27 July–2 August 2026

The Archivitaly Access Watch for 27 July–2 August 2026 identifies closures, reduced timetables, unavailable holdings and procedural changes that may affect archival research in Italy during the week ahead. The review covers the Archivio Centrale dello Stato, State Archives and their dependent sections, diocesan archives, and municipal historical archives in provincial capitals. Only institutions with an identified disruption are included. Where an entry is based on an official standing summer schedule rather than a newly dated 2026 notice, this is stated explicitly. The issue number and structure follow Archivitaly’s fixed editorial calendar and Access Watch methodology.

At a glance: archive disruptions in Italy

Disruptions have been identified in Acerra, Alatri, Alessandria, Amalfi, Anagni, Ascoli Piceno, Avellino, Barletta, Bergamo, Bitonto, Bologna, Cagliari, Caltanissetta, Capua, Caserta, Castrovillari, Cava de’ Tirreni, Cesena, Chieti, Foggia, Forlì, Frosinone, Gaeta, Gallipoli, Isernia, Ivrea, La Spezia, Livorno, Lucera, Lucca, Macerata, Mercogliano, Milano, Modena, Oristano, Orte, Osimo, Padova, Pavia, Perugia, Pescia, Pisa, Pozzuoli, Ravenna, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, Roma, Segni, Teramo, Torino, Tortona, Trento, Ugento and Velletri.

Acerra

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Acerra

Disruption: The archive’s official institutional record gives 15 July–31 August as its standing summer closure period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Alatri

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Alatri

Disruption: The published standing schedule identifies 15 July–15 September as a closure period. Access may nevertheless be arranged on request, so researchers should contact the archive before planning a visit.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Alessandria

Archivio di Stato di Alessandria

Disruption: Public services are operating on a reduced basis until further notice because of severe staff shortages. Researchers should verify the availability of the required service directly with the institution.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Amalfi

Archivio Storico dell’Arcidiocesi di Amalfi “Mons. Ercolano Marini”

Disruption: The official institutional record identifies July and August as the archive’s standing summer closure period. This is a published annual access arrangement rather than a newly dated 2026 notice.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Anagni

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Anagni

Disruption: The archive’s standing schedule gives 15 July–15 September as a closure period. Access during this period may be possible by prior appointment and should be confirmed directly.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Ascoli Piceno

Archivio di Stato di Ascoli Piceno

Disruption: Afternoon openings are suspended throughout July and August. During the week covered by this report, the reading room is open from Monday to Friday, 8.30–13.30.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Archivio Diocesano di Ascoli Piceno

Disruption: The official institutional record identifies July and August as the archive’s standing summer closure period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Avellino

Archivio di Stato di Avellino

Disruption: A summer timetable applies from 6 July to 18 September 2026. The reading room is open on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8.00 to 19.00, and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8.00 to 15.00.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Barletta

Archivio di Stato di Barletta-Andria-Trani, sede di Barletta

Disruption: The lift at the Barletta premises is out of service while urgent repairs are undertaken. No restoration date is given, and researchers with reduced mobility should verify physical accessibility before travelling.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Bergamo

Archivio di Stato di Bergamo

Disruption: Reduced summer hours apply from 13 July to 28 August 2026. The reading room is open from Monday to Friday, 8.30–14.00, and is closed on Saturdays and public holidays.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai e Archivi Storici

Disruption: From 13 July to 22 August 2026, public services close at 14.00. The institution is also closed on Saturdays and Sundays throughout July and August.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Bitonto

Archivio Storico Diocesano, Sezione di Bitonto

Disruption: The archive’s standing schedule gives 15 July–31 August as its summer closure period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Bologna

Archivio di Stato di Bologna

Disruption: From 20 July to 16 August 2026, the medieval holdings identified by the institution are unavailable. Further fonds and archival units are excluded from consultation from 20 July to 31 December 2026.
Affected holdings: The medieval fonds identified in the official annex, including the Comune–Curia del podestà, Comune–Capitano del popolo, Comune–Uffici a competenza specifica, Comune–Camera del Comune and Comune–Governo series; selected units of the Corporazioni religiose soppresse; Amministrazione dei beni demaniali; Atti di stato civile del Dipartimento del Reno; Ufficio di polizia del Dipartimento del Reno; Contabilità di Legazione; Corpo reale del Genio civile; Ufficio dei Vicariati; and Istituto di cura e riposo Giovanni XXIII ed opere annesse. Researchers should consult the official annex for the individual units and shelfmarks.
Official notice 
Official list of unavailable holdings

Archivio Generale Arcivescovile di Bologna

Disruption: The archive is closed from 18 July to 2 September 2026 inclusive. Reopening is scheduled for 3 September.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Cagliari

Archivio di Stato di Cagliari

Disruption: Several holdings remain excluded from consultation for logistical or operational reasons. The military records listed below are unavailable until further notice.
Affected holdings: Controllo Generale; Stato civile; Corte d’Assise di Cagliari; Tribunale, Sentenze civili; Pretura di Cagliari, Sentenze penali; and Distretto militare di Cagliari, Serie fogli matricolari.
Official link

Caltanissetta

Archivio di Stato di Caltanissetta

Disruption: From 13 July to 28 August 2026, the reading room follows a reduced summer timetable and is open from Monday to Friday, 8.30–14.00. It is closed on Saturdays and public holidays. The notice was issued through the institution’s official social channel.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Capua

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Capua

Disruption: The official institutional record identifies July and August as the archive’s standing summer closure period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Caserta

Archivio di Stato di Caserta

Disruption: The archive is open from Monday to Friday, 8.30–16.00, during the summer period. Saturday openings are suspended and are scheduled to resume on 19 September 2026; Saturday 1 August is therefore affected.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Castrovillari

Archivio di Stato di Cosenza, Sezione di Castrovillari

Disruption: During July, the section is open only on Thursdays from 9.00 to 15.00. During the week covered by this report, access is therefore limited to Thursday 30 July.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Cava de’ Tirreni

Archivio Storico della Diocesi di Cava

Disruption: The official institutional record identifies July and August as the archive’s standing summer closure period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Cesena

Archivio Diocesano di Cesena-Sarsina

Disruption: Ordinary access is suspended during July and August. Consultation is available only by prior appointment.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Chieti

Archivio di Stato di Chieti

Disruption: Selected photographic documentation has been unavailable since 10 June 2026 because of digitisation work.
Affected holdings: Partito Nazionale Fascista, Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento di Chieti, Serie fotografie; Archivio Cianfarani, Serie fotografie; and Brigata Maiella, b. 3, fasc. 36.
Official link

Foggia

Archivio di Stato di Foggia, Palazzo Dogana

Disruption: Reduced summer hours apply from 29 June to 28 August 2026. The reading room is open from Monday to Friday, 8.30–13.30.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Forlì

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Forlì-Bertinoro

Disruption: The official institutional record identifies July and August as the archive’s standing summer closure period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Frosinone

Biblioteca Comunale e Archivio Storico

Disruption: The municipal facility, which includes the historical archive consultation service, follows a standing summer closure from 1 to 15 August. Saturday 1 August is therefore affected.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Gaeta

Archivio Storico dell’Arcidiocesi di Gaeta

Disruption: July and August are identified as closure months in the official institutional record. Access may nevertheless be arranged by telephone or email appointment and should be confirmed in advance.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Gallipoli

Archivio Storico Diocesano, Sezione di Gallipoli

Disruption: The archive is closed under its standing summer schedule from 15 July to 15 September.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Isernia

Archivio Diocesano di Isernia

Disruption: July and August are listed as the archive’s standing closure period. The institutional record provides a telephone contact for appointments, and any exceptional access should be agreed in advance.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Ivrea

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Ivrea

Disruption: The official institutional record identifies July and August as the archive’s standing summer closure period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

La Spezia

Biblioteca Civica “Ubaldo Mazzini” and Archivio Storico Comunale

Disruption: The institution’s Saturday hours are reduced during July and August. On Saturday 1 August, access is available from 8.15 to 12.00, while the ordinary afternoon opening from 14.00 to 18.00 is suspended.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Livorno

Archivio Diocesano di Livorno

Disruption: The official institutional record identifies July and August as the archive’s standing closure period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Lucera

Archivio di Stato di Foggia, Sezione di Lucera

Disruption: The Lucera section is closed on Monday 27 July 2026. Other closures listed in the same notice fall outside the week covered by this report.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Lucca

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Lucca

Disruption: The archive is closed from 1 July to 14 September 2026 inclusive. It is scheduled to reopen on 15 September.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Macerata

Archivio di Stato di Macerata

Disruption: In-person consultation and research and photographic reproduction services by correspondence have been suspended since 18 May 2026 for the duration of the institution’s relocation. The dependent section at Camerino remains open.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Mercogliano

Archivio Diocesano di Mercogliano

Disruption: The archive’s official institutional record states that it is closed throughout July and August.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Milano

Archivio di Stato di Milano

Disruption: Several holdings are unavailable from 27 July to 14 August 2026.
Affected holdings: Cavazzi della Somaglia, including the Banzi, Mellerio, Orio Litta and Somaglia components; Direzione provinciale delle pubbliche costruzioni di Milano – Genio civile di Milano; and the following documentation from the Pretura circondariale di Milano, Sezione civile: civil judgments, 1951–1963; judgment indexes, 1957–1967; general civil litigation registers, 1948–1958; related indexes, 1950–1967; and injunction indexes, 1970–1980.
Official link

Modena

Archivio di Stato di Modena

Disruption: Reduced summer hours apply from 6 July to 31 August 2026. The reading room is open from Monday to Friday, 8.30–13.30, with afternoon access suspended.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Oristano

Archivio di Stato di Oristano

Disruption: Since 1 July 2026, reading-room access and document requests must be arranged through the national Sala Studio digital portal. Researchers should complete the new booking procedure before attending.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Orte

Archivio Storico della Diocesi di Civita Castellana

Disruption: The archive, whose premises are in Orte, observes a standing closure period from 15 July to 15 September. Access on other days may be arranged by appointment, and researchers should contact the institution directly.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Osimo

Archivio Diocesano di Osimo

Disruption: July and August are listed as the standing closure period. The institutional record supplies an appointment contact, and any exceptional consultation should be agreed directly.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Padova

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Padova

Disruption: The official institutional record identifies July and August as the archive’s summer break.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Pavia

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Pavia

Disruption: The archive’s published standing schedule gives 15 July–15 September as a closure period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Perugia

Archivio di Stato di Perugia

Disruption: The institution is closed to the public until further notice because of works affecting the cloister of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale dell’Umbria.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Pescia

Archivio Diocesano di Pescia

Disruption: July and August are listed as the archive’s standing closure period. An appointment contact is provided, and researchers should enquire directly about any exceptional access.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Pisa

Archivio Diocesano di Pisa

Disruption: The official institutional record identifies July and August as the archive’s summer break.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Pozzuoli

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Pozzuoli

Disruption: The archive’s published regulations provide for closure from 15 July to 15 September.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Ravenna

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Ravenna

Disruption: The official institutional record gives 20 July–31 August as the archive’s standing summer closure period.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Reggio Emilia

Archivio di Stato di Reggio Emilia

Disruption: On Friday 31 July 2026, the reading room is open exclusively for document consultation. Other public services are unavailable that day.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Rimini

Archivio di Stato di Rimini

Disruption: A reduced summer timetable applies until 15 September 2026. The archive is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8.30 to 13.30, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8.30 to 13.30 and from 14.00 to 17.00.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Roma

Archivio Centrale dello Stato

Disruption: Three holdings are unavailable during the week covered by this report.
Affected holdings: La Malfa Ugo, unavailable from 18 May to 1 October 2026; Tribunale supremo militare, Ricorsi per nullità, unavailable from 3 June to 3 August 2026; and Tribunale supremo militare, Decreti di cambiamenti e svincolo di doti, unavailable from 3 June to 3 August 2026.
Official link

Archivio di Stato di Roma

Disruption: From 27 to 29 July 2026, the reading room is temporarily transferred to the Aula Lume because of technical works. The anagrafico-military research service is also suspended from 15 June to 31 August 2026.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link — temporary reading-room transfer
Official link — suspension of anagrafico-military research

Segni

Archivio Storico Diocesano, Sezione di Segni

Disruption: The archive is closed to the public from 22 June to 1 September 2026 under a dated diocesan summer notice.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Teramo

Archivio di Stato di Teramo

Disruption: A reduced summer timetable is in force. The reading room is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8.30 to 13.00, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8.30 to 15.00.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Torino

Archivio di Stato di Torino

Disruption: At the Sezione Corte, holdings stored in rooms 12–17 and in the Biblioteca Antica remain unavailable until 29 July 2026. From 20 July, access to the Sezione Corte is through Piazzetta Mollino while maintenance work is under way. Selected nineteenth-century volumes of the Insinuazione di Torino may also be temporarily unavailable during digitisation. The complete closure announced for 3–7 August falls outside this Watch.
Affected holdings: Fonds stored in rooms 12–17 and the Biblioteca Antica at the Sezione Corte until 29 July; selected nineteenth-century Insinuazione di Torino volumes during digitisation.
Official link — current notices 
Official link — temporary entrance to the Sezione Corte

Tortona

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Tortona

Disruption: The archive’s standing schedule provides for closure throughout July and August.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Trento

Archivio Storico Comunale di Trento

Disruption: A summer timetable has applied since 10 June 2026. Access is by appointment only: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 8.30 to 12.30, and Thursday from 8.30 to 12.30 and from 14.00 to 18.00.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Ugento

Archivio Diocesano di Ugento

Disruption: July and August are listed as the archive’s standing closure period. The official record provides for contact with the Curia regarding appointments, and any exceptional access should be confirmed directly.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

Velletri

Archivio Storico Diocesano, Sezione di Velletri

Disruption: The archive is closed to the public from 22 June to 1 September 2026 under a dated diocesan summer notice.
Affected holdings: General access / reading-room services; no specific fonds exclusion identified in the notice.
Official link

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.