Library & Archives | Memorial Art Gallery
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Library & Archives | Memorial Art Gallery
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The museum is open from 11 am–8 pm today.
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maglibinfo@mag.rochester.edu
585.276.8999
Hours
Monday–Wednesday:
By appointment
Thursday & Friday:
12:00–5:00 pm
Library
Looking for information on a favorite artist or an art-related topic? Stop by one of the region’s most extensive visual arts libraries. Since MAG opened in 1913, its library has served area art-lovers. Today, the Charlotte Whitney Allen Library is open to the public for browsing and research, and to MAG members, UR students, faculty & staff, PreK–12 & homeschool teachers, and current Creative Workshop students for borrowing.
Search Our Catalogue
We offer books and media for adults and children, on such topics as:
art history and technique
museum studies
local artists
works in MAG’s collections
MAG institutional history
The library is open to the public for research and browsing purposes. To make an appointment to visit the library outside of public hours, call the library’s information desk at 585.276.8999, or email
maglibinfo@mag.rochester.edu
.
Archives
The museum’s archival material may be accessed by researchers by arrangement via the Charlotte Whitney Allen Library. Currently digitized items can be accessed at the
New York Heritage
website. The accessible collections of the archives include:
Exhibition catalogues and files
Index of artists who have exhibited at MAG from 1913 to the present
MAG publications and annual reports
Files from the various departments of MAG
Scrapbooks created by MAG Staff
Posters of past MAG events
Photographic material of artists and MAG events
Audio and video tapes
Oral histories from MAG staff and artists
Fritz Trautmann notebooks
Due to MAG’s central role in the arts in Rochester, the archives collection also includes information on many local artists and arts organizations, including the:
Rochester Art Club
Print Club of Rochester
Arena Art Group
Rochester International Salon of Photography
Skip to main content
The museum is open from 11 am–8 pm today.
Tickets
Membership
Give
Shop
Library
Archives
Contact
maglibinfo@mag.rochester.edu
585.276.8999
Hours
Monday–Wednesday:
By appointment
Thursday & Friday:
12:00–5:00 pm
Library
Looking for information on a favorite artist or an art-related topic? Stop by one of the region’s most extensive visual arts libraries. Since MAG opened in 1913, its library has served area art-lovers. Today, the Charlotte Whitney Allen Library is open to the public for browsing and research, and to MAG members, UR students, faculty & staff, PreK–12 & homeschool teachers, and current Creative Workshop students for borrowing.
Search Our Catalogue
We offer books and media for adults and children, on such topics as:
art history and technique
museum studies
local artists
works in MAG’s collections
MAG institutional history
The library is open to the public for research and browsing purposes. To make an appointment to visit the library outside of public hours, call the library’s information desk at 585.276.8999, or email
maglibinfo@mag.rochester.edu
.
Archives
The museum’s archival material may be accessed by researchers by arrangement via the Charlotte Whitney Allen Library. Currently digitized items can be accessed at the
New York Heritage
website. The accessible collections of the archives include:
Exhibition catalogues and files
Index of artists who have exhibited at MAG from 1913 to the present
MAG publications and annual reports
Files from the various departments of MAG
Scrapbooks created by MAG Staff
Posters of past MAG events
Photographic material of artists and MAG events
Audio and video tapes
Oral histories from MAG staff and artists
Fritz Trautmann notebooks
Due to MAG’s central role in the arts in Rochester, the archives collection also includes information on many local artists and arts organizations, including the:
Rochester Art Club
Print Club of Rochester
Arena Art Group
Rochester International Salon of Photography