Libraries
Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives comprise one of the largest and oldest art museum libraries in the country. The collection, established in 1823, has been developed to encourage understanding of the Museum's collections and history. Paralleling the Museum's encyclopedic collections, the Museum Libraries and Archives are particularly strong in the arts of the Americas (North and South), Africa, Asia, Ancient Egypt and Islam. The Wilbour Library of Egyptology is an important resource for the study of ancient Egypt.
Frick Art Research Library
The mission of the Frick Art Research Library (formerly the Frick Art Reference Library) is to provide public access to materials and programs focused on the study of fine and decorative arts created in the Western tradition from the fourth to the mid-twentieth century. It serves an international research community and supports institutional initiatives. The collections of the Library relate mainly to paintings, drawings, sculpture, and prints by artists from Europe and the Americas. In addition, European decorative arts of the fifteenth to the nineteenth century are covered.
The Museum of Modern Art Library
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Library is a comprehensive collection devoted to modern and contemporary art. The noncirculating collection documents painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photography, architecture, design, performance, video, film, and emerging art forms from 1880 to the present. Primary source collections are held by the Museum Archives. Collection highlights include works on Dada and Surrealism, The MoMA/Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection, and the Political Art Documentation and Distribution (PAD/D) Archive.