Biennale ASAC
Historical Archives of Contemporary Arts
The Venice Biennale manages a library containing over 130,000 books, including all of the catalogues of its own activities. After a ten-year closure, the library is now partly open to visitors and students in the spaces next to the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the Giardini area.
Further ASAC offices are located at Porto Marghera's VEGA -Venice Gateway for Science and Technology- open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., upon reservation. Access to books and periodicals is possibile upon reservation at tel. +39 041 5218790, or e-mail: consultazione.asac@labiennale.org.
Further ASAC offices are located at Porto Marghera's VEGA -Venice Gateway for Science and Technology- open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., upon reservation. Access to books and periodicals is possibile upon reservation at tel. +39 041 5218790, or e-mail: consultazione.asac@labiennale.org.
ASAC
The Archives of the Venice Biennale
The Historical Archives of Contemporary Arts are a permanent sector of research and cultural production in the area of contemporary arts. The ASAC offices are now placed in the Cygnus facility of the VEGA at Porto Marghera. The ASAC is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., by appointment. Requests should be sent by e-mail at consultazione.asac@labiennale.org, or by telephone: +39 041 5218790.
ASAC dati
A digital archive
ASAC dati is a database system for the management of information related to the ASAC collections. At present, the database manages data concerning the Film Library, part of the Photo Library, and the Venice Film Festival. In the future, the project aims to include information concerning the other collections of the Biennale Archives, alongside bibliographic, historical and scientific records.
