The Danish National Art Library is the national research library for architecture, art history, visual arts and museology in
Denmark
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. It was founded in 1754 as part of the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark.
History
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and has been located at
Charlottenborg's
Nyhavn Wing in
Copenhagen
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. It became an independent, self-owning institution in 1996.
The library is a member of the Danish Association of Research Libraries.
Collections
The Danish National Art Library has the largest Nordic collection of art-historical literature (over 300.000 volumes). It continues to grow as it has done since 1754. The collection covers a qualitative selection of books on architecture, visual arts, art history and theory, together with interdisciplinary museology.
Architectural renderings
The collection of architectural drawings consists approximately 300,000 items dating covering the period from the mid16th century until the present day. Approximately 14,000 drawings have been so far been digitalized. The library collects renderings from Danish architects, both realized and unrealized, measurings of national and foreign architecture, drawings from the architectural school and travel sketches.
Facilities
The library has a reading room in its main branch at Nyhavn 2 in central Copenhagen. Tare and fragile materials such as rare books and architectural drawings can only be studied in a special study room in
Søborg.
References
External links
Official website
Libraries in Copenhagen
Visual arts libraries
1754 establishments in Denmark
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