Introduction
Amsterdam
Apeldoorn
Arnhem
Delft
Den Bosch
Den Haag
Eindhoven
Enschede
Groningen
Leeuwarden
Leiden
Maastricht
Nijmegen
Otterlo
Rotterdam
Schoonhoven
Tilburg
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Wageningen
Wijk bij Duurstede
Zeist
AMSTERDAM
Vrije Universiteit (VU) / Universiteitsbibliotheek, Afdeling Kunstgeschiedenis
Vrije Universiteit / Library, Art History Department
De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV AmsterdamTel: 020-5985207/5985209, Fax: 020-4445204, E-mail: r.t.hofstede@ubvu.vu.nl
Librarian R. ter Hofstede, art reference librarian
Opening hours Information desk: Mon-Fri 9.00-16.45; reading room: Mon-Thu 9.00-21.00; Fri 9.00-17.00
Conditions of use Consultation free; loans on presentation of a library card, obtainable on the presentation of a valid ID
Services Reference assistance / ILL / microfiche reader / café and restaurant in the building
WWW-site http://www.ubvu.vu.nl
Size 27,500 books, 230 current and 100 discontinued periodicals
Character and emphasis The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, established in 1880, was the fifth university in the Netherlands. The separate Art History Library is housed in the main building. It is specialized in Christian iconography and in Dutch prints of the 16th century, Dutch painting of the 16th-20th centuries, and architecture and urban planning of the 19th and 20th centuries
Access Closed stacks; part of the collection on open shelves in the reading room
Catalogues Online union catalogue of the library of the Vrije Universiteit
Last modified: 17/04/2007