Contact
maglibinfo@mag.rochester.edu
585.276.8999
Open Hours
Monday–Wednesday: By appointment
Thursday & Friday: 12:00–5:00 pm
Library
Looking for information on a favorite artist or an art-related topic? Stop by one of the region’s most extensive visual arts libraries. Since MAG opened in 1913, our library has served area art-lovers. Today, the Charlotte Whitney Allen Library is open to the public for browsing and research, and to MAG members, UR students, faculty & staff, PreK–12 & homeschool teachers, and current Creative Workshop students for borrowing.
We offer books and media for adults and children, on such topics as:
- art history and technique
- museum studies
- local artists
- works in MAG’s collections
- MAG institutional history
Archives
The museum’s archival material may be accessed by appointment. The accessible collections of the archives include:
- MAG exhibition catalogues and files
- Index of exhibiting artists at MAG from 1913 to the present
- MAG publications and annual reports
- Scrapbooks
- MAG promotional materials (posters, press releases, merchandise)
- Photographic material of artists and MAG events
- Audio and video tapes
- Oral histories from MAG staff and artists
- Fritz Trautmann notebooks
A selection of these materials have been digitized and made available through the New York Heritage website.
Given MAG’s central role in the arts in Rochester, NY, our archives collection also includes information on local artists and arts organizations, including the:
- Rochester Art Club
- Print Club of Rochester
- Arena Art Group
- Rochester International Salon of Photography
