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Library and archives Mauro Rostagno Documentation Center |
Library
The museum’s library currently holds about 35.000 books, plus a little over 2.600 periodicals, about 500 of which of the present day. Most of the collection consists of 19th and 20th century material, collected in the course of the museum’s life via acquisitions, exchanges with other Institutes, and especially thanks to donations. The library of the Museo Storico in Trento since 1988 has been connected to the Trentino Bibliographic Catalogue the database of which to date contains catalogue-related data concerning approximately 19.500 possessed documents.
Assistants: Caterina Tomasi, Roberta Rossano, Meri Spadi Opening hours: from Monday to
Thursday, from 9 am
until 5 pm.; Friday from 9 am to 1 pm
Historical Archives These archives contain and preserve documents concerning Trentino history starting from the 18th century (Napoleonic invasions) up to our present times, and concerning the participation of the Trentino population in the Italian Risorgimento, in the fight for autonomy, in Irredentism, in the 1914-1918 world war, in the fight against Fascism, in the 1939-1945 world war and in the Resistance.Especially important is the Estate of the Battisti family (Cesare, Livia, Gigino and Ernesta Battisti) recognised to be of special national historical interest by decree of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage. The remaining 90 archival estates, officially declared to be of local historical interest by the Provincial Law No. 11/92, regard important figures of Trentino culture and politics, among whom Enrico Conci and Beppino Disertori, as well as cultural associations and family records. Chief: Patrizia
Marchesoni
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