Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte
| Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte | |
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 Palazzo Venezia, headquarters of BiASA
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| founding | 1875 |
| Duration | 380,000 volumes (2015) |
| Library type | Specialized library |
| place | Rome |
| ISIL | IT-RM0117 |
| operator | state |
| Website | Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte |
The Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte (BiASA) is the largest specialized library in Italy for archeology and art history . It has its seat in the Palazzo Venezia in Rome , a branch is in the Palazzo del Collegio Romano . The library is subordinate to the Italian Ministry of Cultural Property . Parts of their holdings belong to the Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte (INASA), also located in the Palazzo Venezia , from which the library was legally separated in 1967.
history
The origins of BiASA can be traced back to a specialist library that was established in 1875 at the Department of Excavations and Museums of the Ministry of Education . At the time, the library was located in the Piazza della Minerva and was initially only available to the officials of the department mentioned. The building next to the Pantheon is now the Senate library .
In 1914 the ministerial library was opened to scientists, partly because the important library of the German Archaeological Institute on the Roman Capitol was largely closed during the First World War . In 1922 the ministerial library was attached to the newly founded Royal Italian Institute for Archeology and Art History and moved to the Palazzo Venezia. Mussolini set up his headquarters there in 1929, but the institute and its library remained on site. In 1929 the library was given the palazzo's striking tower (Torre della Biscia) due to the lack of space . In autumn 1939, for security reasons, the library was moved to a building belonging to the Accademia d'Italia , where it remained until 1947. Before returning to the Palazzo Venezia, the library halls were renovated and modernized there.
Over time, the library opened up to students and then to the general public. This was taken into account in 1967 when it was declared a state library and in 1975, like all other libraries of this type, it was subordinated to the Ministry of Cultural Assets.
Due to the steadily increasing stock and the increase in users, the shortage of space soon became a serious problem, which was exacerbated when the tower of the Palazzo Venezia had to be closed for security and fire protection reasons. In 1989, large parts of the library were housed in the Sala della Crociera of the Palazzo del Collegio Romano, which had been used by the Roman National Library until 1975 . From 1990 to 1993 the premises in the Palazzo Venezia remained closed for renovation work. Since then it has remained with the division into a head office and a branch office. By 2020 the library is to move to Palazzo San Felice , which is located in Via Dataria next to the Quirinal Palace ( ⊙ ).
Stocks
The library has been able to expand its holdings over time, in particular through donations and bequests. The following should be mentioned here (including other acquired private libraries): Fabrizio Ruffo di Motta Bagnara (1915), Rocco Pagliara (1922), Louis Gonse (1926), Rodolfo Kanzler (1926), Rodolfo Lanciani (1929), Alfredo Castellani (1930) , Felice Barnabei (1930), Alessandro Vessella (1933), Corrado Ricci (1934), Ugo Monneret de Villard (1955), Alfredo Dusmet (1955), Giulio Quirino Giglioli (1958), Attilio Rossi (1971) and Antonino Rusconi (1975 ). These collections are now mostly in the Palazzo del Collegio Romano and in some cases are owned by the Institute for Archeology and Art History, but are also managed by the library.
In 2015, the library's total holdings amounted to around 380,000 volumes, 3,500 periodicals (around 600 ongoing), almost 21,000 graphic media units, 66,000 microfiche and 400 CD-ROMs . There are also 1,600 handwritten works, incunabula and 750 prints from the 16th and 1,200 prints from the 17th century.
Web links
- Homepage on beniculturali.it
- Entry on internetculturale.it
- Description on senato.it
- To move to the Palazzo San Felice