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National Museum of African Art, Rm. 2138
950 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, D.C. 20560-0708
Telephone: 202.633.4680
Fax: 202.357.4879
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nmafa/
The Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art has more than 40,000 volumes and covers all aspects of African visual arts, including sculpture, painting, printmaking, pottery, textiles, crafts, popular culture, photography, architecture, rock art, and archaeology.
National Air & Space Museum, Room 3100
6th Street & Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560-0314
Telephone: 202.633.2320
Fax: 202.786.2835
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nasm/
The National Air and Space Museum Branch Library houses more than 29,000 books, 11,000 bound serials, and a microform collection. The scope of the collections covers aeronautics and astronautics, the history of aviation and space flight, astronomy, and Earth and planetary sciences.
Victor Building, Suite 2100
750 9th St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560-0975
Telephone: 202.633.8230
Fax: 202.633.8232
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/aapg/
The collection of 180,000 books, exhibition catalogs, catalogues raisonnes, serials and dissertations is concentrated in the area of American art, history, and biography with supportive materials on European art.
National Museum of American History, Room 5016
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560-0630
Telephone: 202.633.3865
Fax: 202.633.3427
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nmah/
The NMAH Branch Library houses more than 120,000 books, 45,000 volumes of bound serials, representing about 300 current and 3,000 noncurrent titles. The microform collections contain 500 titles totaling approximately 8,000 reels of microfilm and 20,000 microfiche. At the broadest level, the NMAH Branch Library collections are concerned with the history of science and technology and its impact on both the American scene and the everyday life of Americans.
4220 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746
Telephone: 301.238.1370
Fax: 301.238.3038
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nmai/
The Vine Deloria, Jr. Library, National Museum of the American Indian's growing collection currently consists of over 6,000
volumes, including periodicals. The Library collects comprehensively in all areas relating to the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere and Hawaii, including history, ethnology, religion, art, oral tradition, education, language, literature, biography, archaeology, and contemporary issues. Also collected are current publications, e.g., newspapers and newsletters, produced by Native groups.
1901 Fort Place SE
Washington, DC 20020-0520
Telephone: 202.633.4862
Fax: 202.610.3374
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/anacostia/
The Anacostia Community Museum Library has over 3,500 books, and close to 100 periodical titles in various formats. It actively collects materials relating to the history and culture of the African diaspora in the Western hemisphere. Subject area strengths include the Upper South, African American women, slavery and abolitionism, and religion and the African American community.
National Museum of Natural History, Room 331
10th Street and Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560-0112
Telephone: 202.633.1640
Fax: 202.357.1896
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/anth/
The Anthropology Library, officially known as the John Wesley Powell Library of Anthropology, is located within the Anthropology Department of the National Museum of Natural History. Its collection reflects the important role that the Smithsonian Institution played in the development of anthropology as a formal discipline in the United States. The Anthropology Library was established in 1965 with the merger of two principal Smithsonian collections--the library of the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE;1879-1965) and the divisional collections of the Department of Anthropology. The former supported "anthropological researches" among the indigenous people of the Americas and was considered one of the best such resources in the world.
Today's library is named after John Wesley Powell, the BAE founder and first director who is also well known for his early exploration of the Colorado River region. The latter collections grew out of the work of other museum staff not only in the Americas but also many places abroad, including Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Oceania.
National Museum of Natural History, Room W422
10th Street and Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560-0112
Telephone: 202.633.1685
Fax: 202.357.1896
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/bothort/
The Botany Library was established in the winter of 1965-1966 when the Botany Department moved into the newly-built West Wing of the Natural History Museum and several collections of botanical literature were consolidated into a separate library. It provides research support for the Botany Department and the large number of botanists world-wide who use the collections and resources.
The Horticulture Branch Library was established in 1984 as a research support resource for the Horticulture Services Division, which is responsible for the management of the gardens, grounds, greenhouses, and interior plantscaping at the Smithsonian Institution.
The Library evolved from a small office collection that was begun in the early 1970s. Since that time, this collection has been enhanced by the donation of several large gifts. An acquisition in 1984 of more than 150 American titles on landscape design dating from the 19th- and early 20th-centuries has become the foundation of a growing collection the subject. The collection has been placed next to the Botany Dept. library and is cared for by the Botany librarian.
2 E. 91st Street
New York, NY 10128-9990
Telephone: 212.849.8330
Fax: 212.849.8339
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/chm/
The Library contains 80,000 volumes which document and support the Museum's collection of 250,000 objects in decorative arts including textiles, wall coverings, metalwork, furniture, ceramics, glass, jewelry, and prints and drawings.
NHB CE-G15
10th & Constitution Ave. NW
Smithsonian Institution
Washington DC 20560
Telephone: 202.633.1184
Fax: 202.633.0219
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/Cullman/
The Cullman Library holds the Smithsonian's collection of rare books in anthropology and the natural sciences. Its world-class collection contains approximately 10,000 volumes published before 1840 in the fields of physical and cultural anthropology, ethnology, Native American linguistics, and archeology; botany; ornithology, mammalogy, herpetology, ichthyology, entomology, malacology, and other zoological fields; paleontology; and geology and mineralogy. The publications of seventeenth- through nineteenth-century voyages of exploration are a special strength, as is the history of museums and scientific collecting.
The Cullman Library makes the books available to researchers by direct access in the reading room and through reference assistance (including limited photocopying when possible). In addition, the Library shares the collection by means of digital editions, exhibitions, exhibition loans, and public programs.
12th St. and Constitution Ave. NW
NMAH 1041
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560-0672
Telephone: 202.633.3872
Fax: 202.633.9102
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/Dibner/
The Dibner Library is the Smithsonian’s collection of rare books and manuscripts relating to the history of science and technology. Contained in this world-class collection of 35,000 rare books and 2,000 manuscript groups are many of the most important works dating from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries in the history of science and technology including engineering, transportation, chemistry, mathematics, physics, electricity, and astronomy. The Dibner Library shares this collection with the public through exhibitions in an adjacent gallery, through loans to other institutions’ exhibits, and through public programs.
1050 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20560-0112
Telephone: 202.633.0477
Fax: 202.786.2936
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.asia.si.edu/research/library.asp
The library that serves the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of Art and the Freer Gallery, the Smithsonian's museums of Asian art, is the finest Asian art library in the United States. It contains approximately 80,000 monograph volumes and 1,400 serials titles. Almost half of its printed resources are in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. The library's collection is especially strong in research materials on Japanese ceramics, painting, and woodblock prints.
7th Street at Independence Avenues, S.W.
Washington, DC 20560
Telephone: 202.633.2773
Fax: 202.633.6764
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://hirshhorn.si.edu/educate/columns.asp?key=54
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library, founded in 1969, is a research collection devoted to modern and contemporary painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, and to a lesser degree photography, video, and emerging art forms. The Library has books and related materials (exhibition catalogs, auction catalogs, serials, and ephemeral material) from 1880 to the present, reflecting the artists in the museum collection and its exhibition program.
National Museum of Natural History, CE-100
10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20560
Telephone: 202.633.1700
Fax: 202.786.2443
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/msrl/
The Museum Studies Reference Library has more than 28,000 books, over 280 periodical titles, as well as multi-media material. Subject areas covered include museum operations, museum organization, administration and management, and programs. The MSRL collection also contains many historic and current Smithsonian publications in our non-circulating "Smithsoniana" collection. In 2010 the MSRL collection was moved and is now housed near the main National Museum of Natural History library collection.
4210 Silver Hill Road, MSC Rm, C-2000
Suitland, Maryland 20746-2863
Telephone: 301.238.1030
Fax: 301.238.3661
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/msc/
The Museum Support Center is a museum collections management facility designed for the purposes of collections storage, research, and conservation.
National Museum of Natural History, Rm. CE-100
10th and Constitution Ave, N.W.
Washington, DC 20560
Telephone: 202.633.1680
Fax:
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nmnh/
The National Museum of Natural History Library consists of the Main Location and 15 specialized collections throughout the National Museum of Natural History building. These collections are located within the Department of Systematic Biology (Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, and Vertebrate Zoology), Mineral Sciences and Paleobiology. The NMNH Main Library and its satellite locations all have strong collections of 19th- and 20th-century literature (thanks in part to the gifts of early Smithsonian curators). Pre-1840 titles are accessible in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is part of the Special Collections Department, SIL.
2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20560-0570
Telephone: 202.633.5544
Fax: 202.633.8876
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/npm/
Although the resources at the National Postal Museum Library focus on the postal history and philately of the United States, the collections are international in scope. Europe, North America and Australia are particularly well represented. The Library has more than 5,000 books, 6,000 serial titles, manuscript files, photographs and many auction and stamp catalogues.
Rm. K17, MRC 806
3400 Pennsy Drive
Landover, MD 20785-1607
Telephone: 301.238.2082
Fax: 301.238.2268
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/SILRA
The Smithsonian Institution Libraries Research Annex houses over 80,000 items including runs of historical serials, government publications, trade literature, and overflow material from other SI library locations.
The facility features a modern reading room with connections for laptops and scanners, a
microform reader, and a photocopier. Researchers must call or email Mike Hardy in advance of
any visit to ensure materials are available for viewing. The Libraries’ Book Conservation
Laboratory and Digital Imaging Center are also located in the same facility.
647 Contees Wharf Road/ P. O. Box 28
Edgewater, MD 21037
Telephone: 443.482.2273
Fax: 443.482.2286
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/serc/
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Branch Library houses a collection of approximately 7,500 monographs and bound journals (118 journals are currently subscribed to), microfilm, fiche, and videos. These materials support the scientific and educational research in the following broad areas: global change; landscape ecology; coastal ecosystems; population and community ecology, with emphasis on the Chesapeake Bay and its surrounds.
Biblioteca, Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales
Apartado Postal 2072
Balboa, Ancón
República de Panamá
Telephone: 507.212.8113
Fax: 507.212.8147
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/stri/
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Library (STRI Library), also known as the Earl Silas Tupper Library in Tropical Biology, is located at Portobello Avenue, Ancón, Panama City, Republic of Panama. The Branch has sublocations on the Island of Barro Colorado, on the Gatun Lake of the Panama Canal, and on Colón Island, at the research station in the province of Bocas del Toro. The Library supports research, publications, exhibits and public programming of the Institution, as well as those of other museums and research institutions in Central America and Panama.
3000 Block of Connecticut Avenue, NW
Education Building-Visitor Center
Washington, D.C. 20008
Telephone: 202.633.1030
Fax: 202.673.4900
Email: AskaLibrarian@si.edu
Website: http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/nzp/
The NZP Library houses a collection of more than 5,000 books and 185 serial titles on zoos and aquariums, animal behavior, husbandry, veterinary medicine, pathology, genetics, nutrition, wildlife conservation, biodiversity, and horticulture. The library also has a special collection (called the Zooiana Collection) of publications from other zoos and aquariums such as animal collection inventories, annual reports, guidebooks and miscellaneous pamphlets. Extensive collections of zoo and animal-related bibliographies and NZP staff publications are also located in the library.
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