29 June 2026
Archivitaly Access Watch provides a weekly overview of access disruptions affecting archives in Italy. For the week 29 June–5 July 2026, the notices below include closures, reduced opening hours, suspended services, consultation limits, new booking procedures and fonds temporarily excluded from consultation. Only institutions with an identified disruption for the relevant week are listed.
At a glance: archive disruptions in Italy
This week’s identified disruptions affect Alessandria, Ancona, Arezzo, Cagliari, Chieti, Enna, Foggia, Gorizia, Gubbio, Lanciano, Lucca, Lucera, Macerata, Milano, Napoli, Palermo, Parma, Perugia, Pesaro, Pistoia, Pozzuoli, Reggio Calabria, Roma, Sassari, Teramo, Torino, Udine and Vicenza.
Alessandria
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Alessandria
Disruption: Public services remain reduced until further notice owing to severe staff shortages.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Ancona
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Ancona
Disruption: The Teatro delle Muse fonds remains excluded from consultation until further notice for digitisation.
Affected holdings: Teatro delle Muse.
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Arezzo
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Arezzo
Disruption: Access to the study room and cadastral room is by appointment only; for safety reasons, only one user per day is admitted, and users may not book more than one day per week.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Cagliari
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Cagliari
Disruption: Access remains affected by PNRR works: consultation continues by booking, spaces are reduced, and access is through Via Gallura 4 rather than the main entrance. Several fonds are also temporarily excluded from consultation.
Affected holdings: Distretto militare di Cagliari, Serie fogli matricolari; Controllo Generale; Stato civile; Corte d’Assise di Cagliari; Tribunale, Sentenze civili; Pretura di Cagliari, Sentenze penali.
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Chieti
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Chieti
Disruption: From 10 June 2026 and until further notice, selected photographic and documentary material is excluded from consultation for digitisation.
Affected holdings: PNF, Serie Fotografie; Archivio Cianfarani, Serie Fotografie; Brigata Maiella, b. 3, fasc. 36.
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Enna
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Enna
Disruption: The archive is closed on 2 July 2026 for the feast of the patron saint.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Foggia
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Foggia, Palazzo Dogana
Disruption: From 29 June to 28 August 2026, the Palazzo Dogana site follows a summer opening schedule, with public opening beginning at 8:30.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Gorizia
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Gorizia
Disruption: Study-room places are temporarily reduced to four because of technical issues linked to maintenance of the systems.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Gubbio
Institution name: Sezione di Archivio di Stato di Gubbio
Disruption: On Monday 29 June 2026, the Gubbio section is open from 9:00 to 14:00 only, with the afternoon opening suspended.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Lanciano
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Chieti, Sezione di Lanciano
Disruption: The notarial fonds of the former Archivio distrettuale notarile di Lanciano remains unavailable until further notice because of relocation operations.
Affected holdings: Archivio distrettuale notarile di Lanciano, Atti dei notai.
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Lucca
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Lucca
Disruption: From 1 July 2026, the archive introduces the new ministerial Sala Studio management system for booking seats and requesting archival units; users are asked to register and use the new system, with staff assistance available.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Institution name: Archivio Storico Diocesano di Lucca
Disruption: The archive is closed to the public from 1 July to 14 September 2026 inclusive, reopening with the usual hours on 15 September.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Lucera
Institution name: Sezione di Archivio di Stato di Lucera
Disruption: The Lucera section is closed to the public on 1 July 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Macerata
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Macerata
Disruption: From 18 May 2026 and for the duration of the relocation, in-person consultation, correspondence research and photoreproduction services are suspended. The Camerino section remains open.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Milano
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Milano
Disruption: From 22 June 2026 and until further notice, selected documentation is unavailable for consultation because of dust-removal works.
Affected holdings: Cancellerie Austriache; Carteggi consolari; Senato politico, Pubblica istruzione; Lettere reali e decreti di governo; Luogotenenza delle province lombarde; Registri delle Cancellerie dello Stato e di magistrature diverse; Senato italiano del supremo tribunale di giustizia; Senato lombardo veneto del supremo tribunale di giustizia.
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Napoli
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Napoli
Disruption: The second daily retrieval of archival and library units is fixed at 11:30, with in-person requests accepted until 11:20; the first retrieval remains at 8:30, with requests accepted until 8:20.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Palermo
Institution name: Soprintendenza Archivistica della Sicilia – Archivio di Stato di Palermo, Sede Gancia
Disruption: Because of architectural redevelopment and archival-deposit works at the Gancia site, consultation of selected fonds is suspended from 9 February to 31 August 2026.
Affected holdings: Carceri giudiziarie di Palermo; Circolo ferroviario d’ispezione; Commissione centrale di vaccinazione di Palermo; Commissione consultiva di Sicilia; Commissione dei Presidenti; Commissione della Consulta araldica siciliana; Commissione liquidatrice dei debiti dei comuni di Sicilia accollati dallo Stato; Commissione per l’esame dei titoli per le medaglie commemorative; Consulta di Sicilia; ISES, Istituto per lo sviluppo dell’edilizia sociale; Ispettorato per le nuove costruzioni ferroviarie, Ufficio di Palermo; Soprintendenza alle Grandi Prigioni, già Deputazione di Santa Maria, Visita carceri; Provveditorato agli studi, Refezione scolastica.
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Parma
Institution name: Archivio Storico Diocesano di Parma
Disruption: The archive is closed from 17 June to 14 September 2026, reopening afterwards with its usual hours.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Perugia
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Perugia
Disruption: The archive remains closed to the public until further notice because of works in the cloister of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale dell’Umbria.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Pesaro
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Pesaro-Urbino
Disruption: From 19 June 2026, retrieval of material held in the second-floor deposit and first-floor mezzanine is not active between 11:00 and 16:00 because of high temperatures. Consultation of the Fano building files and Ufficio tecnico material is also suspended during the transfer to the new Fano section.
Affected holdings: Material held in the second-floor deposit and first-floor mezzanine; Pratiche edilizie; Ufficio tecnico del Comune di Fano.
Official links here and here.
Pistoia
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Pistoia
Disruption: The archive is closed for structural and plant works; study-room services, correspondence research and photoreproduction are suspended, with completion expected on 23 July 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Pozzuoli
Institution name: Archivio Storico Diocesano di Pozzuoli
Disruption: The archive is closed from 29 June to 6 July 2026 for technical reasons.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Reggio Calabria
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Reggio Calabria
Disruption: From 1 July to 31 August 2026, afternoon access and consultation on Mondays and Wednesdays are suspended; access is limited to morning hours.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Roma
Institution name: Archivio Centrale dello Stato
Disruption: The archive is closed to the public on Monday 29 June 2026 for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. In addition, documentation from the Uffici giudiziari militari section is unavailable from 3 June to 3 August 2026 because of INAIL works.
Affected holdings: Tribunale supremo militare, Ricorsi per nullità; Tribunale supremo militare, Declaratorie matrimoniali degli ufficiali; Tribunale supremo militare, Decreti di cambiamenti e svincolo di doti.
Official links here and here.
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Roma
Disruption: The anagraphic-military research service is suspended from 15 June to 31 August 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Sassari
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Sassari
Disruption: From 1 July 2026, booking for study-room services is possible only through the ministerial Sala Studio portal; the notice also sets limits on daily presences and units consultable per turn.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Teramo
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Teramo
Disruption: From Friday 26 June 2026, every Friday during the summer period the study room closes at 13:30; material retrieval takes place only at 9:30 and 11:00, with advance email requests recommended.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Torino
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Torino
Disruption: The study room of the Sezione Corte is closed to the public through 29 June 2026 for PNRR works. At the Sezione Corte, the closure of the maintenance site has also been extended to the end of July, so the fonds held in rooms 12–17 and the Biblioteca Antica remain unavailable until 29 July. Some nineteenth-century volumes of the Insinuazione di Torino may also be unavailable for digitisation, and users are asked to check availability with the archive.
Affected holdings: Sezione Corte study-room access; fonds held in rooms 12–17; Biblioteca Antica; selected nineteenth-century volumes of Insinuazione di Torino, subject to availability.
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Udine
Institution name: Archivio Storico Diocesano / Biblioteche Storiche Diocesane
Disruption: The diocesan archives and historic libraries are closed for holidays from Monday 29 June to Friday 17 July 2026 inclusive.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Vicenza
Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Vicenza
Disruption: Access to the third floor of the Vicenza site remains barred pending structural checks, and consultation of the listed fonds is suspended until further notice.
Affected holdings: Cartografia antica; Ufficio provinciale dell’assistenza post bellica; Corte di Assise straordinaria; Delegazione provinciale austriaca; Direzioni didattiche; Mappe d’avviso e napoleoniche; Muzani Piovini, famiglia; Notifiche del censo austriaco; Ispettorato provinciale dell’agricoltura; Pretura di Valdagno; Provveditorato agli studi; Unuci; Catasto terreni provenienza UTE; Velo, famiglia; Corporazioni religiose, pergamene.
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Disclaimer
This report provides an overview of archive disruptions in Italy for the week ahead and is provided as a planning aid only. It is compiled from official notices, official institutional pages, and other publicly accessible institutional communications available at the time of publication. While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timely updating, Archivitaly does not warrant that all information reported here is exhaustive, error-free, or still current at the time of consultation. Access conditions, consultation rules, opening hours, retrieval procedures, and temporary exclusions may change at very short notice, and institutions may amend, replace, remove, or publish notices without warning. Readers are therefore strongly advised to verify the current situation through the official links provided and, where access is essential, to confirm directly with the relevant institute before travelling or making research arrangements. Archivitaly accepts no liability for losses, delays, inconvenience, missed consultations, wasted travel, or other consequences arising from reliance on this post, including where notices are subsequently modified, withdrawn, corrected, or newly issued after publication.
