INDA
FOUNDATION
ARCHIVE
For more information please contact the
Responsible for the archive and library
Elena Servito
The archive and library of the INDA Foundation hold over 15,000 pieces classified into materials of different kind: books, documentary, artistic and administrative. Because of its importance it has been declared by the Regional Archive Superintendence of particularly important historical interest with the decree n ° 7/2013 of the Ministry of Culture. The archive heritage consists of documents, images, musical scores, sketches and props and can be consulted at the headquarters of the INDA, Palazzo Greco, in Siracusa. Both the archive and the library are an important resource for a historical study of the setup in an open-air theatre but also a starting point for a reflection on the legacy of the Ancient in the contemporary world.
AFI-Riordino e inventariazione I LOTTO Archivio storico INDA 1912-1948
AFI-Riordino e inventariazione II LOTTO Archivio storico INDA 1948-1971
AFI-Riordino e inventariazione III LOTTO Archivio storico INDA 1970-1979
AFI-Riordino e inventariazione IV LOTTO Archivio storico INDA 1979-1989
AFI-Riordino e inventariazione V LOTTO Archivio storico INDA 1988-1993
FUNDS IN
ARCHIVE
Here are some of the available funds.
This fund contains musical scores. The most ancient document is the musical score written by Giuseppe Mulè for Aeschylus’ Coefore performed in 1921.
This Fund consists of a list of all the reels and original and copy CDs, containing scene music performed during the plays staged by INDA.
Collection of manifests of the Classical plays. The posters proposed for each cycle of plays show the evolution of decorative taste.
THE LI
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For more information please contact the
Responsible for the archive and library
Elena Servito
Of particular interest is the part dedicated to Sicily, its archaeological remains, folklore and its history, while the magazines section includes a conspicuous and important group of periodicals, Italian and foreign, related both to theatre and to classical disciplines.
Students and scholars who carry out research on ancient theater and the Classical world can access, on request, the documentary heritage available in the library.