Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives

Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives
	Nicolas Sanson. Atlas nouveau, 1692. Table of contents, detail.
	Location within New York City
Established	1823
Location	200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Coordinates	40°40′16″N 73°57′49″W / 40.6712062°N 73.9636306°W
Type	Library
Collection size	300,000 volumes and 3,000+ linear feet archives
Director	Deirdre Lawrence (Principal Librarian)
Website	www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/archives/

The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives holds approximately 300,000 volumes^[1] and over 3,000 linear feet of archives related to the history of the museum and its collections. The library collections comprise books, periodicals, auction catalogs, artist and institutional files as well as special collections containing photographs, sketches, artists' books, rare books and trade catalogues. The museum archives contains institutional records, curatorial correspondence, expedition reports, and other related textual and visual records dating to the founding of the institution.

^ Lawrence, Deirdre E. (2008). "Beyond the Galleries: The Brooklyn Museum Library Shares Its Treasures" (PDF). Fine Art Connoisseur. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2014-11-14.

[1] Lawrence, Deirdre E. (2008). "Beyond the Galleries: The Brooklyn Museum Library Shares Its Treasures" (PDF). Fine Art Connoisseur. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2014-11-14.

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