To very easily acquire information from a world wide web(WWW) server by utilizing a facsimile equipment.

This information acquisition system is provided with a facsimile equipment 1 and an information management device 20. The information management device 20 is provided with an address recognition means 22 that recognizes a uniform resource locator URL address corresponding to a call from the facsimile equipment, an information acquisition means 22 that acquires information specified by the URL address from a WWW server 11, a data conversion means 22 that converts acquired information into image data, and a data transmission means 21 that sends the image data after conversion to the caller facsimile equipment 1 and allows the facsimile equipment 1 to output the data.