The National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives supports research
by Gallery staff and Research Fellows, and serves as Canada’s national
research collection in the visual arts. Collections are international
in scope, encompassing all aspects of Canadian art and related
developments with European and North American traditions. Special subject collections:
- all aspects of Canadian art
- history of post-Medieval western European and American art
- history of photography
- European and North American graphic arts
- art conservation
- silver
- Art Metropole collection
Searchable holdings (01/2008):
230,000
books, exhibition catalogues and bound periodicals, 1,100 current
periodical subscriptions, 50,000 auction catalogues, 95,000 microforms,
80,000 documentation files, 360,000 study photographs, 182,000 slides
and 650 linear meters of institutional archives and private papers.
Interlibrary loan: / Prêt inter-bibliothèques: / Fernleihe: / Prestito interbibliotecario:
The Library is a participant in the SHARES program of RLG-Programs/OCLC.
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