Chazen Museum of Art

Studying in the library

Moveable stacks in the library

 

Virtual Tour  First Floor: Kohler Art Library

One of the largest and finest art libraries in the nation is housed on the ground floor of the Chazen Museum of Art. It is dedicated to the late Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., Misses Evangeline, Maria C., and Lillie B. Kohler, all members of one of Wisconsin's most distinguished families. Funds for the library were provided by their brother, the late Herbert V. Kohler, Sr., the Kohler Company, and the Kohler Foundation.

The Kohler Art Library, which is a member library of the UW-Madison General Library System, is the primary resource on campus for materials and information regarding the visual arts of painting, drawing, architecture, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, and decorative arts. Materials related to the arts of all time periods and geographic areas are collected.

In addition, the library houses one of the largest artists' books collections to be found in a public university in North America. Although researchers are drawn mainly from the UW faculty and student community, the Kohler Art Library also welcomes members of the general public with scholarly interests in the visual arts.

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