Photos - Memory of the World Register
The Memory of the World Register lists documentary heritage which has been recommended by the International Advisory Committee, and endorsed by the Director-General of UNESCO, as corresponding to the selection criteria regarding world significance and outstanding universal value.
Documentary Heritage of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata
Country: Argentina - The collection ǀ More photos
Collection of note manuscripts and film music of Composer Aram Khachaturian
Country: Armenia - The collection ǀ More photos
Registry of Slaves of the British Caribbean 1817-1834
Countries: Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Dominica, Jamaica, St Kitts and United Kingdom - The collection ǀ More photos
Silver Men: West Indian Labourers at the Panama Canal
Countries: Barbados, Jamaica, Panama, Saint Lucia, United Kingdom and United States of America - The collection ǀ More photos
The Archives of the University of Leuven (1425-1797)
Country: Belgium - The collection ǀ More photos
Archives Insolvente Boedelskamer Antwerpen
Country: Belgium - The collection ǀ More photos
Cathedral of La Plata Church Music Manuscript Collection
Country: Bolivia - The collection ǀ More photos
Documents regarding the Emperor D. Pedro II's journeys in Brazil and abroad
Country: Brazil - The collection ǀ More photos
The Discovery of Insulin and its Worldwide Impact
Country: Canada - The collection ǀ More photos
Quebec Seminary Collection, 1623-1800 (17th-19th centuries)
Country: Canada - The collection ǀ More photos
Libri Prohibiti: Periodicals of Czech and Slovak Samizdat in the years 1948-1989
Country: Czech Republic - The collection ǀ More photos
The National Library of Egypt's Collection of Mamluk Qur'an Manuscripts
Country: Egypt - The collection ǀ More photos
Archives of the Skolt Sámi village of Suonjel Suenjel
Country: Finland - The collection ǀ More photos
Châtelet de Paris banner register from the reign of Francis I (National Archives, Y9)
Country: France - The collection ǀ More photos
Manuscript Collection of Shota Rustaveli's Poem "Knight in the Panther's Skin"
Countries: Georgia and United Kingdom - The collection ǀ More photos
Description of Georgian Kingdom and Geographical Atlas
Country: Georgia - The collection ǀ More photos
The Oldest Manuscripts Preserved at the National Archives of Georgia
Country: Georgia - The collection ǀ More photos
Construction and Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Two-Plus-Four-Treaty of 1990
Country: Germany - The collection ǀ More photos
Lorsch Pharmacopoeia (The Bamberg State Library, Msc.Med.1)
Country: Germany - The collection ǀ More photos
Nebra Sky Disc
Country: Germany - The collection ǀ More photos
Autograph of h-Moll-Messe (Mass in B minor) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Country: Germany - The collection ǀ More photos
Documents representing the Reformation initiated by Martin Luther
Documents representing the beginning and the early development of the Reformation initiated by Martin Luther
Country: Germany - The collection ǀ More photos
The Golden Letter of the Burmese King Alaungphaya to King George II of Great Britain
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Myanmar - The collection ǀ More photos
The Derveni Papyrus: The oldest book of Europe
Country: Greece - The collection ǀ More photos
Semmelweis' discovery
Country: Hungary - The collection ǀ More photos
1703 Census of Iceland
Country: Iceland - The collection ǀ More photos
Saiva Manuscript in Pondicherry
Country: India - The collection ǀ More photos
Babad Diponegoro or Autobiographical Chronicle of Prince Diponegoro (1785-1855)
A Javanese nobleman, Indonesian national hero and pan-Islamist
Countries: Indonesia and the Netherlands - The collection ǀ More photos
Asian-African Conference Archives
Country: Indonesia - The collection ǀ More photos
Al-Tafhim li Awa'il Sana'at al-Tanjim
Country: Iran - The collection ǀ More photos
A Collection of selected maps of Iran in the Qajar Era
Country: Iran - The collection ǀ More photos
Al-Masaalik Wa Al-Mamaalik
Country: Iran and Germany - The collection ǀ More photos
Kulliyyāt-i Saʽdi
Country: Iran - The collection ǀ More photos
Rothschild Miscellany
Country: Israel - The collection ǀ More photos
Aleppo Codex
Country: Israel - The collection ǀ More photos
Isaac Newton's Theological papers
Country: Israel - The collection ǀ More photos
The Codex Purpureus Rossanensis
Country: Italy - The collection ǀ More photos
Midokanpakuki: the original handwritten diary of Fujiwara no Michinaga
Country: Japan - The collection ǀ More photos
Materials Related to the Keicho-era Mission to Europe, Japan and Spain
Countries: Japan and Spain - The collection ǀ More photos
Return to Maizuru Port—Documents
Return to Maizuru Port—Documents Related to the Internment and Repatriation Experiences of Japanese (1945-1956)
Country: Japan - The collection ǀ More photos
Archives of Tōji temple contained in one-hundred boxes
Country: Japan - The collection ǀ More photos
Ilseongnok: Records of Daily Reflections
Country: Republic of Korea - The collection ǀ More photos
Nanjung Ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin
Country: Republic of Korea - The collection ǀ More photos
Archives of Saemaul Undong (New Community Movement)
Country: Republic of Korea - The collection ǀ More photos
The Archives of the KBS Special Live Broadcast "Finding Dispersed Families"
Country: Republic of Korea - The collection ǀ More photos
Confucian Printing Woodblocks
Country: Republic of Korea - The collection ǀ More photos
Correspondence of the late Sultan of Kedah (1882-1943)
Country: Malaysia - The collection ǀ More photos
Codices from the Oaxaca Valley
Country: Mexico - The collection ǀ More photos
Old fonds of the historical archive at Colegio de Vizcaínas
Country: Mexico - The collection ǀ More photos
Judicial files concerning the birth of a right
Judicial files concerning the birth of a right: the effective remedy as a contribution of the Mexican writ of amparo to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948
Country: Mexico - The collection ǀ More photos
The work of Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590)
Countries: Mexico and Italy - The collection ǀ More photos
Kanjur written with 9 precious stones
Country: Mongolia - The collection ǀ More photos
Myazedi Quadrilingual Stone Inscription
Country: Myanmar - The collection ǀ More photos
Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei, draft manuscript page and Das Kapital.
Erster Band, Karl Marx's personal annotated copy
Countries: The Netherlands and Germany - The collection ǀ More photos
Utrecht Psalter
Country: The Netherlands - The collection ǀ More photos
Sir Edmund Hillary Archive
Country: New Zealand - The collection ǀ More photos
Travelling Registry of the Conquistadors or "Becerro Book"
Country: Peru - The collection ǀ More photos
The Confederation of Warsaw of 28th of January 1573: Religious tolerance guaranteed
Country: Poland - The collection ǀ More photos
Files and library of the Unity of the Brethren
Country: Poland - The collection ǀ More photos
The Book of Henryków
Country: Poland - The collection ǀ More photos
Journal of the first voyage of Vasco da Gama to India, 1497-1499
Country: Portugal - The collection ǀ More photos
The Laurentian Chronicle 1377
Country: Russian Federation - The collection ǀ More photos
Llibre del Sindicat Remença (1448)
Country: Spain - The collection ǀ More photos
Astrid Lindgren Archives
Country: Sweden - The collection ǀ More photos
Ingmar Bergman Archives
Country: Sweden - The collection ǀ More photos
The Montreux Jazz Festival: Claude Nob's Legacy
Country: Switzerland - The collection ǀ More photos
The King Ram Khamhaeng Inscription
Country: Thailand - The collection ǀ More photos
The works of Ibn Sina in the Süleymaniye Manuscript Library
Country: Turkey - The collection ǀ More photos
Autograph First World War Diary of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1914-1919
Country: United Kingdom - The collection ǀ More photos
Magna Carta, issued in 1215
Country: United Kingdom - The collection ǀ More photos
Historic Ethnographic Recordings (1898 – 1951) at the British Library
Country: United Kingdom - The collection ǀ More photos
Arthur Bernard Deacon (1903-27) collection MS 90-98
Countries: Vanuatu and United Kingdom - The collection ǀ More photos
Colombeia: Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda’s Archives
Country: Venezuela - The collection ǀ More photos
Collection of Latin American photographs of the 19th Century
Country: Venezuela - The collection ǀ More photos
Woodblocks of Nguyen Dynasty
Country: Vietnam - The collection ǀ More photos
UNRWA Photo and Film Archives of Palestinian Refugees
Organization: UNRWA - The collection ǀ More photos