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This category is for the web sites of libraries that specialize in the visual and performing arts, architecture, and visual design. Libraries which include music, theater, or literary arts will also be included in this category. However, Arts/Music/Resources/Music_Libraries is where libraries specializing in music belong.

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The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Holds, studies and exhibits a very large collection of rare books and manuscripts, photographs, works of art, items related to the performing arts, and twentieth-century literature and fine arts, principally American, British and French.
Google PageRank: 7/10

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Includes collections include the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound and the Billy Rose Theatre Collection.
Google PageRank: 7/10
University of Michigan Fine Arts Library University of Michigan Fine Arts Library Maintains a collection of print and electronic resources in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts, and contains over 90,000 volumes covering painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic arts, decorative arts, architectural history and photography.
Google PageRank: 7/10
Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library at the University of Pennsylvania Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library at the University of Pennsylvania Collections cover architecture, city planning, historic preservation, history of art, landscape architecture, the studio arts and urban design. Holdings emphasize Western subjects, but includes materials on the arts of Islam, South Asia and the Far East.
Google PageRank: 6/10
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Libraries Boston Museum of Fine Arts Libraries The William Morris Hunt Library collection includes over 280,000 items in Contemporary Art; Paintings; Drawings; Prints; Photographs; Decorative Arts; Textiles; Art of Asia, Oceania, Africa, Ancient America, and Ancient Egypt; and Classical art. The W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library houses a collection of over 18,000 volumes, supporting research on twentieth century and contemporary art.
Google PageRank: 6/10
Columbia University Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Columbia University Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Subject guides and Internet resources in architecture, archaeology, and the fine arts.
Google PageRank: 6/10

Cornell Fine Arts Library Cornell Fine Arts Library Supports research in the areas of art, architecture, historic preservation, history of art, city and regional planning and landscape architecture. Ithaca, New York.
Google PageRank: 6/10
Dutch University Institute for Art History Library Dutch University Institute for Art History Library Information about the library, and access to the photographic archive and the online catalog of materials related to Italian and Flemish art via the IRIS catalog.
Google PageRank: 6/10
Edinburgh College of Art Library Service Edinburgh College of Art Library Service Library news, information, and access to the online catalog and other online information resources.
Google PageRank: 6/10
McGill University Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art McGill University Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art Access to online databases and subject guides for art, architecture, urban planning, theater, and photography.
Google PageRank: 6/10
Rochester Institute of Technology Cary Collection Rochester Institute of Technology Cary Collection The Graphic Arts Library and Digital Image Database is available for online perusal of images related to the history and practice of printing.
Google PageRank: 6/10

The Frick Art Reference Library The Frick Art Reference Library Repository for the documentation and visual study of Western Art. Open to scholars and art professionals both in person and via email or telephone.
Google PageRank: 6/10
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries and Study Centers The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries and Study Centers Information on library collections, access, and use, with a to Watsonline, the museum's research library online catalog.
Google PageRank: 6/10
University of Auckland Fine Arts Library University of Auckland Fine Arts Library Library information and electronic links, including access to the online catalog and Internet resources in the fine arts.
Google PageRank: 6/10
University of California at Santa Barbara Arts Library University of California at Santa Barbara Arts Library Houses the art and architecture, and music collections; information about collections and services, and Internet resources in the arts.
Google PageRank: 6/10
University of New Mexico Fine Arts Library University of New Mexico Fine Arts Library Subject areas include art, art history, dance, film/media arts, music, photography, theatre, architecture, landscape architecture and planning.
Google PageRank: 6/10

Vassar College Art Library Vassar College Art Library A variety of electronic sources in the fine arts, including Internet links for research information and digitized images, course-specific resources, and access to the online catalog.
Google PageRank: 6/10
Fine Arts Library, University of British Columbia Fine Arts Library, University of British Columbia Collection includes Canadian, Pre-Columbian, Oriental and Italian Renaissance art as well as the history of architecture. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Google PageRank: 5/10
Illinois Institute of Technology Graham Resource Center Illinois Institute of Technology Graham Resource Center Architecture library; houses information on Mies van der Rohe, Crown Hall, and the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology.
Google PageRank: 5/10
New School University Gimbel Design Library New School University Gimbel Design Library 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.
Google PageRank: 5/10
Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, The Art Institute of Chicago Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, The Art Institute of Chicago The research library collections of The Art Institute of Chicago, including primary source collections on American architecture.
Google PageRank: 5/10

University of California at Los Angeles Arts Library University of California at Los Angeles Arts Library Information about the library and Internet resources in the arts, including art history, architecture, music, and film.
Google PageRank: 5/10
University of Sydney Architecture Library University of Sydney Architecture Library Information about the collections and library services, with a long list of Internet resources arranged by type.
Google PageRank: 5/10
University of Texas Fine Arts Library University of Texas Fine Arts Library Information on collections, staff, hours, computer resources and employment. Austin, Texas.
Google PageRank: 5/10
Frick Fine Arts Library | University of Pittsburgh Frick Fine Arts Library | University of Pittsburgh Non-circulating research collection serving the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, and the undergraduate needs in fine arts and studio arts courses. The Collection contains over 85,000 volumes and subscribes to more than 323 journals in relevant fields.
Google PageRank: 4/10
Post Memorial Art Reference Library Post Memorial Art Reference Library Information about the privately endowed library with a non-circulating collection on the history of art, located in the Joplin, MO Public Library.
Google PageRank: 4/10

Strathclyde University Department of Architecture Information Room Strathclyde University Department of Architecture Information Room Internet and print resources in architecture, especially sustainable and Scottish architectural design.
Google PageRank: 4/10
University of Manitoba Architecture/Fine Arts Library University of Manitoba Architecture/Fine Arts Library Information on collections, electronic resources, services and borrowing.
Google PageRank: 4/10
University of Tasmania Carington Smith Art Library University of Tasmania Carington Smith Art Library Access to the online catalog, web resources in the visual arts, and information about the library.
Google PageRank: 4/10
Yale University Art and Architecture Library Yale University Art and Architecture Library Established in the late 1860s, it contains approximately 100,000 volumes on architecture, painting, graphic design, urban planning, and the history of art and architecture.
Google PageRank: 0/10