Danmarks Kunstbibliotek (The Danish National Art Library), Copenhagen

Kongens Nytorv 1
Postboks 1053
DK-1007 København K.


phone  + 45 3374 4840
fax  +44 20 7848 2657
   
www.kunstbib.dk/en/
dkb@kunstbib.dk

Director: Steen Søndergaard Thomsen    


Description:  
Danmarks Kunstbibliotek (The Danish National Art Library), Copenhagen The Danish National Art Library (Danmarks Kunstbibliotek) can date its foundation back to 1754, when it was established as a small reference library for the use of the newly founded Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Today it has grown to be the largest specialist and research library in the Nordic countries in the fields of the history of art and architecture, art theory and museology – and it can be used by the entire population of Denmark: www.kunstbib.dk. The Danish National Art Library has over the years been extensively used by artists, architects and art historians as a source of inspiration and knowledge. In return many of these people donated materials to the Library, so that today it contains extensive collections of documents, architectural drawings and photographs, which constitute an important source for Denmark’s history of art and architecture, as well as the history of art history and criticism in Denmark. Read more about this under Collections and archives