Documentary Patrimony
The documentation structure is based on title headings with an alphabetical/numerical system articulated in connection with the relevant material.
The principal themes regarding the institutional activities of the Gallery are listed in relation to their position in the historic/artistic documentation:
- acquisitions and donations of works of art;
- deposits of works within and outside of the Gallery;
- movement of works within the Gallery;
- exhibitions inside and outside of the Gallery;
- the Quadriennale exposition of Rome;
- relations with the Biennale of Venice;
- relations with the artists; scientific and didactic activity;
- awards for encouragement; loaning works of art;
- photographic, cinematic and televised projects, library activities at the Institute and at the new headquarters;
- publications by and about the Gallery;
- correspondence among the different Soprintendenzas;
- projects, designs and maps related to the Gallery and its expansion;
- restoration activity undertaken by the Gallery; surveys and related activity;
- relations with other museums and institutes.
The Gallery's legal and administrative documentation constitutes a conspicuous part of the Historic Archive, documenting the life of the Institute from its conception onwards:
- relations with the Ministry of Education;
- programming and annual reports;
- administrative correspondence;
- orders, memos, communiqués, accounting management;
- inventory lists;
- files related to personnel;
- the original site of the Gallery;
- the bookshop.
