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The libraries of Spain’s national museums: an undiscovered heritage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Rosa Chumillas Zamora ,
Eugenia Insúa Lacave  and
María Prego de Lis
Rosa Chumillas Zamora*
Affiliation:
National Archaeological Museum, Serrano, 13, 28001 Madrid, Spain
Eugenia Insúa Lacave*
Affiliation:
Royal Botanical Garden, Plaza de Murillo, 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
María Prego de Lis*
Affiliation:
National Museum of Costume, Avda. Juan de Herrera, 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain
*
Email: rosa.chumillas@mcu.es
Email: einsua@rjb.csic.es
Email: maria.prego@mcu.es
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Abstract

The libraries of the national museums in Spain were established during the 19th and 20th centuries. Their holdings are the result of a long tradition of collecting, and together constitute an invaluable bibliographic legacy. With the objective of bringing to light and publicising this rich heritage, these libraries have developed an art libraries network, BIMUS, whose first achievement has been to create an online union catalogue. The project will continue to develop in stages, and its eventual aim is to help the Spanish museum libraries become a reference point for research into art history and the cultural heritage.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , 2010 , pp. 25 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2010

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References

1. Reglamento general de los museos regidos por el cuerpo facultativo de archiveros, bibliotecarios y arqueólogos (1901).Google Scholar
2. Reglamento de reorganización de los museos provinciales y municipales de bellas artes (1913).Google Scholar
3. BIMUS, http://en.bimus.mcu.es/index.html.Google Scholar