The directors of the library from 1861 to today
Since its foundation, the National Central Library of Florence has been guided by distinguished scholars and intellectuals who have shaped its history and preserved its immense heritage. From the early days of the Magliabechiana collection to its current status as a pillar of Italian culture, the leadership of these directors has ensured the continuity and evolution of the library’s mission.
List of the directors
Below is the chronological list of the directors who have headed the Institution from its establishment to the present day:
- Elisabetta Sciarra: 2024 –
- Anna Lucarelli: 2023 – 2024 (delegata dal Direttore generale avocante)
- Luca Bellingeri: 2015 – 2023
- Maria Letizia Sebastiani: 2010 – 2015
- Antonia Ida Fontana: 1996 – 2010
- Gloria Cerbai (reggente): 1995 – 1996
- Carla Guiducci Bonanni: 1988 – 1995
- Anna Lenzuni: 1980 – 1988
- Diego Maltese: 1976 – 1979
- Maria Luisa Garroni: 1973 – 1976
- Pietro Puliatti: aprile-giugno 1973
- Anna Maria Vichi Giorgetti: 1970 – 1973
- Emanuele Casamassima: 1965 – 1970
- Benvenuto Righini: 1964 – 1965
- Alberto Giraldi: 1956 – 1964
- Irma Merolle Tondi: 1953 – 1956
- Anita Mondolfo: 1945 – 1953
- Anna Saitta Revignas: 1941 – 1945 (reggente)
- Antonio Boselli: 1937 – 1944 (in aspettativa dal 1941)
- Anita Mondolfo: 1936 – 1937
- Domenico Fava: 1933 – 1936
- Angelo Bruschi: 1924 – 1933
- Paolo Bersotti: 1923 – 1924 (reggente)
- Salomone Morpurgo: 1905 – 1923
- Desiderio Chilovi: 1885 – 1905
- Torello Sacconi: 1877 – 1885
- Luigi Passerini Orsini de Rilli: 1871 – 1877
- Giuseppe Canestrini: 1862 – 1870
- Atto Vannucci: 1861 – 1862
