Building a New Library Annex: The Villa Chiaraviglio

FAIN: CHA-292030-23

American Academy in Rome (New York, NY 10021-4905)
Mark Robbins (Project Director: October 2022 to June 2023)
Tara Mia Paone (Project Director: June 2023 to present)

Renovation of the lower level of the Villa Chiaraviglio building for an expansion of the Arthur and Janet C. Ross Library at the American Academy in Rome.

The Arthur and Janet C. Ross Library is one of the American Academy in Rome’s (AAR) most valuable resources and is under the direction of the Drue Heinz Librarian, Dr. Sebastian Hierl. The Library is increasingly running out of space and will be full in four years. Our Barbara Goldsmith Rare Book Room is already at capacity. This means that many of our rare and fragile folios remain on our open stacks; the Academy is in need of a better solution to protect these volumes. We have identified the lower level of the Villa Chiaraviglio as suitable space for a new library annex providing both study space and rare books storage that will provide 15 years of capacity. The AAR thus plans a new annex to expand space for its library facility enabling us to store our rare book folios and continue growing our collections.