24–30 August 2026
Late August continues to affect archival access across Italy, with a combination of summer closures, shortened reading-room schedules, temporary exclusions of holdings, restricted retrieval services and institutional works. This week’s Access Watch records only disruptions that remain in force for at least part of the period from 24 to 30 August 2026. Normal opening conditions and institutions for which no applicable restriction could be verified are not listed.
At a glance: archive disruptions in Italy
Disruptions have been identified in Acireale, Agrigento, Alba, Alessandria, Arezzo, Ascoli Piceno, Asti, Avellino, Benevento, Bergamo, Bologna, Cagliari, Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano, Chieti, Foggia, Genova, Latina, Lucca, Macerata, Messina, Milano, Modena, Palermo, Parma, Perugia, Pesaro, Rieti, Rome, Rovigo, Siena, Torino, Trento, Urbino, Velletri / Segni, Verona and Vicenza.
Acireale
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Acireale
Disruption: The archive is closed throughout August.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Agrigento
Archivio di Stato di Agrigento
Disruption: A number of archival units remain excluded from consultation until further notice in connection with archival work.
Affected holdings: Corporazioni religiose soppresse, inv. 46, bb. 428 and 471; Gabinetto della Prefettura di Agrigento, inv. 18, b. 98; Intendenza e Atti della Prefettura di Agrigento, inv. 26, bb. 227, 229, 230, 231, 234, 237 and 241; Atti finanziari e di Pubblica Sicurezza, inv. 32, bb. 13, 29, 46, 61, 62, 63, 68, 210, 351, 353, 360 and 658.
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Archivio Storico Diocesano di Agrigento
Disruption: The archive is closed from 1 to 31 August 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Alba
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Alba
Disruption: The archive is closed from 11 August to 2 September inclusive.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Alessandria
Archivio di Stato di Alessandria
Disruption: Remote genealogical research requests are suspended until further notice because of organisational difficulties and staff shortages. In-person reading-room consultation is not stated to be suspended.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Arezzo
Archivio di Stato di Arezzo
Disruption: Access to both the main reading room and the cadastral room is subject to reservation and limited, for fire-safety reasons, to one user per room per day. Each user may book no 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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Ascoli Piceno
Archivio di Stato di Ascoli Piceno
Disruption: Afternoon openings are suspended during July and August. For this week, the usual Tuesday and Thursday afternoon sessions are therefore unavailable.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Asti
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Asti
Disruption: The archive is closed from 3 to 31 August 2026 inclusive. Requests for sacramental-registry records are also suspended during the closure.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Avellino
Archivio di Stato di Avellino
Disruption: The summer timetable remains in force through 18 September 2026; Friday 28 August is subject to a reduced timetable rather than the ordinary extended opening.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Benevento
Archivio di Stato di Benevento
Disruption: The archive is closed on Monday 24 August 2026 for the local feast of St Bartholomew.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Bergamo
Archivio di Stato di Bergamo
Disruption: The summer timetable of 08:30–14:00 remains in force through 28 August; the archive is additionally closed on Wednesday 26 August for the feast of St Alexander, patron saint of Bergamo.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Archivio Storico Diocesano di Bergamo
Disruption: The reading room is closed for the summer break from 10 to 30 August 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Bologna
Archivio di Stato di Bologna
Disruption: Building works at the Complesso dei Celestini continue to restrict consultation. The separate exclusion affecting medieval holdings ended on 16 August and is therefore not included here; however, a second group of fonds and units remains unavailable from 20 July to 31 December 2026.
Affected holdings: Corporazioni religiose soppresse: Abbazia di S. Stefano di Bologna, nn. 97/1033–128/1064; Abbazia di S. Maria delle Grazie di Bologna, nn. 1/1065–13/1077; S. Bartolomeo di Porta Ravegnana – Padri Teatini, nn. 1/1078–7/1084; Monastero del Corpus Domini detto anche La Santa – Francescane, nn. 113/1238–172/1297; Monastero SS. Vitale e Agricola – Benedettine, nn. 3/3152–51/3200; Monastero S. Agnese – Domenicane, nn. 79/5669–105/5695; Monastero SS. Naborre e Felice – Clarisse, nn. 1/5696–38/5733; Monastero S. Mattia – Domenicane, nn. 27/5788–53/5814 bis; Monastero S. Omobono, also S. Maria della Pace – Servite, nn. 1/5815–21/5835; Convento S. Girolamo – Padri Certosini, nn. 22/5877–39/5884 bis; S. Maria di Galliera – Padri Filippini, nn. 1/5884 ter–35/5918; S. Maria dei Servi – Padri Serviti, nn. 73/6163–123/6213 and 166/6256–187/6277; S. Maria dei Servi detta d’Ognissanti – Terziarie servite, nn. 1/6278–15/6292; S. Maria Maddalena – Domenicane, nn. 1/6293–25/6317. Also unavailable are Amministrazione dei Beni demaniali; Atti stato civile Dipartimento del Reno; Ufficio di polizia del Dipartimento del Reno; Contabilità di Legazione; Corpo reale del Genio Civile; Ufficio dei Vicariati; Istituto di cura e riposo Giovanni XXIII ed opere annesse; Compagnia e conservatorio di Santa Maria del Baraccano; Conservatorio di S. Croce, poi S. Croce e S. Giuseppe uniti; Sottoprefettura di Vergato; and Ispettorato, poi Direzione provinciale di Polizia.
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Cagliari
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Cagliari
Disruption: The archive entered its summer closure on 20 July; the institutional notice states that the reopening date will be communicated subsequently. No reopening date applicable to this week was identified in the notice used for this review.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano
Disruption: The archive is undergoing reinstallation and digitisation and is not yet available for consultation; the Diocese states that reopening arrangements and timing will be announced when the archive becomes accessible again.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Chieti
Archivio di Stato di Chieti
Disruption: Consultation of civil-status and population registers is temporarily restricted, both in person and for correspondence research, until further notice. Only the specified groups remain available.
Affected holdings: Available during the restriction are registers for municipalities from Altino to Sant’Eusanio del Sangro, Circondario di Lanciano, 1865–1871, and from Palena to Villa Santa Maria, 1818–1865. Registers outside these stated groups are temporarily unavailable.
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Foggia
Archivio di Stato di Foggia — Palazzo Dogana
Disruption: The Palazzo Dogana site remains on its summer timetable through Friday 28 August 2026, with public opening restricted to the morning, from 08:30 to 13:30. The earlier August closure of the Lucera section ended on 21 August and is therefore not included.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Genova
Archivio di Stato di Genova
Disruption: Two groups of archival units are temporarily excluded from consultation for conservation work, provisionally until 15 September 2026.
Affected holdings: Notai di Genova, I sezione, nn. 2345–2375; Intendenza Generale poi Prefettura di Genova, Gabinetto 1815–1879, nn. 401–423.
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Latina
Archivio di Stato di Latina
Disruption: Until 31 August, the reading room closes at 13:00.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Lucca
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Lucca
Disruption: The archive is closed to the public from 1 July to 14 September 2026 inclusive and will reopen on 15 September.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Macerata
Archivio di Stato di Macerata
Disruption: Afternoon opening is suspended during August. The normal Wednesday and Thursday afternoon sessions are therefore unavailable on 26 and 27 August.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Messina
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela
Disruption: The archive’s study rooms are closed to the public throughout August. The Messina office is also the point of contact for access to the historical archives of Lipari and Santa Lucia del Mela.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Milano
Archivio di Stato di Milano
Disruption: From 24 to 28 August the archive operates on a reduced 08:00–16:00 timetable, with last retrieval at 14:00, and is closed on Saturday 29 August. In addition, consultation of several fonds remains suspended through 31 August for dust-removal work.
Affected holdings: Cavazzi della Somaglia; Direzione provinciale delle pubbliche costruzioni di Milano – Genio civile di Milano; Prefettura di Milano – Gabinetto (Carteggio dal 1938 – serie II, bb. 1–907; Carteggio dal 1938 al 1955 – serie II – categoria 11; Registri II serie – Protocolli); Prefettura di Milano – Ufficio controllo opere in cemento armato; Pretura circondariale di Milano – Sezione civile (Sentenze civili 1951–1963; Rubriche delle sentenze civili 1957–1967; Ruoli generali del contenzioso civile 1948–1958; Rubriche dei ruoli generali del contenzioso civile 1950–1967; Rubriche dei decreti ingiuntivi 1970–1980); Pretura di Rho; Questura di Milano – Divisione I – Gabinetto (bb. 159–412; Protocolli); Questura di Milano – Divisione II – Polizia giudiziaria (Casellario permanente; Commissariati di PS di zona; Commissariati di PS distaccati; Protocolli); Tribunale civile e penale di Milano – Sezione Penale (Sentenze penali di I e II grado 1960–1967 and 1976–1980; Elenchi cronologici delle sentenze penali di I e II grado 1976–1980; Sentenze della Camera di Consiglio 1976–1980); Tribunale civile e penale di Rho; Uffici milanesi del Ministero dell’Assistenza post bellica.
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Modena
Archivio di Stato di Modena
Disruption: The summer timetable remains in force until 31 August, with the archive open Monday to Friday from 08:30 to 13:30.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Palermo
Archivio di Stato di Palermo
Disruption: From 3 to 31 August the study rooms close at 13:30. In addition, correspondence research and reproduction services remain suspended through 25 August; requests received during the suspension will be processed after that date.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official links here and here
Parma
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Parma
Disruption: The archive is closed from 17 June to 14 September 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Perugia
Archivio di Stato di Perugia
Disruption: The archive remains closed to the public until further notice because of works affecting the cloister of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale dell’Umbria complex.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Pesaro
Archivio di Stato di Pesaro Urbino — Pesaro
Disruption: Since 18 August, requests for in-person consultation at the Pesaro site must be submitted through the new Sala Studio portal. Researchers planning access this week should therefore use the new booking procedure.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Rieti
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Rieti
Disruption: The archive is closed for internal reorganisation from 3 August to 11 September, with reopening scheduled for 14 September.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Rome
Archivio Centrale dello Stato
Disruption: Public services operate on the reduced August timetable of 09:00–14:00. The library is additionally closed from 24 to 28 August. Archival retrievals are scheduled at 09:30, 11:00 and 12:30, with respective limits of three, three and two items.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Archivio di Stato di Roma
Disruption: The shuttle service used to consult holdings stored at Via Galla Placidia is suspended through 26 August; requests submitted after 4 August will begin to be served again from Thursday 27 August. The anagraphic and military research service is also suspended through 31 August.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Rovigo
Archivio di Stato di Rovigo
Disruption: From 6 August until further notice, archival retrieval is normally restricted to the 08:30–09:30 period because of high temperatures; exceptions are reserved for justified cases. Advance booking is requested.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Siena
Archivio di Stato di Siena
Disruption: The archive is closed from 26 to 29 August for extraordinary maintenance and structural-improvement works. The closure covers the study room, library and Museo delle Biccherne.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Torino
Archivio di Stato di Torino
Disruption: The Sezioni Riunite reading room at Via Piave 21 is closed from 24 to 28 August. At the Sezione Corte, the summer timetable remains in force through 4 September: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 09:00–13:30; Thursday 13:30–18:00. The institute also warns that the mid-morning retrieval cannot be guaranteed during this period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Trento
Archivio di Stato di Trento
Disruption: A revised public timetable has been in force since 10 August 2026: Monday to Thursday 08:20–15:20 and Friday 08:20–12:20. This replaces the previous schedule and reduces access in particular on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Urbino
Sezione di Archivio di Stato di Urbino
Disruption: Since 18 August, access reservations have moved to the new Sala Studio portal; researchers planning consultation this week must use the new procedure.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Velletri / Segni
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Velletri–Segni — sections of Velletri and Segni
Disruption: Both archival sections are closed to the public from 22 June to 1 September 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Verona
Archivio Storico Diocesano di Verona
Disruption: The archive is closed for the summer break from 23 July to 31 August 2026 and will reopen at 09:00 on Tuesday 1 September. The archive also states that booking slots will reopen after 26 August.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Vicenza
Archivio di Stato di Vicenza
Disruption: The document-retrieval service has been restored but remains limited to three retrieval times: 08:50, 09:30 and 10:30. The Bassano del Grappa section reopened on 24 August and is therefore not listed as closed for this week.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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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.
