Art & Architecture Library

Some time ago I wrote about our project to reevaluate the reference section in our reading room. It is still a work in progress, but here are some highlights of the process:

(1) We're adding more and more introductory surveys to the reference collection in order to make it, at least to some degree, a browseable starting point for research.

The Art & Architecture Library's Locked Stack Collection is rich in materials ranging from antiquarian to contemporary, and it is always a pleasure when the opportunity arises to lend materials for exhibition. A small sampling of Locked Stack items is currently on view in two exhibitions at the Cantor Arts Center. Alongside materials from Special Collections and from the Cantor's own holdings, several Art & Architecture Library volumes are displayed in "Illustrated Title Pages: 1500–1900".

The Art & Architecture Library's Locked Stack Collection is rich in materials ranging from antiquarian to contemporary, and it is always a pleasure when the opportunity arises to lend materials for exhibition. A small sampling of Locked Stack items is currently on view in two exhibitions at the Cantor Arts Center. Alongside materials from Special Collections and from the Cantor's own holdings, several Art & Architecture Library volumes are displayed in "Illustrated Title Pages: 1500–1900".