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Library

The Belvedere library is a historic collection that has grown to around 130,000 items (books, journals, auction catalogues, posters and new media) covering all subjects of the visual arts.

Our goal is the thorough documentation of Austrian art through the purchase and exchange of books. We also regularly receive interesting and valuable donations from the art market and private individuals. The reference library is open to anyone interested, and our staff will gladly assist you in your research activities.

 

The Belvedere library is a member of the

 

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Our journal collections in the ZDB

 

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Library
Photo: Stefan Lehner / Belvedere, Vienna

Main Focus

Austrian art and art history from the Middle Ages to the present, particular fin-de-siècle art

National and international exhibition catalogues

Literature on museums, exhibition galleries, and other institutions (annual reports, inventory catalogues, museum guides)

Literature on individual artists (exhibition catalogues, monographs, catalogues of work)

Literature on the history of the Belvedere and on Belvedere exhibition projects

Works on art theory, secondary literature, reference works

Recent and historic art journals

Auction catalogues from the early nineteenth century onwards

Literature on Art Brut starting with the donation by Leo Navratil in 1995 and continuously enlarged since then

Belvedere exhibition posters / Posters around Austrian artistic production

Online Catalogue and Digital Resources

Online Catalogue

The online catalogue currently contains some 100.000 media items. Work is under way on the incorporation in the Library database of old stocks.

 

Online Catalogue

 

 

Ver Sacrum Online

The sumptuously illustrated magazine Ver Sacrum (Latin for “Sacred Spring”) was published as the official organ of the Vereinigung bildender Künstler Österreichs (Association of Austrian Artists) and was the most important publication in the early years of the Vienna Secession. Ver Sacrum provides a wealth of information, lavishly illustrated and ornamented with the aim of spreading awareness of modern art. In addition to the images, the magazine includes literary articles, art criticism, and art-historical essays.

Ver Sacrum started out as a monthly magazine and from the third year was issued twice a month with a smaller print run.

 

Digital Library

The Belvedere Digital Library provides access to some of our most important library holdings in an electronic full text version. A focus is on publications, that document the Viennese art scene around 1900, e.g. exhibition catalogues of Hagenbund, Viennese Secession, Künstlerhaus Vienna, Galerie Miethke or Kunstsalon Pisko. Furthermore you have access to in-house publications like the early exhibition catalogues of Österreichische Galerie, historic collection catalogues and recent open access publications of the museum.

 

Digital Library

Opening Hours, Contact and Usage

Address

Rennweg 4, 1030 Vienna

Contact

Getting there

Tram 71
Station "Am Heumarkt"

Tram D
Station "Gußhaustraße"

 

Opening hours of the library

Tuesday to Thursday
10 am - 3 pm

 

We look forward to your visit with a pre-registration.

Free use

A copying machine is available, which enables the production of copies for a fee or the free production and storage of scans on USB.