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CLOSING: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, for Veterans Day.

NOTICE: The Library has moved periodicals published between 1931 and 2004, and auction catalogs published between 1996 and 2005 to an off-site storage facility. These periodicals and catalogs are not immediately available for examination and require forty-eight to seventy-two hours for retrieval.

Admission and Use

The Frick Art Reference Library was founded to serve "adults with a serious interest in art," among them scholars, art professionals, collectors, and students. The Library is, therefore, open to all researchers with or without institutional affiliation. The Library is open free of charge, and no appointment is necessary. Use of the Library requires registration and adherence to the following:

  • First-time researchers are required to bring a photo ID and arrive before 3:00 p.m. on weekdays or 11:00 a.m. on Saturdays;
  • Registered researchers must have their Library card to enter.

Guide to Use

Note: The current Guide to Use and Services brochures do not reflect the implementation of online paging requests within the Reading Room.

The Library's Guide to Use and Services brochures, which are distributed to new researchers, are available below in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF file format). Adobe® Acrobat® Reader is required to view the documents. If it is not installed on your computer, download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader Software.

Location

10 East 71st Street
(between Madison and Fifth Avenues)
New York, NY 10021

For more information, see Library Location.

For wheelchair or assisted access, see Visitor Information: Accessibility.

Contact Information

Phone: 212-547-0641
Fax: 212-879-2091

General e-mail: library@frick.org

If asking a reference question, see Reference Questions.

Reading Room Hours

Monday through Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Last request for materials: 4:00 p.m.
Last photocopy order: 3:30 p.m.
First-time researchers must arrive before 3:00 p.m.

Saturdays, September through May: 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Last request for materials: 12:00 noon
Last photocopy order: 12:00 noon
First-time researchers must arrive before 11:00 a.m.

Library Closed

Holiday weekends
Saturdays in June and July
Month of August

New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day
Lincoln's Birthday
Presidents' Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Election Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

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