The AAR Library contains 172,000 volumes in the fields of classical studies and the history of art and architecture with strong collections in ancient Mediterranean art and archaeology, classical literature, ancient topography, and related fields.
Policies concerning access for outside readers and book donations, as well as the Library Code of Conduct, can be found here.
Learn more about requesting items from storage, in-process items, and rare books, as well as about interlibrary loan, scanning and photocopying, and internet access.
The library contains 172,000 volumes in classical studies and the history of art and architecture with strong collections in ancient Mediterranean art and archaeology, classical literature, ancient topography, and related fields such as epigraphy, numismatics, and papyrology.
The library actively develops and maintains the strength of its core collections.
Annual contributions from the Friends of the Library, founded in 1961, support the library’s collections.