Join the New York Chapter of ARLIS/NA for a tour of the Frances Mulhall Achilles Library at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Head Librarian, Ivy Blackman, and Benjamin and Irma Weiss Director of Research Resources and Collection Management, Farris Wahbeh, will welcome members and showcase some recent special collections acquisitions. Following the presentation, there will be time to socialize over drinks, and attendees can take a self-guided tour of the museum galleries afterwards.
The Frances Mulhall Achilles Library at the Whitney Museum of American Art is a comprehensive research collection in the field of twentieth-century and contemporary American art. It was originally built on the personal libraries of the Whitney's founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and its first director, Juliana Force.
Of paramount importance to American art research and scholarship, today’s collections of books, periodicals, archives, and special collections are accessed by the Whitney’s own staff as well as by visiting scholars and researchers. Combined, the Library’s resources chronicle the development, over ninety-five years, of an institution committed to American art and artists.
The tour will be capped at 25 participants and registration is limited to members of ARLIS/NA's New York Chapter. We will meet for the visit in the lobby of the Whitney Museum.
If you have any questions about the tour, feel free to reach out to Joey Vincennie, Programming Coordinator at vincennie@frick.org.
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ID: A photograph of new acquisitions from the Frances Mulhall Achilles Library at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
