The Documentation Centre and Museum of Performing Arts Theatre Institute (MAE) is an information and documentation service specializing in theater, dance, opera, operetta, variety, magic, circus and para-theatrical events. Includes one of the bibliographic and documentary major European, especially with respect to the Catalan and the Spanish Golden Age, and a museum with significant collections (posters, handbills, photographs, models, sketches, scenic and costume) broadcast now through exhibitions.

The MAE is aimed at supporting the teaching and research to students and faculty of the Theatre Institute, as well as all researchers and professionals in the performing arts.