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Florence, Italy


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Institution names followed by SIBMAS Member  are members of SIBMAS

Accademia delle Arti e del Disegno
Archivio
(Academy of Arty and Design; Archive)
      Date founded: 1563 		 
 
Via Orsanmichele, 4
I-50123 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 219 642
Telefax: +39 (055) 288 464
Monday: 11:00-13:00
Thursday: 11:00-13:00

Subjects:
Architecture. Art history. Fine arts. Architecture.
Special Collections:
Luigi Bellincioni [architecture]
Gino Papini [drawings for the Teatro della Pergola]

Accademia delle Belle Arti
Biblioteca
(Academy of Fine Arts; Library)
      Date founded: 1801 		 
 
Via Ricosoli, 66
I-50122 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 239 8660, 215 449
Telefax: +39 (055) 239 6921
E-mail: firenze_accademia@libero.it
Monday: 8:30-13:00
Tuesday: 8:30-13:00
Wednesday: 8:30-13:00
Thursday: 8:30-13:00
Friday: 8:30-13:00
Saturday: 8:30-12:30

Subjects:
Architecture. Art history. Fine arts. Architecture.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Graphics.
Special Collections:
Gauffier, Louis (1762-1801), painter [art history]
Salveri [architecture]
Trentacoste [art history]

Accademia Internazionale Medicea
Istituto Universitario dello Spettacolo
(International Medicean Academy; University Institute of Performing Arts) 		 
 
Via della Scala, 4
I-50123 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 295 094

Archivi del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino  
 
Via Solferino, 15
I-50123 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 211 158, 213 535
Telefax: +39 (055) 277 9410

Subjects:
Opera. Music/Music performance. Scenography. Costumes. Costume.

Archivio di Stato di Firenze
(Florence State Archive)
      Date founded: 1852 		 
 
Viale Giovine Italia, 6
I-50122 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 263 201
Telefax: +39 (055) 234 1159
E-mail: salastud@archiviodistato.firenze.it
Homepage: http://www.archiviodistato.firenze.it/
Monday: 8:30-18:00
Tuesday: 8:30-18:00
Wednesday: 8:30-18:00
Thursday: 8:30-18:00
Friday: 8:30-18:00
Saturday: 8:45-13:30

Special Collections:
Theatre (Florence) (1928-1952)

Accademia degli Intrepidi (1776-1907)
Accademia dei Solleciti (1778-1889)

Biblioteca ed Archivio Storico Comunale
(City of Florence Historic Archive) 		 
 
Via dell'Oriuolo 33
I-50122 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 261 6527
Telefax: +39 (055) 261 6556
Monday: 8:30-13:30
Tuesday: 8:30-17:45
Wednesday: 8:30-13:30
Thursday: 8:30-17:45
Friday: 8:30-13:30
Saturday: 8:30-13:30 (closed in Summer)

Special Collections:
Teatro Niccolini (Accademia degli Infuocati) (1699-1932) [archive]
Teatro Alfieri (Accademia dei Risoluti) (1745-1915) [archive]

Biblioteca Marucelliana
(Marucelliana Library) 		 
 
Via Cavour, 43-45
I-50129 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 27 221, 210 602, 216 243
Telefax: +39 (055) 294 393
E-mail: marucelliana@unifi.it
Homepage: http://www.maru.firenze.sbn.it/
Monday: 9:00-19:00
Tuesday: 9:00-19:00
Wednesday: 9:00-19:00
Thursday: 9:00-19:00
Friday: 9:00-19:00
Saturday: 9:00-13:00

Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Printed. Other
On-site use only. Materials loan. Interlibrary loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: In house.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Opera. Amateur theatre.
Media:
Books. Playtexts. Designs/Plans. Scores/libretti/music.
Special Collections:
Drawings
Melodrama
Oratori
Prints

Diomede Bonamici (17-19th century) [musical theatre]
Carlo Gamba (19-20th century) [fashion]
Enrico Nencioni (19th century) [literature]
Carlo Placci (19-20th century) [art and literature]

Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana
(Mediceo-Laurenziana Library)
      Date founded: 1571 		 
 
Piazza S. Lorenzo, 9
I-50123 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 210 760
Telefax: +39 (055) 230 2992
Monday: 8:00-17:00
Tuesday: 8:00-17:00
Wednesday: 8:00-17:00
Thursday: 8:00-17:00
Friday: 8:00-14:00
Saturday: 8:00-14:00

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre.
Special Collections:
D'Elci [Greek and Latin Literature]
Luigi Crisostomo Ferrucci (1797-1877) [Greek and Latin Literature]

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze
(Central National Library of Florence)
      Date founded: 1714 		 
 
Piazza Cavalleggeri, 1
I-500122 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 249 191
Telefax: +39 (055) 234 2482
E-mail: info@bncf.firenze.sbn.it
Homepage: http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/
Monday: 9:00-19:00
Tuesday: 9:00-19:00
Wednesday: 9:00-19:00
Thursday: 9:00-19:00
Friday: 9:00-19:00
Saturday: 9:00-13:00

Holdings added.
Catalogs: Computerized. Card. Printed. Other
Materials loan. Interlibrary loan. Exchange of material.
Reproductions: In house. By company.
Exhibitions.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Opera. Operetta/Musical. Ballet/dance. Pantomime/mime. Children's theatre. Puppet theatre. Cabaret/Kabaret. Variety/music hall. Amateur theatre. Theatre architecture. Circus. Cinema. Radio/TV. Festivals. Music/Music performance. Public celebrations.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Playtexts. Photos. Manuscripts. Correspondence. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Official documents. Scores/libretti/music. Sound recordings/CDs.
Special Collections:
Music [manuscripts and printed scores]
Prints

Alessandro Ademollo, writer
Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827), writer
Alessandro Lanari (1787-1852), impresario
Giovan Battista Niccolini (1782-1861), writer

Conservatorio Statale di Musica Lorenzo Cherubini
(Lorenzo Cherubini State Conservatory)
      Date founded: 1862 		 
 
Piazza delle Belle Arti, 2
I-20122 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 210 502
Telefax: +39 (055) 239 6785
Online-Catalog: http://www.cultura.toscana.it/banchedati.htm

Subjects:
Music/Music performance.
Special Collections:
Abramo Basevi (1818-1885), composer [books and manuscripts]
Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata (1807-1881), composer [manuscripts and printed scores]
Parigi
Pitti [music archives of the Grand Duchy court]

Florence School of Opera and Visual Arts  
 
Via dei Bardi 21
I-50125 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 234 2644
Telefax: +39 (055) 234 2644
E-mail: fsva@florencearts.org
Homepage: http://www.florencearts.org/

Subjects:
Opera.

Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe Degli Uffizi  
 
Piazzale degli Uffizi, 6
I-20122 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 238 8671
Sunday: 8:30-18:45
Tuesday: 8:30-18:45
Wednesday: 8:30-18:45
Thursday: 8:30-18:45
Friday: 8:30-18:45
Saturday: 8:30-18:45

Gabinetto scientifico-letterario Giovan Pietro Vieusseux
Biblioteca
      Date founded: 1819 		 
 
Piazza Strozzi
I-50123 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 288 342
Telefax: +39 (055) 239 6743
E-mail: l.desideri@vieusseux.fi.it
Homepage: http://www.vieusseux.fi.it/biblio.html
Monday: 9:00-13:00, 15:00-18:00
Tuesday: 9:00-13:00, 15:00-18:00
Wednesday: 9:00-13:00, 15:00-18:00
Thursday: 9:00-13:00, 15:00-18:00
Friday: 9:00-13:00, 15:00-18:00
Saturday: 9:00-13:00

Special Collections:
First editions (French)

Emilio Barbetti [books: theatre in several languages]
Giulio Bucciolini (1887-1974), writer
Libreria Cappellini [Elizabethan theatre and literature]

Gabinetto scientifico-letterario Giovan Pietro Vieusseux
Archivio Contemporaneo
      Date founded: 1975 		 
 
Palazzo Corsini Suarez
Via Maggio, 42
I-50125 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 290 131, 290 123
Telefax: +39 (055) 213 188
E-mail: archivio@vieusseux.fi.it
Homepage: http://www.vieusseux.fi.it/archivio.html

Special Collections:
Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), scene designer
Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975), composer
Eduardo De Filippo (1900-1984), actor, director, playwright
Federico Ghisi (1901-1975), composer
Ruggero Jacobbi (1921-1981), writer
Beniamino Joppolo (1906-1963), writer
Dorothy Nevile Lees (1880-1966), writer
Arturo Loria (1902-1957), writer
Alberto Moravia (1907-1990), writer
Mario Nunes Vais (1856-1932), photographer
Giovanni Papini (1881-1956), writer
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), writer, film director
Giacomo Pozzi-Bellini (1907-1985), photographer, film director
Vasco Pratolini (1913-1991), writer
Anna Proclemer (1923-), actress
Giorgio Prosperi (1911-1997), writer, critic
Ernesto Rossi (1827-1896), actor
Lala Sarsowska (1907-), singer, musician
Alberto Savinio (1891-1952), writer, painter, scenographer, composer
Enzo Siciliano (1934-), writer

Galleria del Costume
(Costume Gallery) 		 
 
Palazzo Pitti
Piazza Pitti, 1
I-50125 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 238 8713
Telefax: +39 (055) 238 8713
E-mail: costume.pitti@virgilio.it
Homepage: http://www.sbas.firenze.it/gam/
Sunday: 8:15-13:20
Monday: 8:15-13:20
Tuesday: 8:15-13:20
Wednesday: 8:15-13:20
Thursday: 8:15-13:20
Friday: 8:15-13:20
Saturday: 8:15-13:20

Galleria dell'Accadèmia
      Date founded: 1784 		 
 
Via Riscasoli 60
I-50122 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 238 8609
Telefax: +39 (055) 238 8609
Homepage: http://www.sbas.firenze.it/musei/acca01.htm

Special Collections:
Music instruments, ancient

Istituto Britannico
Biblioteca Harold Acton
(British Institute; Harold Acton Library)
      Date founded: 1917 		 
 
Palazzo Lanfredini
Lungarno Guicciardini, 9
I-50125 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 2677 8270
Telefax: +39 (055) 2677 8252
E-mail: library@britishinstitute.it
Homepage: http://www.britishinstitute.it/ing/acton.htm
Monday: 10:00-18:30
Tuesday: 10:00-18:30
Wednesday: 10:00-18:30
Thursday: 10:00-20:00
Friday: 10:00-18:30

Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Graphics.
Special Collections:
Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), actor, director, scenographer, critic
Francis Toye (1883-1964), musicologist, critic

Istituto Ludovico Zorzi per le Arti dello Spettacolo
(Ludovico Zorzi Institute for Performing Arts)
      Date founded: 1988 		 
 
Assessorato alla Cultura della Provincia di Firenze
Via Cavour, 37
I-50129 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 281 730
Telefax: +39 (055) 276 0525
Online-Catalog: http://www.cultura.toscana.it/banchedati.htm

Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento
Biblioteca
(National Institute for Renaissance Studies; Library)
      Date founded: 1937 		 
 
Palazzo Strozzi
I-50123 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 287 728
Telefax: +39 (055) 280 563
E-mail: vasarri@insr.iris.firenze.it
Homepage: http://www.insr.it/
Monday: 9:00-13:00
Tuesday: 9:00-13:00
Wednesday: 9:00-13:00
Thursday: 9:00-13:00
Friday: 9:00-13:00
Saturday: 9:00-13:00

Catalogs: Card
Reproductions: By user. In house.

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Theatre architecture. Public celebrations.
Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Designs/Plans.
Special Collections:
Angelica Frezza [art history]
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), writer
Giuseppe Poggi [art history; architecture]
Nello Tarchiani [art history; history of Florence]

Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
Biblioteca
(Art History Institute in Florence; Library)
      Date founded: 1897 		 
 
Via G. Giusti, 44
I-50121 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 247 9161
Telefax: +39 (055) 244 394
Homepage: http://www.khi.fi.it/
Tuesday: 9:00-19:00
Thursday: 9:00-19:00

Media:
Books. Periodicals. Photos. Manuscripts. Graphics.
Special Collections:
Futurism

Museo degli Strumenti musicali antichi
(Museum of Ancient Music Instruments) 		 
 
Via Ricasoli, 58-60
I-50122 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 238 8609, 238 8612
Telefax: +39 (055) 238 8609
Tuesday: 8:15-18:50
Wednesday: 8:15-18:50
Thursday: 8:15-18:50
Friday: 8:15-18:50
Saturday: 8:15-18:50, 8:15-22:00 (15 June-15 September)

Special Collections:
Music instruments

Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), violin maker

Museo del Conservatorio di Musica 'L. Cherubini'  
 
Piazza Belle Arti 2
I-50122 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 210 502

Special Collections:
Music instruments

Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), violin maker

Museo Musicale degli Strumenti  
 
Piazzetta Belle Arti 2
I-50122 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 212 180

Special Collections:
Music instruments

Museo Stibbert
Biblioteca
(Frederick Stibbert Museum; Library)
      Date founded: 1859 		 
 
Via F. Stibbert, 26
I-50139 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 475 5520
Telefax: +39 (055) 486 049
Homepage: http://giubileo.comune.fi.it/musei/stibbert
Sunday: 10:00-18:00
Monday: 10:00-14:00
Tuesday: 10:00-14:00
Wednesday: 10:00-14:00
Friday: 10:00-18:00
Saturday: 10:00-18:00

Special Collections:
Frederick Stibbert [history of costume and arms]

Teatro della Pergola
Biblioteca Alfonso Spadoni
(La Pergola Theatre; Alfonso Spadoni Library)
      Date founded: 1979 		 
 
Via della Pergola, 20
I-50121 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 226 4342
Telefax: +39 (055) 226 4355
E-mail: biblioteca.spadoni@pergola.firenze.it
Homepage: http://www.teatrodellapergola.it/

Special Collections:
Teatro della Pergola
Teatro Regionale Toscano

Alfredo Bianchini (1922-2001), actor, director
Bracci
Wanda Capodaglio (1890-1980), actress
Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), scene designer
Pino (Giuseppe) Donaggio (1941-), conductor
Alfonso Spadoni, director of the Teatro della Pergola

Università di Firenze
Biblioteca di Lettere
(University of Florence; Letters Library) 		 
 
Piazza Brunelleschi, 3
I-50121 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 275 7811
Telefax: +39 (055) 243 471
E-mail: biblet@unifi.it
Homepage: http://www.unifi.it/biblio/umanistica/org/lettere.
Monday: 8:30-19:00
Tuesday: 8:30-19:00
Wednesday: 8:30-19:00
Thursday: 8:30-19:00
Friday: 8:30-19:00
Saturday: 8:30-13:00

Special Collections:
Teatro Universitario [library and archive]

Università di Firenze
Dipartimento di Storia delle Arti e dello Spettacolo
Biblioteca e Videoteca di Spettacolo
(University of Florence; Department of Art History and Performing Arts History; Performing Arts Library and Video Archive) 		 
 
Via della Pergola, 48
I-50121 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 240 294
Telefax: +39 (055) 247 894
Homepage: http://www.disas.unifi.it/
Tuesday: 9:00-13:30
Wednesday: 9:00-13:30
Thursday: 14:00-17:00

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Theatre architecture. Cinema. Music/Music performance.

Università Internazionale dell'Arte
Biblioteca
(International University of Art; Library)
      Date founded: 1937 		 
 
Via delle Forbici, 24/26
I-50133 Firenze 		 

Telephone: +39 (055) 571 503
Telefax: +39 (055) 201 1700
E-mail: uia@vps.it
Homepage: http://www.vps.it/propart/uia/
Monday: 9:00-13:00
Tuesday: 9:00-13:00
Wednesday: 9:00-13:00
Thursday: 9:00-13:00
Friday: 9:00-13:00

Subjects:
Dramatic theatre. Ballet/dance. Cinema.
Special Collections:
Centro studi arti africane [African arts]
Istituto per i film e arti dello spettacolo [theatre, cinema]

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