Fine Art Library
The Fine Arts Library's specialist collection comprises over 50,000 publications relating to art from the 15th century to the present. Areas and artists that feature in the gallery's collection are especially well represented. Many of the library's holdings, particularly older publications, are unavailable elsewhere in Ireland. The collection also covers related subject areas such as museology, architecture, history and biography.

• main collection, featuring monographs, exhibition and gallery catalogues, pamphlets etc., all searchable on the library's electronic catalogue, ArtCAT
  
• extensive reference collection including leading international directories and dictionaries of art and related subjects
  
• wide selection of contemporary journals and older periodicals
  
• most comprehensive collection of auction and sales catalogues in Ireland
  
• special collection consisting of rare books, pamphlets, early exhibition and auction catalogues
  
• online databases and bibliographic resources including the Bibliography of the History of Art and the Art Sales Index
  
• photocopying facilities are available and laptops may be used

Open to all members of the public by appointment
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Contact: (01) 6633546
library@ngi.ie

NGI Archive
The Archive of the National Gallery of Ireland contains the official records of the institution, reflecting the history of the gallery from the 1850s to the present day. This is a valuable source for those interested in the development of the institution since its foundation and it's involvement in Irish cultural affairs.

• Detailed archives relating to the establishment of the gallery and work of the Irish Institution
  
• Complete set of Minute Books recording meetings of the NGI Board since 1855
  
• Records relating to the development of the gallery's collection including register's of paintings, prints, sculpture etc…
• Information on the Directors and staff of the gallery such as Hugh Lane, Thomas McGreevy, Brinsley MacNamara and James Stephens
  
• Documentation and plans relating to the development of the gallery building over the years

Open to all members of the public by appointment
Restrictions on certain collections
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Contact: (01) 6633508
library@ngi.ie

Diageo Print Room
The Diageo Print Room provides researchers and the general public supervised access to the National Gallery of Ireland's wide-ranging collection of prints and drawings. Works range from simple pencil sketches, preparatory studies for paintings, finished landscape watercolours, portraits in all media and architectural and topographical drawings. Highlights include Irish and British landscape drawings and old master drawings from the Italian, French and Dutch schools.

• Irish artists represented in the collection include: James Malton, William Orpen, James Barry, Harry Clarke, Evie Hone, Mainie Jellet and Paul Henry.
  
• Old master drawings include works by Watteau, Degas, Gainsborough, Turner, Mantegna, Jordaens and Van de Velde.
  
• The collection of portrait miniatures, many of which were gifted by the philanthropist Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, is the best in Ireland.
  
• Specialised equipment, such as light sheets to allow examination of watermarks and magnifiers, is available for use by researchers.

Open to all members of the public by appointment
Opening hours: Tuesday - Wednesday 10am - 1pm
Thursday - Friday 10am - 1pm & 2pm - 5pm
Contact: (01) 6633535
drawings@ngi.ie

ESB Centre for Study of Irish Art
The ESB Centre for the Study of Irish Art facilitates study and research into Irish art. The collection consists of primary and secondary material relating to individual artists, groups and institutions from the eighteenth century to the present.

• primary archives including correspondence, photographs, diaries and other ephemera relating to Irish artists, art institutions and associations
  
• secondary documentation including exhibition catalogues, brochures, press cuttings, invitations and other printed matter
  
• library with recent monographs, current periodicals, standard references and other publications
  
• ARTseARCH, the gallery's digital archive system, provides access to items from the gallery's archive collection
  
• selected highlights include primary material relating to Irish artists such as Frederic William Burton, Paul Henry, Roderic O'Conor, Patrick Tuohy and art groups including An Túr Gloine

Open to all members of the public by appointment
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Contact: (01) 632 5517
csia@ngi.ie

Yeats Archive
The Yeats Archive consists of a prestigious collection of material, primarily donated by Anne Yeats, relating to Jack B. Yeats and members of the Yeats extended family.

• Jack B. Yeats sketchbooks, covering over fifty years of his career forming a diary of his activities and tracing stylistic changes
  
• over 500 books from Jack B. Yeats own library
  
• Boxes of material including journals, theatre programmes, original manuscripts, photographs, postcards and letters
  
• Memorabilia from Mary Cottenham Yeats and an extensive gathering of old ballads, ballad books and maps
  
• Material relating to other members of the Yeats family including W.B. Yeats, John Butler Yeats, Lilly, Elizabeth and Anne Yeats and Ruth Pollexfen
  
• Additional material from the Cuala and Dun Emer Presses as well as general Yeats ephemera such as the artist's easel and smock

Open to all members of the public by appointment
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Contact: (01) 6325500
yeats@ngi.ie

Further information:
Andrea Lydon
Librarian
National Gallery of Ireland
Merrion Square (West)
Dublin 2
Tel. (01) 663 3546
Email library@ngi.ie