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Rijksmuseum Research Library, Amsterdam
Kunstbibliothek - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Art and Exhibition Hall, Bonn
SLUB Dresden - Contemporary Art
Union Catalogue of Düsseldorf Cultural Institutions
IRIS Consortium, Florence
IRIS Consortium, Florence, Art auctions
Union Catalogue Florence-Munich-Rome
Bibliothèque d’art et d’archéologie, Geneva
Heidelberg University Library (Special Subject Collection in Art History)
documenta Archive, Kassel, Library
Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek, Cologne
Academy of Media Arts Cologne

Art Library, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
British Architectural Library (RIBA), London
National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Getty Research Institute Research Library, Los Angeles
Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
The Metropolitan Museum, New York
Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg
National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Bibliothèque des Arts décoratifs, Paris
Vitterhetsakademiens bibliotek, Stockholm
Kunsthaus Zurich, Library
Swiss Institute for Art Research, Library
Union catalogue of the libraries of the French national museums
ART-Guide (Art history websites)
OLC-SSG Art / Art Science

National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Subjects covered by the Library include those that are central to the work of the Museum:
  • Prints, drawings and paintings
  • Furniture and woodwork
  • Textiles, fashion and dress
  • Ceramics and glass
  • Metalwork
  • Sculpture
  • The art and design of the Middle East, Far East, India and South East Asia
  • The history of the art, craft and design of the book
This core material is supplemented by literature from a much broader subject field including, for example, a strong collection of documentation about architecture. Relevant materials are acquired in most Western European, as well as some Asian, languages. The Department is also responsible for the Archive of Art and Design, which holds around 200 archive groups relating to individuals, associations and companies involved in any stage of the art and design process.

Searchable holdings (11/2006): 750,000 bibliographic records, including monographs, rare books, exhibition catalogues, auction house sale catalogues, trade literature, information files, periodicals and manuscripts. The catalogue also contains group-level descriptions for archives, many of which are described in more detail elsewhere. In addition, the database provides brief records for some 20,000 art and design periodical titles held by other libraries throughout the UK and Ireland. These are also searchable via ARLIS.NET.