National Gallery of Australia Research Library
Contact
- Street address
- Parkes Place, Parkes 2600
- Postal address
- GPO Box 1150, Canberra 2601
- Phone
- (02) 6240-6530
- Fax
- (02) 6273-2155
- Joye.Volker@nga.gov.au
- Website
- http://www.nga.gov.au/Research/Collection.cfm
- Enquiries to
- Joye.Volker@nga.gov.au
About
- Hours & facilities
- Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm for staff; 10am-4:45pm for approved readers; closed weekends and Public Holidays. General reference assistance available. Copying services for books, journals, original records to A3, microfilms, photographs and newspapers.
- Access
- Telephone, mail, fax etc queries handled for all. Reader's ticket required for personal access [conditions apply]
- Acquisition focus
- The National Gallery of Australia Research Library is actively seeking personal papers of significant Australian artists and key art professionals as part of its role to build a greater understanding of Australian art scene.
- Major holdings
- Personal Papers: Marion Hall Best, Anton Bruehl, Peter Burns, James Cant & Dora Chapman, Maximillian Feurring, Lindsay Bernard Hall, Helene Kirsova, James Mollison, Oliffe Richmond, Loudon Sainthill, Wes Stacey, John Lesley Wright
- Organisational Papers: Art Association of Australia and New Zealand, Art Libraries Association (Australia & New Zealand), Australian Gallery Directors’ Council, William Dobell Art Foundation, Print Council of Australia
- Art Gallery Papers: Â Australian Centre for Photography, Avago Gallery, Gallery A, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Josef Lebovic Gallery Susan Gillespie Gallery
- Oral History: James Gleeson Interviews with Australian Artists, 1977-1980
- Ephemera:
- Australian & New Zealand Artists files
- International Art & Artists Files
Last updated: 21 September 2009