The Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (I.H.A.H.), is the governing body and administrator of the cultural heritage of the country and has open to the public archaeological parks, eco-archaeological parks, colonial monuments and museums throughout the nation that seeks to strengthen the identity of all Hondurans through the safeguarding of heritage.

The Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History, also known as IHAH, is an autonomous institution of the Honduran government, with legal personality and its own assets, whose purpose is to protect the cultural heritage of the Honduran nation.

The IHAH was created by Decree No. 245 of July 22, 1952, originally under the name of the National Institute of Anthropology and History under the government of Dr. Juan Manuel Gálvez.