RAM Library

The RAM Library is located in the Art Annex and has more than 1,300 books available to the public for research and reading. Books may be taken to the museum offices for photocopies at $0.10 per page but may not be checked out.

Materials must be used in the Art Annex on the reading tables.
Library materials do not circulate outside of the Art Annex.

Only pencils may be used in the Art Annex. Use of pens, ink, markers, and erasable ink is not permitted.

Tracing from or writing on library materials is not permitted.
Laptops may be used in the Art Annex. (Internet connections may not be available.) Call or e-mail 815.972.2874 for more information.

Books on the following subjects and artists may be found in the RAM collection:

General Art History                       
Art Reference                             
Art before 1700                       
18th and 19th Century European Art           
American Landscape Painting                       
American Impressionism                 
Western Art                             
Modern Art                             
Painting                             
Printmaking                             
Sculpture                             
Architecture                             
Glass Art                             
General Photography                       
History of Photography                 
Outsider Art                             
Art Literature                             
Private Collections                       
RAM Catalogs                       
Materials and Techniques
African American Art