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Arenapal

British multimedia company

ArenaPAL is a UK company, based in London, which specialises in the licensing of performing arts images, both in the UK and throughout the world. Its collection falls under the main categories of opera, theatre, classical and contemporary music, classical and contemporary dance, as well as educational imagery covering all categories. It manages a library of 10 million images with over 900,000 currently viewable online.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1

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ArenaPAL is a UK company, based in London, which specialises in the licensing of performing arts images, both in the UK and throughout the world. Its collection falls under the main categories of opera, theatre, classical and contemporary music, classical and contemporary dance, as well as educational imagery covering all categories.2

The story

ArenaPAL was founded in 1997 as the first fully digitised performing arts archive. Unlike most specialist photographic agencies, it has worked with a wide range of contributors from its inception. The company continues to expand its extensive archive as well as taking in submissions of contemporary performance, including theatre, ballet, dance and opera productions, classical music, rock, pop and jazz events.

ArenaPAL is a member of the British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA), which has declared it: "the best international performing arts photographic resource for all images users representing a unique collection from around the world", in 2007.

From Wikipedia’s article on ArenaPAL, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1998Founded Founded1

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