Library

LOCATION AND PUBLIC HOURS

The library is located to the south of the Grand Staircase inside the museum’s Michigan Avenue entrance. 

Monday–Friday 1:00–5:00
Saturday–Sunday CLOSED

Materials are paged from the stacks until 4:00 p.m.

A reference librarian is available in the Reading Room during these times to assist you with locating resources in our closed-stack collection. We encourage you to review our discovery tools prior to visiting, and to email reference@artic.edu with any questions.

The Reading Room will close early, at 3:00, on Friday, March 6. The Reading Room will be closed for research on Monday, May 25 and, due to a collection move, we will also be closed for research from Wednesday, July 1 through Friday, July 31. Additional information on service changes is available here.

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• Plan a Library Visit
  Researchers are welcome to visit during our public hours to request materials from the book stacks.
• Discover Our Collections
  The library constitutes a major art and architecture research collection of print titles, auction catalogs, serial subscriptions, and extensive digital collections.
• Online Catalog
  

  Get started—search our library catalog.

• Library Services
  Learn everything you need to know about interlibrary loan, photoduplication, reference, and reserve services.
• Request a Class Visit
  The library offers topic-driven and general library orientations for graduate and undergraduate classes.
• Policies
  These rules help preserve our library and archival collection materials for future generations of researchers
• Library FAQs
  Look here to find answers to many common questions.
• Reading Room History and Artworks
  Explore the history of the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries and the Franke Reading Room.

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