The
following study centers offer access to specialized research material
and to the Museum's collections. Each study center has its own focus
and policies. For general queries about works in the Museum collection,
or if you do not know where to begin your research, please contact
the Library.
Study Center
The Lily Auchincloss Study Center for Architecture and Design allows researchers access to reference materials related to the Museum’s collection of design objects, posters, architectural drawings, and models. By appointment Wednesday and Thursday, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (212) 708-9542, fax (212) 708-9419, e-mail adsc@moma.org.
At the Drawings Study Center, researchers and students can learn about the Museum’s collection of nearly 10,000 works on paper, including a special collection of drawings related to theater arts. Works may be viewed, and files on each work are available for consultation. Located at 11 W 53 St in midtown Manhattan and 45-20 33 St in Long Island City, Queens. By appointment Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. e-mail dsc@moma.org.
Painting and Sculpture Study Center
The Joseph and Sylvia Slifka Painting and Sculpture Study Center maintains files on more than 3,400 paintings and sculptures in the Museum’s collection. Material on individual works may include archival photographs, label and catalog texts, press clippings, press releases, and correspondence. By appointment Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (212) 708-9653, e-mail pssc@moma.org.
Researchers may use the Erna and Victor Hasselblad Photography Study Center to consult photographs from the Museum's collection. By appointment Monday and Wednesday 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. (212) 708-9626, fax (212) 333-1123, e-mail psc@moma.org.
More than 40,000 prints from the Museum's collection, as well as a library of print-related books, catalogs (including catalogue raisonnés), and periodicals, are accessible to students and researchers at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Print Room. By appointment Wednesday and Friday 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. (212) 333-1224, fax (212) 333-1120, e-mail pibsc@moma.org.
For film students and scholars the Celeste Bartos International Film Study Center offers equipment for viewing films from the Museum’s collection; a large selection of screenplays and dialogue continuities; extensive files of reviews, articles, and program notes; reference books; special collections; film indexes; and current periodicals. By appointment Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. At least two weeks advance notice required for film viewings. (212) 708-9613, e-mail fsc@moma.org.
The Circulating Film and Video program makes available more than 1,200 16mm prints covering the history of film from the 1890s to the present, as well as art films from the American Federation of the Arts and 35mm films from The Library of Congress. The program also incorporates an important collection of works by leading video artists, which are available for rental or sale in all formats. For information on rental or sale of films and videos, please request a price list. (212) 708-9530, fax (212) 708-9531, e-mail circfilm@moma.org.
As part of the long-term plan to expand and renovate the Museum, the Film Stills Archive has been closed temporarily and moved to The Celeste Bartos Film Preservation Center in Hamlin, Pennsylvania, a state-of-the-art facility designed for the permanent and short-term storage of the Museum's film and media collections.
While the Film Stills Archive is closed to the
public, we suggest that you contact the following organizations:
Photofest
32 East 31 St., fifth floor
New York, NY 10016
(212) 633-6330
The New York Public Library for the Performing
Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-7498
(212) 870-1630
Academy Film Archive
Center for Motion Picture Study
Margaret Herrick Library
333 South La Cienega Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 247-3020
Special collections: (310) 247-3000
The British Film Institute
Stills, Posters and Designs
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
020 7957 4797
Fax: 020 7323 9260
Pictured above:
The Lily Auchincloss Architecture and Design Study Center in The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building, designed by Yoshio Taniguchi. © 2006 Timothy Hursley
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