Periodicals

The library offers more than 3,000 scholarly journal titles, including over 1,000 current subscriptions to scholarly journals of art history in Western languages. A selection of current newspapers and general-interest magazines is available in the periodicals reading room.

Some titles are available online in the library on the publishers’ own websites or in full-text databases such as JSTOR and Project Muse. Bibliographic databases such as Art Bibliographies Modern (for art after 1850), Bibliography of the History of Art, and the Wilson Art Index are also available on site.

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Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(except federal holidays)

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Location
National Gallery of Art East Building
4th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC

Mailing Address
National Gallery of Art
2000B South Club Drive
Landover, MD 20785

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Contact image collections or call (202) 842-6026

Volunteer Opportunities

For information on volunteer opportunities in the National Gallery of Art Library, please send your résumé to:

Head of Reader Services
National Gallery of Art Library
2000 B South Club Drive
Landover, MD 20785

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