The Fondazione Dalmine is a non-profit making organization, set up in 1998 by Dalmine S.p.A., with the purpose of conserving, enlarging and making the most of the Historical Archive of the company and the group. Gaining recognition from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Environmental Conservation, the Foundation began its activity in 1999, starting a consultation service of the Historical Archive and publication of a series of books on the theme of the company's history and culture.

Furthermore, the Foundation organizes exhibitions, seminaries, visits, and lessons and practical exercise in historical research and archive keeping. The Historical Archive of the Dalmine Foundation holds documents, photographs, architectural plans and audio-visual products of Dalmine S.p.A. and controlled and associated organizations from 1906 onwards: a rich testimony to the history of the firm and the sector, its technological and organizational development and its interaction with the area.

The project to computerize and put on-line the Archive allows both specialist and general users to access the Foundation's web site in order to consult a database relevant to the Archive's content, make enquiries, conduct guided research and visualize a selection of documents.

With the purpose of involving young or recent graduates in their own projects, the Foundation offers tutoring for degree theses and promotes stages on projects linked to modern history, industrial history, the conservation and exploitation of cultural heritage and communication of history and company culture matters.