Libraries

Includes collections include the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound and the Billy Rose Theatre Collection.

Information on library collections, access, and use, with a to Watsonline, the museum\'s research library online catalog.

Holds, studies and exhibits a very large collection of rare books and manuscripts, photographs, works of art, items related to the performing arts, and twentiethcentury literature and fine arts, principally American, British and French.

Repository for the documentation and visual study of Western Art. Open to scholars and art professionals both in person and via email or telephone.

The research library collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, including primary source collections on American architecture.

The Graphic Arts Library and Digital Image Database is available for online perusal of images related to the history and practice of printing.

Supports local and Internet research in the art and science of ceramics and related materials.

Research resources for art and architecture include print and electronic holdings, Internet links, access to the online catalog, and an online index to the picture collection.

Access to online databases and subject guides for art, architecture, urban planning, theater, and photography.

Architecture library; houses information on Mies van der Rohe, Crown Hall, and the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology.