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Art Collection
Mid-Manhattan Library, 3rd floor
455 Fifth Avenue at 40th Street
New York, NY 10016
212.340.0871 | mmart@nypl.org

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ABOUT THE COLLECTION
The Art collection contains about 40,000 volumes, plus periodicals and microforms. It includes critical, historical, and biographical works on all aspects of the visual arts, featuring:

• Drawing and painting
• Architecture
• Sculpture
• Design and graphics
• Decorative arts
• Fashion
• Costume design
• Photography as an art form

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Art Grants & Jobs -- 10/18/06
• Search Strategies -- 10/18/06
• Washington Heights to Battery Park City: Researching Buildings in New York City -- 08/01/06
• Architecture -- 07/22/06
• Graphic Design -- 02/28/06
• Researching Fashion Design and Costume History -- 12/30/05
• Researching an Art Work -- 12/13/05
• Art & Architecture: Electronic Resources -- 10/13/05
• Directories and Event Listings on the Web -- 03/29/05
• African-American Art and Artists -- 05/28/01
• Art in New York -- 05/28/01

• Reference Desk holdings

PERIODICALS
Art Full Text, Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), ArtBibliographies Modern, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, and Design and Applied Arts Index are available electronically (only at the Library) for accessing articles in magazines, newspapers and journals.

• Subject list
• Title list

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
The Art Collection also holds individual files on several thousand visual artists including biographical information and reproductions of artwork. To learn more, see Artists File Online Index.