About the Library

The E H McCormick Research Library is located on the Mezzanine level of the Auckland Art Gallery and is open to the public Monday to Saturday, 1pm-5pm.

You may download a brochure about the Library's services here.

Overview

Collections

The Library collects, cares for, and provides access to the Gallery's research collections.

Library material is not for loan but may be accessed during our public opening hours.

The Library has extensive research collections on the visual arts. It has over 3,500 artist files on New Zealand painters, sculptors and photographers.

We have a major collection of books and exhibition catalogues on New Zealand and international art. These can be searched via the online catalogue.

The Library also holds a number of archives including those of Auckland galleries Artspace, IKON, Teststrip and Real Pictures. It holds the papers of New Zealand artists Bruce Barber, Jim Allen, Charles Tole, John Weeks, Marti Friedlander, May Smith and Tony Fomison, and of art historians Tony Green and Peter Tomory.

The archive of the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki includes the Gallery's exhibition catalogues, and the Gallery Quarterly which contains information on the Gallery's history, collections and exhibitions.

 

Contact

For further information please contact the Library staff:

Catherine Hammond, Research Library Manager
Caroline McBride, Librarian
Tom Irwin, Assistant Librarian

Phone (64 9) 307 7714
Fax (64 9) 302 1096

Post:
Research Librarian
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
PO Box 5449
Auckland
New Zealand

Email library@aucklandartgallery.govt.nz or use the contact form below.

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Online Catalogue

Search the E. H. McCormick Research Library through the Auckland City Libraries online catalogue. Simply choose Auckland Art Gallery Research Library from the location field.

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Reading Room Issue 5

Now available
Issue 5 (2012) The Space of Reading

Reading Room is a journal of art and culture published annually by the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki's E.H. McCormick Research Library.

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Lindauer Online

Explore this website created by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, highlighting the significance of the portraits of Māori painted by Gottfried Lindauer.

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