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Art Library

Welcome to the Art Library!

Available to all free of charge. The library holds approximately 240,000 items, including books on art, picture books, exhibition catalogs, and art magazines.

The Library Collection

  • Books on modern and contemporary art
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Art magazines
  • Museum and related institutional publications

Total number of materials: 240,000 volumes

*Number of books and titles are all approximate numbers (as of the end of fiscal year 2023)

Books

Total: 48,857 volumes

Japanese books: 35,611 volumes

Foreign books: 13,246 volumes

Exhibition Catalogs

Total: 77,267 volumes

Domestic exhibition catalogs: 54,971 volumes

Overseas exhibition catalogs: 22,296 volumes

Periodicals

Japanese: 2,828 titles

Foreign language: 707 titles

Microfilms

Japanese book microfilm reels: 249 items

Foreign book microfiche: 269 items

Japanese periodical microfilm reels: 20 titles, 421 items

Japanese periodical microfiche: 11 titles, 27 items

Foreign periocial microfilm reels: 6 titles, 31 items

Audio-visual Materials

492 titles

Facilities

28 reading seats

3 search terminals

A photocopier, a microfilm reader, audio-visual booths, etc.

*Materials in the collection are not available for loan.

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