Art library
An art library is a library with a collection focus on art and art history . As a specialist library , the art libraries are often part of institutions such as art museums , art associations , art colleges and academies, as well as art research institutes. Therefore, they mostly function as reference libraries , whose holdings can only be used in the library's own rooms and cannot be borrowed.
Most of the art libraries in German-speaking countries are organized in the working group of art and museum libraries .
List of art libraries
Well-known examples of art libraries in Germany are the art library of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin , the art and museum library of the city of Cologne and the library of the Central Institute for Art History in Munich.