[2]: 293  The school was recognised by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education, in 1988[2]: 293 [3] and in 2023 merged with the Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti to form the Politecnico delle Arti di Bergamo.

An academy of fine arts was added to it in 1793[1] or 1794,[2]: 293  initially under the direction of the Milanese painter Carlo Dionigi Sadis.

[1] Carrara made his will in 1795, leaving his entire estate to the gallery and art school he had founded; these were to be managed by a five-member commission, of which the first five were chosen by him.

[5] It was modified between 1808 and 1813 to designs in Neo-Classical style by Simone Elia [it], who had been a pupil of Leopoldo Pollack at the Accademia di Brera.

[2]: 293 [3] The directors-general at the Accademia Carrara have been, in chronological order, Giuseppe Diotti, Enrico Scuri, Cesare Tallone, Ponziano Loverini, Luigi Brignoli, Achille Funi, Trento Longaretti, Pierluigi De Vecchi, Mario Cresci and Maria Grazia Recanati.