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Featured Art Library: The Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Featured Art Library: The Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives at the Art Gallery of Ontario

The Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives is one of the truly excellent art libraries of Canada, somewhat battle-scarred and understaffed, but vibrant, growing, and perhaps uniquely positioned as an urban museum library with a strong connection to its communities. Continue Reading

Date posted04/21/2021


Featured Art Library: Dorothy Stimson Bullitt Library at the Seattle Art Museum
Featured Art Library: Dorothy Stimson Bullitt Library at the Seattle Art Museum

The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) began as the Seattle Fine Arts Society (SFAS) in 1906, and in 1927, the SFAS requested donations to create an art reference library for members. Continue Reading

Date posted01/19/2021


Featured Art Library: The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University
Featured Art Library: The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio State University

Over the more than 40 years since our founding, our collection has grown to be the premier institution for the study of comics and cartoon art. Continue Reading

Date posted12/2/2020


Featured Art Library: Mui Ho Fine Arts Library, Cornell University
Featured Art Library: Mui Ho Fine Arts Library, Cornell University

What used to be a red-bricked fortress is now a cathedral of space. In a renovated and repurposed building that’s more than 100 years old, the Mui Ho Fine Arts Library (FAL) opened its doors to the public just over a year ago. Continue Reading

Date posted10/12/2020


Featured Art Library: Biblioteca Walter Wey and Documentation Center
Featured Art Library: Biblioteca Walter Wey and Documentation Center

The Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo is the oldest art museum in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. It is committed to improving the public experience with visual arts, by studying, preserving and supporting its collections. Continue Reading

Date posted05/13/2020


Featured Art Library: Marian Library at the University of Dayton
Featured Art Library: Marian Library at the University of Dayton

The Marian Library at the University of Dayton is recognized both nationally and internationally as a center for scholarship on the Blessed Virgin Mary. Continue Reading

Date posted12/6/2018


Featured Art Library: American Craft Council
Featured Art Library: American Craft Council

The American Craft Council Library & Archives has arguably the most comprehensive collection in the United States devoted to the study of modern American craft. Continue Reading

Date posted10/18/2018


Featured Art Library: Museum of Russian Icons
Featured Art Library: Museum of Russian Icons

The Museum of Russian Icons Research Library in Clinton, MA is a growing research destination for the study of icons from around the world as well as Russian history, art, and culture. Continue Reading

Date posted08/27/2018


Featured Art Library: Ringling Museum of Art Library
Featured Art Library: Ringling Museum of Art Library

Established at the time of The Ringling Museum's opening in 1946, the Art Library of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, is one of the eleven Florida State University Libraries located on multiple campuses around the world. Continue Reading

Date posted07/13/2018


Featured Art Library: Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Featured Art Library: Emily Carr University of Art + Design

The ECUAD Artists’ Books Collection is located in Vancouver, British Columbia and provides a broad range of artwork constructed in various book formats. Continue Reading

Date posted03/27/2018


Featured Art Library: Collin College Preston Ridge Campus Library
Featured Art Library: Collin College Preston Ridge Campus Library

The Preston Ridge Campus of Collin College opened a new library where art is not the sole specialization. Collection development occurs for both the Fine Arts as well as Culinary Arts programs at the school. Continue Reading

Date posted01/25/2018


Featured Art Library: New York Public Library Art & Architecture Collection
Featured Art Library: New York Public Library Art & Architecture Collection

Established in 1987, The New York Public Library’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs united what had formerly been three separate departments under a single banner in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Continue Reading

Date posted10/3/2016