diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/rest/Access.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/rest/Access.java
index 256f93f..2048a1e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/rest/Access.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/rest/Access.java
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ import org.gcube.informationsystem.model.entity.Facet;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.model.relation.ConsistsOf;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.ResourceInitializer;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.exceptions.ResourceRegistryException;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.exceptions.context.ContextException;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.exceptions.context.ContextNotFoundException;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.exceptions.er.ERAvailableInAnotherContextException;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.exceptions.er.ERNotFoundException;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.exceptions.query.InvalidQueryException;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.exceptions.schema.SchemaNotFoundException;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.rest.AccessPath;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.api.rest.httputils.HTTPCall.HTTPMETHOD;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.context.ContextManagement;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.context.ContextManagementImpl;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.er.ERManagement;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.er.entity.EntityManagement;
 import org.gcube.informationsystem.resourceregistry.er.entity.ResourceManagement;
@@ -280,9 +284,22 @@ public class Access {
 			@QueryParam(AccessPath.POLYMORPHIC_PARAM) @DefaultValue("false") Boolean polymorphic)
 			throws SchemaNotFoundException, ResourceRegistryException {
 		logger.info("Requested Schema for type {}", type);
-
 		SchemaManagement schemaManagement = new SchemaManagementImpl();
 		return schemaManagement.read(type, polymorphic);
 	}
 
+	
+	/*
+	 * e.g. GET /resource-registry/access/context/c0f314e7-2807-4241-a792-2a6c79ed4fd0
+	 */
+	@GET
+	@Path(AccessPath.CONTEXT_PATH_PART + "{" + ID_PATH_PARAM + "}")
+	@Produces(ResourceInitializer.APPLICATION_JSON_CHARSET_UTF_8)
+	public String read(@PathParam(ID_PATH_PARAM) String uuid)
+			throws ContextNotFoundException, ContextException {
+		logger.info("Requested to read {} with id {} ", org.gcube.informationsystem.model.entity.Context.NAME, uuid);
+		ContextManagement contextManager = new ContextManagementImpl();
+		return contextManager.read(UUID.fromString(uuid));
+	}
+	
 }
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