8–14 June 2026

The Archivitaly Access Watch is a weekly monitoring note on temporary archive access disruptions in Italy. It records closures, reduced hours, reading-room limitations, consultation exclusions, and other changes that may affect research planning during the week ahead. This issue includes only institutions for which a relevant disruption or access limitation has been identified from official institutional notices, official pages, or public institutional communications available at the time of writing. The Watch is designed to support the same preliminary work discussed in Archivitaly’s guide to planning a one-day archive visit in Italy: access conditions, opening hours, booking rules, and consultation limits can determine what is realistically possible before a researcher ever reaches the reading room.

At a glance: archive disruptions in Italy

This week’s identified disruptions concern Avellino, Cagliari, Genova, Imperia, Modena, Palermo / Termini Imerese, Rome, and Turin.

Avellino

Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Avellino
Disruption: The archive has announced Friday afternoon closures during the summer period. From 8 June to 18 September 2026, all Fridays are affected, except 19 June. For this Watch, the relevant date is Friday 12 June 2026, when public opening is limited to 8:00–15:30.
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: Due to the final phase of PNRR works, the archive remains subject to modified access arrangements until June 2026. The main entrance at Via Gallura 2 is not in use; access is through Via Gallura 4. Reading-room consultation continues by reservation because the works reduce available space within the institute.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Genova

Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Genova
Disruption: The reading room at the Sant’Ignazio site is closed on 8 and 9 June 2026 for works intended to improve accessibility and the quality of the spaces.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Modena

Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Modena
Disruption: A temporary reading-room service is in place for safety reasons. Public access is currently remodulated as follows: Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, 9:30–15:30; Wednesday and Thursday, 9:30–13:30. Users are also asked to contact the reading room to verify availability, access turns, and materials to be requested.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; documents of large format and materials with conservation issues are excluded from consultation; documentation already digitised and available online is not normally available for direct consultation except for justified research reasons subject to staff assessment.
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Palermo / Termini Imerese

Institution name: Soprintendenza Archivistica della Sicilia – Archivio di Stato di Palermo, Sezione di Termini Imerese
Disruption: The next public opening of the Sezione di Termini Imerese is scheduled for 18 June 2026, replacing the previously indicated opening of 4 June. The section is therefore not open to the public during the week 8–14 June 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services at the Sezione di Termini Imerese; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
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Rome

Institution name: Archivio Centrale dello Stato
Disruption: Documentation belonging to the Uffici giudiziari militari section is out of consultation for two months from 3 June 2026 due to INAIL works.
Affected holdings: Uffici giudiziari militari; specifically ID 3198, Tribunale supremo militare, Ricorsi per nullità, unavailable from 3 June 2026 to 3 August 2026.
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Rome

Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Roma
Disruption: From 8 to 23 June 2026, the reading room follows reduced public opening hours, 9:00–14:00. The last request for documents must be submitted through the SalaStudio portal by 12:30. During the same period, maps and large-format documents cannot be consulted, and parchments may be consulted only with prior authorisation from the reading-room directors.
Affected holdings: General reading-room services; maps and large-format documents unavailable; parchment consultation subject to prior authorisation.
Official link

Turin

Institution name: Archivio di Stato di Torino
Disruption: The reading room of the Sezione Corte is closed to the public from 3 to 29 June 2026 for extraordinary works connected with PNRR accessibility improvements. Additional consultation limitations affect some materials at the institute.
Affected holdings: Sezione Corte reading room; some volumes of Insinuazione di Torino, XIX secolo, may be unavailable due to digitisation work; fonds held in rooms 12–17 and the Biblioteca Antica are not consultable until 29 July.
Official links here and here

Disclaimer

This report provides a clear 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.