Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen / Library

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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen / Bibliotheek

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen / Library

Museumpark 18-20 / PO Box 2277, 3000 CG Rotterdam
Tel: 010-4419456 / 4419457 / 4419458, Fax: 010-4360500, E-mail: boxtel@boijmans.rotterdam.nl
Librarian E. van Boxtel
Opening hours Tue-Sun 11.00-16.30
Conditions of use Consultation only; the museum admission fee includes use of the library
Services Reference assistance / photographic services / café / restaurant
WWW-site http://www.boijmans.rotterdam.nl

Size 130,000 books, 200 current periodicals
Character and emphasis The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has owned books since the 1880s serving to document its collection. In the 1920s the library became a separate department, which was given its own space in the newly built museum opened in 1935. The libray was run by the museum staff until 1962, when a specialist librarian was first appointed. The library staff now consist of a librarian and five assistants. Its holdings reflect the collection of the museum itself, and emphasizes painting, drawing, decorative arts, art theory, iconography, art history, Christian art (European), medieval art, Renaissance art, 17th-18th centuries and 19th-20th centuries art, sculpture and engraving.

Special collections

The library holds an important research collection on the history of Surrealism, including many primary sources.
Old prints, as sources on Dutch painting; emblems

Access Monographs and recent periodicals on open shelves, otherwise closed stacks

Catalogues

Automated catalogue (acquisitions since 1992)
Card catalogue: indexed by author's name, subject, local classification, name of artist, name of collector, and chronology

Last modified: 30/05/2007