Heritage & Archive

Our archive also contains a sucient collection of material on tapes and photographs that documents the development of Maldivians trading from the early days up to the present. These include interviews of the traders from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) of that era who conducted business in the Maldives.
We plan to publish our second publication on Maldivian Trade and its development inclusive of photos and interviews with famous Borah merchants who started the 1st trading in Maldives.

Location Maldives has a collection of original, old, Maldivian wooden houses (preserved and ready for assembling) which depicts the architecture and history of the Maldives. These provide abundance of knowledge on Maldivian heritage, especially in living and lifestyle consisting of an array of authentic Holhu Ashi, Haruge, and Fisherman’s, Toddy tapper’s paraphernalia, Katheeb’s and businessman’s house.

We have published a book (Currencies and Coins of the Maldives) on the history of currency in Maldives. The book contains how the use of currency evolved throughout the history; from using seashells to coins and paper currency notes. Moreover, currently we are in the works of producing two additional books, including a book about the historical journey of Maldives towards independence, the other about the importance of having a sense of national identity and striving to be self-sucient as a country.