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Gemeentearchief Amsterdam / Bibliotheek

Municipal Archive Amsterdam / Library

Size 160,000 books and periodicals, 400 current periodicals; 350,000 pamphlets and brochures, 2,500,000 newspaper clippings (from 1840 until the present day)
Character and emphasis The Municipal Archives of Amsterdam is one of the richest in the country and - in view of the predominance of Amsterdam in the history of Dutch art - of great importance to scholars in the field. It holds the official records of the civic administration, the baptism-, marriage - and burial registers and (since 1815) the civil registration, as well as the archives of public notaries practising in Amsterdam (including thousands of probate inventories). Furthermore large quantities of primary and secondary sources documenting all aspects of the political, socio-economic, and cultural history, as well as the topography of Amsterdam. The library (established in 1848) reflects and supports these interests; its art-historical section includes general reference, books on prints, drawings, photography and topography as well as monographs on Amsterdam artists. It also possesses a respectable quantity of older imprints and important holdings of exhibition-, auction- and dealer's sale catalogues.

Special collections

• Topography of Amsterdam, including a large collection of prints and drawings, photographs, maps, plans and over 200,000 architectural designs
• Catalogues of auctions (since 1663) and exhibitions held at Amsterdam
• Press cuttings on exhibitions, auctions and the art trade in Amsterdam (mostly since 1915)
• Documentation files on Amsterdam artists, the decorative arts, collectors and art dealers, and institutions and organizations in the field
• T.A. Haijen Collection (press cuttings documenting the topography of Amsterdam)

• Automated catalogue (acquisitions since 1993), included in NCC
• Alphabetical and systematic card catalogues
• Separate catalogue of the press-cuttings