Guam Cultural Repository
Sagan Fandipositon KotturÃ¥t ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô, or the Guam Cultural Repository, houses and cares for our island's treasured cultural and historical artifacts and associated records. We are dedicated to the preservation, conversation and repatriation of ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô's cultural and material heritage, artifacts, and archaeological collections and history.
A joint program of the 91¿ì²¥ (UOG) and the Department of Chamorro Affairs
(DCA), I Sagan Fandipositon KotturÃ¥t ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô provides Code of Federal Regulations-compliant
curatorial services and back-of-house research operations for the Guam Museum. At
the same time, it works alongside UOG's Micronesian Area Research Center to serve
as a leading educational and research facility for cultural scholars and practitioners
in the region interested in ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô's tangible and intangible heritage.
Many of the archaeological collections placed at I Sagan Fandipositon KotturÃ¥t ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô
have been displaced or removed owing to large-scale developments among other impacts
caused by militarization, tourism, and other construction projects in ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô. I Sagan
Fandipositon KotturÃ¥t ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô strongly supports preservation in situ (in place), however,
through which a better understanding and respect of ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô's special cultural and
historical landscape can be realized for the people of ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô and future generations.
I Sagan Fandipositon KotturÃ¥t ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô is currently closed to the public as we work on receiving collections and associated records from the Guam Museum, the Department of Defense, and State Historic Preservation Office.
Please continue to visit this website for updates about research opportunities, incoming collections and visiting I Sagan Fandipositon KotturÃ¥t ³Ò³ÜÃ¥³ó²¹²Ô.
327 JU Torres Drive
Cultural Repository Facility
Mangilao, Guam 96923
(671) 300-6692
300 University Drive
Mangilao, Guam 96923-900