Libraries & archives
Want to know more about film or contemporary visual art? Are you looking for more information about the works of art you see in the museum? Then visit the M HKA Library.
M HKA Hand Library
The hand library houses an alphabetical overview of the publications of the 200 core artists (from Marina Abramović to Yang Fudong), an overview of the M HKA publications since its inception in 1987 and a selection of theoretical book materials about contemporary visual culture and film.
In addition, the art library contains more than 35,000 books and catalogues, 1,000 magazine titles with 25 current subscriptions and hundreds of documentation folders on individual artists or collectives. The library collection grows daily and sets its sights beyond the standardised image of artworks.
The film library (also located in the M HKA) forms the starting point for any inquiry into, or reflection on, film, video and new media. The collection contains 7,000 books and catalogues, documentation folders with press clippings and 800 magazine titles (titles from 50 different countries) and 41 current subscriptions.
Facilities
- Reading table with room for 20 people, accessible for wheelchair users
- iPads with access to the digital catalogues in ADLIB
- Wireless internet connection (Wifi: M HKA Public)
Practical information
Ground floor / museum entrance
Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
T +32 (0)3 260 99 98
E bibliotheek@muhka.be
TUE – SUN 11.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.
THUR 11.00 a.m. – 9.00 p.m.
The library is closed between December 10 and Januari 6. Back at your service from January 7, 2025.
Online library catalogue
M HKA Documentation and Research Centre
Since 2002, the M HKA has been adopted a systematic practice of research and imaging of the collection. In parallel to this, the M HKA is developing a historiographical vision – with the central question of the international post-war avant-garde – and a contextual research practice. The M HKA collects documentation and archive material with essays, press clippings, audiovisual materials and invitations.
There is also a strong focus on artist books, artist catalogues, artist inserts, artist journals and artist novels; books as carriers of images, the book or journal as an object – and with objects or art as a novel but also ‘ephemera’ or ‘intermediate works’. The Book Lovers’ systematically investigate the phenomenon of artist novels. So far, a collection of 400 titles has been brought together.
Facilities
- Reading table with room for 10 people
- Computer with access to digital catalogues in ADLIB
- Photo copier with scanner and USB storage (black and white and colour up to A3)
- Opportunity to watch and listen to videos (VHS, Umatic, Betamax), DVDs and CD-ROMs.
- Wireless Internet connection (Wifi: M HKA Public)
Practical information
Wapenstraat z/n, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
TEL +32 (0)3 260 99 98
bibliotheek@muhka.be
www.muhka.be
OPEN BY APPOINTMENT, WED & THUR 09.30 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.
