Danish National Art Library

Danish National Art Library
Danmarks Kunstbibliotek
The Danish National Art Library's main entrance
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LocationCopenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
TypeResearch Library
Established1754 (270 years ago) (1754)
Other information
DirectorSteen Søndergaard Thomsen
Employees14
Websitewww.kunstbib.dk/en

The Danish National Art Library is the national research library for architecture, art history, visual arts and museology in Denmark. It was founded in 1754 as part of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and has been located at Charlottenborg's Nyhavn Wing in Copenhagen. It became an independent, self-owning institution in 1996.[1] The library is a member of the Danish Association of Research Libraries.

Collections

The Danish National Art Library has the largest Nordic collection of art-historical literature (over 300.000 volumes). It continues to grow as it has done since 1754. The collection covers a qualitative selection of books on architecture, visual arts, art history and theory, together with interdisciplinary museology.

Architectural renderings

The collection of architectural drawings consists approximately 300,000 items dating covering the period from the mid16th century until the present day. Approximately 14,000 drawings have been so far been digitalized. The library collects renderings from Danish architects, both realized and unrealized, measurings of national and foreign architecture, drawings from the architectural school and travel sketches.

Facilities

The library has a reading room in its main branch at Nyhavn 2 in central Copenhagen. Tare and fragile materials such as rare books and architectural drawings can only be studied in a special study room in Søborg.

References

  1. ^ "Danmarks Kunstbibliotek" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

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