Library and archive
Library and archive
Library Joaquim Folch i Torres
The Library has more than 150,000 volumes, a bibliographic and documentary heritage available to all its users. The collection contains art monographs and catalogues, and documents about the history of Catalonia and Spain. Furthermore, it has a collection of magazines of art and humanities with around 4,000 titles, and a section in storage comprising manuscripts, incunabula, works published before 1850 and bibliophile editions. The Library was created to provide support to museum professionals in research and documentation, and at the same time to provide a public service.
Opening times:
- Winter schedule (16 September - 30 June): Monday and Friday, from 9.30 am to 3 pm; from Tuesday to Thursday, from 9.30 am to 6 pm. Closed on Monday and Friday afternoon, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays.
- Summer schedule (1 July - 15 September): from Monday to Friday, from 9.30 am to 3 pm
Notice: From 25 to 27 March: from 9.30 am to 3 pm.
Access to the Library is through the office door, on Avinguda Montanyans
Free access. You should identify yourself in the entrance of the Library with an ID document (DNI or passport).
The collection of the reading room is of free access. The waiting time for consulting the collection in the storeroom can vary between 15 and 30 minutes, from 10 to 18:30 h. All the material consulted from the storeroom must be returned to the library staff. There is no loan service and the books cannot be taken off the premises. If, on leaving, you haven’t completed your consultation, you can leave the documents reserved. The maximum period for the reservation is fifteen calendar days.
The Library has an online catalogue (OPAC) that you can browse.
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Archive
The Art Archives are a point of reference and an indispensable source of support for research into the History of Art and the study of the artists and the cultural and productive movements that have formed part of the artistic expression of Catalonia throughout history.