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As of January 15, 2010, the Library is completely closed to the public to prepare for the upcoming move to the new building. The Library will resume all reference services when the museum reopens in May.

Scope of Collections

The holdings of the VMFA Library, a non-circulating library, provide significant primary and secondary resources for the study of the history, criticism, and theory of art in its 143,500 volumes, including 82,000 monographs, 45,000 auction catalogues, 5,000 bound periodicals, 3,500 rare books and rare serial holdings, approximately 40,000 vertical files on artists and VMFA history, and Museum scrapbooks dating from 1935.

Search the Library’s online catalog at PANDORA.

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