The Library, specialized in the artistic field with a particular focus on contemporary art, contains 35,000 items (books, pamphlets, magazines); 80 active journals; 3,000 newspapers and magazines stored. The editions date from the 1960s onward, due to the founding date of the Academy itself, established in 1967.

In addition to printed materials, there is an audiovisual section with 730 DVDs, mainly films and theater performances.

The volume of preserved materials confirms the special attention given to the library since the early years of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino by directors Renato Bruscaglia, Concetto Pozzati, and the then art history lecturer Alberto Boatto, with the aim of acquiring fundamental works for the study of art history, particularly modern and contemporary art.

The materials are organized into the following sections: Artistic Anatomy; Architecture, Urban Planning and Design; Furniture and Costume; Art and Art History from Origins to Contemporary, with dedicated sections for individual artists; Exhibition and Collective Show Catalogues; Cinema and Photography; Aesthetics and Philosophy; Guides and Local History; Italian Literature; Foreign Literature; Music; Scenography; Stage Technology; Sciences; Humanities; History and Criticism of Literature; Political and Economic History; Theater Texts; Theater History; Artistic Techniques; Reference works (series, encyclopedias, dictionaries); Magazine Archive.

Services

Loans are exclusively available to faculty members and students enrolled at the Academy.
External users are only permitted to consult volumes in the reading room.

Location

Via dei Maceri, n. 2 – 61029 URBINO (PU)
biblioteca@accademiadiurbino.it

Opening Hours

Catalogues

The Library maintains complete paper catalogues organized by author and subject and is part of the regional interlibrary network “Marche Nord”; it also participates in the national collective catalogue (opac.sbn.it) and the regional catalogue (bibliomarchenord.it), featuring 20,000 documents (books, journals, DVDs) out of the 35,000 owned.

National Library Service Catalogue

Regional Interlibrary Network “Marche Nord”

Please note that during the summer period, the library is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.