Iconographic Collection Section. Arts Reading Room
tel. (+48) 91 48 19 173
e-mail: sztuka@ksiaznica.szczecin.pl
During redecoration of the building at Dworcowa Street, special collections can be accessed on different terms than previously. All information can be obtained from a librarian from the Special Collection Department on duty at the Information Centre.
Monday – Thursday 9.00 - 19.00
Friday 9.00 – 15.00
Iconographic Collection contains pictures, drawings, and graphics, exlibris of private persons, libraries, and bookshops and also some occasional ones from the area of West Pomerania. Furthermore, it incorporates contemporary and historic postcards from West Pomerania, including patriotic and occasional ones; posters – a collection of information and artistic values recording, inter alia, the cultural life of Szczecin; historical and contemporary photographs, as well as artistic and documentary ones, bibliophilic editions, medals and sculptures.
Picture Lending Library offers over 300 pictures of contemporary artists, which can be borrowed for a small fee to adorn the walls of a house or an institution.
Readers can also use a rich reference library devoted to art history, architecture, painting, handicraft, theatre, film, photography, contemporary art, etc. The collection is complemented by social life documents (catalogues of exhibitions, invitations, leaflets, and guidebooks) and magazines on architecture, art history and contemporary art.
To facilitate the use of the collections, the Library offers catalogues of the collections and library files of social life documents. Library files of Szczecin and West Pomerania iconography is systematically enlarged.