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February 24, 2012
Founded in 1881, the Mary R. Schiff Library has an extensive collection of over 100,000 items, which covers six thousand years of art and art history. The collection includes books, periodicals, clipping files and online databases. The library has a unique assortment of materials on Cincinnati art and artists, a broad range of auction houses catalogs starting from the 1900s, and an exclusive collection of reference materials. The Cincinnati Art Museum Archives houses records of the Art Museum dating from 1875 to present, and records of the Art Academy of Cincinnati from 1868 to 1998.
The library is open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. Use of the Archives is by appointment only, which can be scheduled by contacting the Schiff Library.
The Schiff library has comfortable seating space and serves hot tea and coffee at the Reading Room.
Contact information: ph. 513.639.2978; email library@cincyart.org
