National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Library Services
Regulations Governing the Use of Collections, Facilities and Services (National Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives)
  Ice Castle, Montreal : Winter Carnival, 1887
Messrs. Hutchison & Steele, Architects; J. H. Hutchison, Builder
Montreal: J. T. Henderson, 1887

Access and open hours

The Library is open to the public Wednesday to Friday 10 am to 4:45 pm, and Thursdays (from 6 October to 27 April) until 5:45 pm.  Closed on statutory holidays and from 26 to 30 December.

Inquiries: (613) 998-8949

Archives (613) 990-0597, Documentation (613) 990-0585 and Slides and Photographs (613) 990-0596 collections open by appointment only.

Closed statutory holidays.

Researchers must complete the 'Application for the Use of Research Collections and Services'.

Regulations Governing the Use of Collections, Facilities and Services (National Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives)

Reference Service
For reference questions regarding biographical information on a particular artist, an object in the National Gallery of Canada collection, an object that you own or something else contact:

Reader Services, Library
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
P.O. Box 427, Station A
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9N4

Telephone: (613) 998-8949
Fax: (613) 990-9818
E-mail: erefel@gallery.ca

Interlibrary Loan Service
Although the Library collection is non-circulating (with the exception of slides, which may be borrowed for a one week period), books are available through interlibrary loan.

Restrictions
Reference works, periodicals, auction catalogues, catalogues raisonnés, audiovisual materials, archives, documentation files, study photographs, fragile and oversize materials, rare and special collections, and Canadiana if fewer than three copies of a title are held by the Library.

Length of loans
Four weeks, renewable once. No handling charges.

Conditions
The Library lends to other libraries exclusively. Request by mail, fax (613 990-9818) or email pebill@gallery.ca only, please. Return borrowed materials in same packaging, by same method (registered mail, courier, etc.). All items FOR USE IN BORROWING LIBRARY ONLY.

Document Delivery Policy
 

  Photocopy services: No charges
  Fax services: No charges.
  Photographic services: Please inquire for policy, procedures and costs
  Microfilming services: Not available
  Loans requested for exhibition purposes are considered separately.

The Library is a participant in the Research Libraries Group Shared Resources Services (SHARES).