
Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay | 2013 | [80] |
Myazedi Quadrilingual Stone Inscription | ![]() |
Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Naypyidaw | 2015 | [81] |
The Golden Letter of the Burmese King Alaungphaya to King George II of Great Britain | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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2015 | [82] |
King Bayinnaung Bell Inscription | ![]() |
Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan | 2017 | [83] |
Nishvāsattatvasamhitā Manuscript | ![]() |
National Archives of Nepal, Kathmandu | 2013 | [84] |
Sushrutasamhitā (Sahottārtantra) Manuscript | ![]() |
Kaiser Library, Kathmandu | 2013 | [85] |
Treaty of Waitangi | ![]() |
National Archives, Wellington | 1997 | [86] |
1893 Women's Suffrage Petition | ![]() |
National Archives, Wellington | 1997 | [87] |
Sir Edmund Hillary Archive | ![]() |
Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland | 2013 | [88] |
Katherine Mansfield literary and personal papers and belongings | ![]() |
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington | 2025 | [89] |
Comprehensive Illustrated Manual of Martial arts | ![]() |
Grand People's Study House, Pyongyang; Various locations in South Korea | 2017 | [90] |
Jinnah Papers (Quaid-i-Azam) | ![]() |
National Archives of Pakistan, Islamabad | 1999 | [91] |
Philippine Paleographs (Hanunoo, Buid, Tagbanua and Pala'wan) | ![]() |
National Museum, Manila | 1999 | [92] |
Radio Broadcast of the Philippine People Power Revolution | ![]() |
2003 | [93] | |
José Maceda Collection | ![]() |
U.P. Center for Ethnomusicology, Quezon City | 2007 | [94] |
Presidential Papers of Manuel L. Quezon | ![]() |
U.P. Center for Ethnomusicology, Quezon City | 2011 | [95] |
Hunminjeongum Manuscript: Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the People | ![]() |
Gansong Art Museum, Seoul | 1997 | [96] |
The Annals of the Choson Dynasty | ![]() |
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1997 | [97] |
Seungjeongwon ilgi, the Diaries of the Royal Secretariat | ![]() |
Kyujanggak Library and Seoul National University, Seoul | 2001 | [98] |
Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol (vol. II), the second volume of "Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests’ Zen Teachings" | ![]() |
National Library of France, Paris | 2001 | [99] |
Printing woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and miscellaneous Buddhist scriptures | ![]() |
Haeinsa Monastery, Gyeongsangnam-do | 2007 | [100] |
Uigwe: The Royal Protocols of the Joseon Dynasty | ![]() |
Seoul National University, Seoul | 2007 | [101] |
Dongui Bogam: Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine | ![]() |
National Library of Korea, Seoul | 2009 | [102] |
Human Rights Documentary Heritage 1980 Archives for the May 18th Democratic Uprising against Military Regime, in Gwangju, Republic of Korea | ![]() |
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2011 | [103] |
Ilseongnok: Records of Daily Reflections | ![]() |
Seoul National University, Seoul | 2011 | [104] |
Nanjung ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin | ![]() |
Hyeonchungsa Shrine, Asan | 2013 | [105] |
Archives of Saemaul Undong (New Community Movement) | ![]() |
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2013 | [106] |
Confucian Printing Woodblocks | ![]() |
The Advanced Center for Korean Studies, Andong | 2015 | [107] |
The Archives of the KBS Special Live Broadcast "Finding Dispersed Families" | ![]() |
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2015 | [108] |
Royal Seal and Investiture Book Collection of the Joseon Dynasty | ![]() |
National Palace Museum of Korea, Seoul | 2017 | [109] |
Archives of the National Debt Redemption Movement | ![]() |
National Debt Redemption Movement Memorial Park | 2017 | [110] |
Documents on Joseon Tongsinsa/Chosen Tsushinshi: The History of Peace Building and Cultural Exchanges between Korea and Japan from the 17th to 19th Century | ![]() ![]() |
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2017 | [111] |
Mahavamsa (6th century BCE to 1815 CE) | ![]() |
Palm Leaf Manuscripts Collection, University of Peradeniya | 2023 | [112] |
The manuscript of Ubayd Zakoni's Kulliyat and Hafez Sherozi's Gazalliyt (14th century) | ![]() |
Institute of the Written Heritage of the Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe | 2003 | [113] |
The King Ram Khamhaeng Inscription | ![]() |
Bangkok National Museum, Bangkok | 2003 | [114] |
Archival Documents of King Chulalongkorn's Transformation of Siam (1868–1910) | ![]() |
2009 | [115] | |
Epigraphic Archives of Wat Pho | ![]() |
Wat Pho, Bangkok | 2011 | [116] |
"The Minute Books of the Council of the Siam Society", 100 years of recording international cooperation in research and the dissemination of knowledge in the arts and sciences | ![]() |
National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok | 2013 | [117] |
The Royal Photographic Glass Plate Negatives and Original Prints Collection | ![]() |
National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok | 2017 | [118] |
National Collection of Palm-Leaf Manuscripts of Phra That Phanom Chronicle | ![]() |
National Library of Thailand, Bangkok | 2023 | [119] |
On the Birth of a Nation: Turning points (Max Stahl collection of audiovisual documents) | ![]() |
Archives & Museum of East Timorese Resistance | 2013 | [120] |
Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman | ![]() |
The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, Tashkent | 1997 | [12] |
The Collection of the Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies | ![]() |
Academy of Sciences, Tashkent | 1997 | [121] |
Archives of the Chancellery of Khiva Khans | ![]() |
Central State Archive of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent | 2017 | [122] |
Arthur Bernard Deacon (1903–27) collection MS 90–98 | ![]() ![]() |
Royal Anthropological Institute, London | 2013 | [123] |
Woodblocks of the Nguyễn Dynasty | ![]() |
State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam, Hanoi | 2009 | [124] |
Stone stele records of imperial examinations of the Lê and Mạc dynasties | ![]() |
Temple of Literature | 2010 | [125] |
Imperial Archives of Nguyen Dynasty (1802–1945) | ![]() |
National Archives Centre No.1, Hanoi | 2017 | [126] |
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^ Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.
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