Murphy Art & Architecture Library

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The Murphy Art & Architecture Library is located on the first level, west facing side of the Spencer Museum of Art building. The library's collection of more than 170,000 volumes documents the visual arts worldwide and from all ages. The collection offers visual as well as textual information in book, journal and electronic formats. Special strengths of the collection include art and architecture of the 19th through 21st centuries, architectural design, American art, East Asian art, Netherlandish art of the 16th and 17th centuries, plus the history and techniques of crafts such as ceramics, textiles, jewelry. An outside book drop is located just outside the library west entrance.

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