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Museum Links
Australia
Michael
R Booth Theatre Collection - Department of Drama
at the University of Newcastle
National
Gallery of Australia
- The Gallery has a significant
collection of costumes from the Diaghilev's Ballet
Russes (1909-1929).
National Library of
Australia, Pictorial and Photographic Collections
- A range of materials relating to the performing
arts in Australia.
Performing
Arts Museum - Victorian Arts
Center, Melbourne.
There are over 200,000 items in the
collection, including costumes and costume designs,
set models, props and puppets.
Queensland
Performing Arts Trust - Performing Arts Complex
State
Library of Victoria
- The Collection aims to acquire all
significant published serials and monographs
relating to theatre in Australia.
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Èeský
Krumlov Castle Theatre
- The Baroque Theatre of the Èeský
Krumlov Castle represents a Baroque stage in its
mature form.
Library
of the Czech Theatre Institute -
The Library contains around 50,000 texts for
theatre.
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Toronto
Reference Library, Performing Arts Center
- The library offers extensive resources for
research in the performing arts.
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Film
Museum Berlin - Deutsche Kinemathek
- The script collection contains approximately
20,000 screenplays, dialogue lists, outlines and
treatments.
Staatliche
Museen/Theatermuseum
- Munich. The collection contains c. 40.000 stage
portraits and private portraits of performers,
producers, etc. .50.000 stage designs and costume
designs. The
museum possesses more than 3 million negatives and
positives, and this collection contains 40.000
photographs each year. The heart of the archive is
the collection of some 70.000 manuscripts.
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Great
Britain
The
Bill Douglas Center for the History of Cinema and
Popular Culture - The
Center contains both a public museum and an academic
research center.
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre - It's a kind
of exhibition or museum, a collection of
contemporary automata.
Center for
Performance Research - University of Aberystwyth.
Extensive book and video collections.
John
Rylands Library
- University of Manchester. The Library houses the
papers of several playwrights, theatrical directors
and designers, impresarios and critics.
The
Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson Theatre Collection
- The Collection has many paintings of a theatrical
nature, as well as set and costume designs. The
library of over 15,000 volumes is one of the most
comprehensive of its kind in the country.
Renishaw Stables
Museum and Art Gallery - The corpus of this
exhibition is from private collections.
Templeman
Library Theatre Collections -
The collection consists of manuscripts, playbills,
theatre music and memorabilia of various origins,
mostly belonging to actors.
Theatre
Museum - London. Britain's National Museum of
the Performing Arts.
University
of Bristol Theatre Collection - Archives
Voltaire Foundation
- University of Oxford. Promotes
studies and researches on Voltaire’s works.
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Greece
Hellenic
Center for Theatrical Research
- The archives cover the period from 1880 until
today.
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Italy
Biblioteca e
Raccolta Teatrale del Burcardo
- Rome. The theatre library owns about 45000
volumes, from XVIth century editions to contemporary
publications; 400 periodicals.
Vittoriale degli Italiani - Gardone
Riviera. Gabriele D'Annunzio's house is an
unbelievable collection of valuable works of art and
memories of the poet's life.
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Japan
Kushigata
Shuzen Museum of Art (Kabuki Ukiyoe Woodblock Print)
- Kushigata-cho's Shunsen Art Museum, opened in
January 1991, is presenting a collection of the
works and documents of Shunsen Natori.
Tsubouchi
Memorial Theatre Museum - Waseda University, Tokyo. The principal permanent
exhibits are related to the Japanese stage
arts.
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Netherlands
Theatre Institute
Nederland - The museum collection, encompass
20,000 posters, 150,000 photo's and slides,
thousands of programs, prints, design sketches,
letters, costumes, stage models, props, puppets,
masks, paintings, backdrops and miscellaneous
object.
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Norway
The
Theatre Museum Of Oslo
- The Theatre Museum of Oslo, founded in 1939.
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Slovakia
Theatre Institute, Bratislava - Set designs represent the key component of the collections of the Theatre
Institute.
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Slovenia
Slovenian National Theatre Museum - The Iconotheque
contains posters, costume designs, photographs,
theatre programmes, sets, portraits and theatre
plans.
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Sweden
August
Strindberg - Strindbergsmuseet
- Strindberg’s library consists of some 3,000
works and are today the core of the Strindberg
Museum.
Drottningholms
Teatermuseum - Stockholm. With its app. 70,000
volumes is one of the largest specialist libraries
in Europe.
Gripemuseet
- The Swedish Toy Theatre Museum - It is
regarded as one of the largest private toy theatre
collections in the world.
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United
States
Ballard
Institute and Museum of Puppetry
The
Ballet Russe Scenery Collection
- The Butler Ballet in Indianapolis,
IN, houses a very valuable collection of scenery and
costumes.
The
Billy Rose Theatre Collection - The Billy Rose
Theatre Collection of The New York Public Library is
one of the largest and most comprehensive archives
devoted to the theatrical arts.
Circus
and Allied Arts Collection at Milner Library,
Illinois State University
This collection also includes related arts such as
carnivals, carousels, conjuring, music halls, and
vaudeville.
Dion
Boucicault Theater Collection - University of
South Florida, Tampa. Dion Boucicault was a popular
Irish-American 19th century playwright
and actor.
Empire
State Theatre And Musical Instrument Museum -
The Empire State Theatre And Musical Instrument
Museum is located in the Harriet May Mills Art &
Home Center and belongs to a non-profit group.
Special Collections & Archives of George Mason
University.
Folger
Shakespeare Library - A major center for
scholarly research, the Folger houses the world's
largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works.
International
Theatre Design Archive: Project 2000
- A venture of the United
States Institute for Theatre Technology whose
mission is to actively promote the advancement of
knowledge and skills in all aspects of design and
production in the performing arts.
Jerome
Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Theatre Research
Institute - (Ohio State University)
Photographic
archive - about 500 items including photos,
mainly views of theatres, song sheets, letters,
books…
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS
MoCA)
- A multi-disciplinary center for visual, performing
and media arts.
Native
American Women's Playwrights Archive
- Miami University.
The
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- The world's most extensive combination of
circulating, reference, and rare archival
collections in its field.
The
Northern Illinois University/ Lyric Opera of Chicago
Historical Scenic Collection -
Represents a comprehensive depository of primary
scenic materials from the American Operatic theatre.
PALM San Francisco
Performing Arts Library & Museum - PALM
preserves and makes accessible materials about the
performing arts, particularly on the San Francisco
Bay Area's performing arts heritage.
Paris
Music Hall Collection at the Hargrett Library
- The Paris Music Hall Collection comprises over
6,000 original renderings of costume designs.
Theater Arts Collection at the Ranson Center, University of Texas
Austin. The Center has substantial
holdings of original costume and stage designs, an
estimated 200,000 playbills, 80,000 pieces of sheet
music, and 20,000 news clippings.
Yale
Drama Library
- Holds
more than 30,000 volumes, including plays, books on
the history of theatre, theatre architecture,
dramatic criticism, costume and stage design, stage
lighting and production.
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