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Rare French titles include L'art du dix-huitiéme siécle by E. de Goncourt; La Porcelaine tendre de Sèvres; Mobilier tisse a la manufacture des Gobelins; and Traité de la coupe des bois. Among the library's rare Russian materials are all but two of the de luxe Coronation volumes commemorating the coronations of the Russian emperors and empresses; D. A. Rovinskii's Podrobnyi slovar' russkikh gravirovannykh portretov; Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich's Russkie portrety XVIII-XIX stoletii; and complete runs of the Russian art journals Khudozhestvennye sokrovishcha Rossii, Starye gody, and Sredi kollektsionerov.

The library received the Edward Kasinec collection of Russian and East European Art Research Materials in 2004. Consisting of over 2,300 volumes from his personal research library, Kasinec's gift deepens Hillwood's library of imperial Russian culture by filling out gaps in current holdings and by broadening its scope in the areas of Eastern European avant-garde art, Soviet decorative arts, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the art and culture of Slavic books, and relationships between Russia and world cultures in general.

The library also houses the Avinoff-Shoumatoff collection of rare books. Providing an historic overview of religious art, as well as decorative arts in imperial Russian culture, the collection is an important complement to Hillwood's collection of imperial Russian art.

In April 2006 the library received an International Partnership Among Museums (IPAM) grant during their 2005-2007 cycle. Hillwood's art librarian Kristen Regina partnered with Olga Kudryavtseva, Senior Art Researcher of The State Russian Museum Art Library to create a forthcoming web exhibition on the art of imperial Russian illustrated books.

The library can be visited by appointment Monday through Friday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Please direct email inquiries to the Assistant Librarian, plynagh@hillwoodmuseum.org or call 202.243.3953 for more information about the library or to make an appointment. Ask A Librarian

Lending Policy
The public may use materials in the Library. Selected materials are loaned on a case-by-case basis through the interlibrary loan system available in public, special and academic libraries. The Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens Library abides by the interlibrary loan guidelines of the American Library Association.