Current Hours: Spring Semester (January 19 - May 14, 2010)

Monday-Thursday 8:00am to 9:45pm
Friday 8:00am to 4:45pm
Saturday-Sunday 11:00am to 4:45pm

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  • Our current exhibit, Shimmering Books of Silver and Gold, runs through February 28, 2010. On display are 22 fine examples of illuminated manuscript facsimiles from the collection of the Kohler Art Library.  These reproductions of pre-9th to 16th century books located in Europe are sumptuous publications in their own right.  Enjoy these gospels, psalters, codices, lectionaries, and devotional books for their vibrant color, ornate design, and lavish decoration.

  • A 1673 publication by Johannes Nieuhof is the latest volume added to the online text collection of the Digital Library for the Decorative Arts. "An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China" chronicles the wonders of the visit. See the view of Canton, for example. For a full list of books digitized, consult our subject guide.

  • The library subscribes to Design Abstracts Retrospective (the retrospective of Design and Applied Arts Index). This article citation database provides coverage of more than 100 design and design-related journals that are important to the development of design in the early 20th century. Articles range from 1903-1985, with some sources back to 1894. For recent articles, consult Design and Applied Arts Index.
  • Approximately 6000 of our books were digitized in the Google Book Project as a way to expand access to these important art-related historical materials.

  • Looking for images? The library subscribes to ARTstor, a searchable database of over one million digital images of painting, sculpture, design, architecture, photography, decorative arts, and more.

  • Interested in the book arts?  See the library's Artists’ Book Collection database, an illustrated, descriptive index to over 760 artists’ books located in the Kohler Art Library.  Users can search by artist, title, press, book structure, binding, subject, or contributor roles.