LibGuides: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo: Library (図書館）

General Information

Facility:	Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Art Library
Address:	4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0022
Phone:	+81-3-5245-4111
Email:	kantyo#mot-art.jp (Please replace # with @)
Hours:	10:00-18:00
Closed:	Monday, New Years Holidays (12/28-1/4), Inventory period

About the Library:

Mot Art Library holds library materials related to modern and contemporary art. They include books, exhibition catalogs and periodicals. The library is used as a reference library and open to the public.

Summary of Collection(s)

Collection size: 270,000 volumes (As of May 1, 2019)

Art related books: 55,000 volumes
- Japanese: 48,000 volumes
- Non-Japanese: 7,000 volumes

Periodicals:
- Japanese: 3,800 titles
- Non-Japanese: 360 titles

Exhibition Catalogs: 77,000 items
- Japanese: 66,000 items
- Non-Japanese: 11,000 items

Microfilm materials:
- Microfilm 48 titles
- Microfiche 13 titles
Audio-visual materials:
- moving images 30 titles

Focus: Books and Magazines (Japanese, Chinese, Western): Arts and Crafts, History of the East Asia, including exhibition catalogs and archeological reports, Photographs: images of the East Asian arts and crafts, Archeological Objects

Notable Collection(s):

Catalogue Raisonne

Prewar art magazines

創作版画誌: Magazines about Creative Print which were published in early 20th Century.

Yanase Masamu bunko (柳瀬文庫): Book Designs, Illustrations, Diary, His Book Collection, Catalogs, Magazines, etc

Nakamura Hiroshi bunko (中村文庫): Related Documents, His Book Collection, Catalogs, Magazines, etc

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Using the Library

There is no restriction for viewing materials at the open stack.

Photocopy:

Copy services are provided in accordance with Japanese copyright laws.

Service Hours: 10:00-17:00

Self-service, however for printing large materials or photographic images, please ask staff.

Copy Fee:

- Black: 30 yen

- Color: 100 yen

Microfilm materials can be copied (30 yen, black and white).

Some information material cannot be copied because of its physical condition.

Accessing Closed Stack

Please submit Shiryō Seikyuhyō (資料請求票) at Shiryō Sōdan Counter (資料相談カウンター).

Service Hours: 10:00-17:00

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