The IRIS libraries

• Berenson Library - Villa I Tatti
• Libraries of the Gallerie degli Uffizi
  • Library of the Uffizi
  • Library of the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe
  • Library of the Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti)
  • Library of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Palazzo Pitti)
  • Library of the Museo della Moda e del Costume (Palazzo Pitti)
  • Library of the Tesoro dei Granduchi (Palazzo Pitti)
• Library of the Dutch University Institute for Art History
• Library of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento
• The «U. Procacci» Library - Opificio delle Pietre Dure
• The Leonardiana Library - Vinci
• Library of the Nuova Fondazione Rossana e Carlo Pedretti

Gallerie degli Uffizi

Library of the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe

Via della Ninna 5 - 50122 Florence (Italy) - second floor
tel. + 39 055 2388671 - fax +39 055 2388624
e-mail: carla.basagni@beniculturali.it
http://www.uffizi.it
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 8.30 AM - 1.30 PM; Tuesday, Thursday: 8.30 AM - 5.00 PM. Closed the month of August
Access: open to scholars and students of art history and related disciplines presenting a letter of introduction
Readers' services: reference, on-site consultation (no loans)

The Library was established at the end of the 19th century in support of the activities of the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, under the direction of Pasquale Nerino Ferri, author of the first catalogs of its drawings and prints holdings. Connected as it is to the larger Library of the Uffizi it represents an indepth specialization specific to the graphic arts. Among its rare titles (Fondo Rari) the Library possesses catalogs, Ferri's personal copies, interleaved with his handwritten proposed art object attributions. The Library's manuscript collection (Fondo Manoscritti) estimated at 250 holdings includes registers, autographs, and work records regarding the reorganization of the patrimony of art objects.

Patrimony
An estimated 20,000 titles are held by the Library. Its collections of art-related monographs and offprints, exhibition and museum catalogs, art auction catalogs and specialized reference works are constantly being updated with new material.

• Other resources

  • Art Discovery Group Catalogue
  • Internet Culturale
  • SBART - Sistema Bibliotecario Atenei Regione Toscana
  • BNCF - Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze
  • OPAC SBN - Catalog of National Library Service
  • EDIT 16 - The Census of Italian 16th Century Editions
  • MAI - MetaOPAC Azalai Italiano
  • Univ. degli Studi di Firenze - Sistema Bibliotecario d'Ateneo
  • Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
  • European University Institute - Library
  • Museo Galileo - Florence
  • The Library of the Scuola Normale Superiore
  • URBS - Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche
  • URBiS Library Network

• • The Library of Congress online Catalog
  • The British Library
  • BnF - Bibliothéque nationale de France
  • HOLLIS - Harvard On Line Library Information System
  • Library of the Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Utrecht University Library
  • KVK - Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog
  • The Warburg Institute Library
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  • ITALE - Association of Italian Ex-Libris Users
  • IGeLU - The International Group of Ex Libris Users
  • AIB - Italian Library Association
  • SRS - Society for Renaissance Studies
  • RSA - The Renaissance Society of America