Institute of History of Nicaragua and Central America

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 in Nicaragua.

The building has several halls and rooms for lectures, research, documentation, and expositions.

[1] 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).

[1] The institute is dedicated to the research, spread of knowledge on history, and the administration of historical heritage.

[1] 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 artifacts[2] In 2009, the institute received one of the Prince Claus Awards from the Netherlands.