The American theatre architecture archive, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is home to over 100,000 items documenting more than 18,000 theatres in America. The largest holding of its kind, the resources available in our collections document the architectural heritage of theatres in America from the 1880s to present day. Composed of photographs, negatives, slides, postcards, artists’ renderings, scrapbooks, books, periodicals, business records, blueprints and architectural drawings, supplier and trade catalogs, architectural artifacts, theatre furnishings, ushers’ uniforms, and numerous other items our collections relating to theatre buildings and their cultural and social history.

The American theatre architecture archive collections are accessible in person by appointment or online by clicking search the online catalog below.