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For many years, researchers have made studies regarding the art, culture and folklore of Panama. The inaccessibility to music sheets, transcriptions, recordings and related documentation are some of the difficulties found during their studies. Lack of documentation is one of the handicaps for the creation and practice of a Pa-namanian musicology. The establishment and development of a Panamanian musicology depends upon the training of researchers which includes a specialty in music, knowledge in areas such as art, folklore, English, abo-riginal languages, sociology, psychology, research methods, and statistics. Along with this training, the Panama-nian musicology can be established through document preservation and research duplications. Doctoral investigations made by researchers abroad, and undergraduate papers and theses made at the University of Pa-nama are good sources from which to pick up suitable duplication studies.A Panamanian music research center should assume the responsibility of publishing these investigations.