The Warren M. Robbins Library at the National Museum of African Art, founded in 1971, is the major resource center in the United States for the research and study of the visual arts of Africa. Its collection of more than 50,000 volumes covers all aspects of African visual arts, including sculpture, painting, printmaking, pottery, textiles, crafts, popular culture, photography, architecture, rock art, and archaeology. The African Art Library has significant supporting collections of African ethnography, musicology, performing arts, theater, cinema, oral traditions, religion, creative writing, and arts in the African Diaspora as well as general information on the history of African countries. The African Art Library has 4,900 files on contemporary African art and artists and a growing collection of African artists’ books.
Location
National Museum of African Art, Room 2138950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C.
Telephone: 202.633-4680
Email: AfricanArtLibrary@si.edu
Postal Address
Warren M. Robbins LibraryNational Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
MRC 708 P.O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday
10:00am – 4:00pm
Library is open by appointment only. Email: AfricanArtLibrary@si.edu or Phone: 202.633.4680
