Drawings and archives

V&A + RIBA Architecture Gallery|
V&A + RIBA Architecture Gallery|A permanent display of original drawings and models.
Admission is free. 

Archives|

Students studying material from the Archives Collection|

Personal records and papers of architects, societies and the RIBA

 

Drawings|

Students with drawings from the RIBA collections|

Drawings and prints from the Renaissance to the present day

 

Study Rooms|

Students with drawings in the Study Rooms|

A space to research and study the collections 

 

About the collections

The RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collections contain over 2.5 million architectural items, including: drawings, manuscripts, archives, models, medals and other architectural objects. They are open to the public and located in the Victoria and Albert Museum, alongside the V&A's own collection of prints and drawings, as part of the V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership|. Access to these outstanding collections from the RIBA is free and via the RIBA Architecture Study Rooms|. Some items are on permanent display in the V&A + RIBA Architecture Gallery|. 

Read about all the latest activities of the Drawings and Archives Collections on RIBA Blogs|. 

 

Location and access  

Location
 RIBA Architecture Study Rooms, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Access

Admission| is free. Available during the opening hours of the Study Rooms. All material is held in stores and collected at set times for visitors: 10.15am, 11.45am, 2pm and 3.15pm. Contact| the Drawings and Archives Collections to reserve material in advance and to check their availability.

Until 2014, access to the Library's Photographs Collection at 66 Portland Place will be very limited. Some books and journals will be available by advanced request only. Temporary opening hours operate for the Library's Reading Room at 66 Portland Placefrom now until the end of May 2013. Opening hours and access to the drawings and archives and Study Rooms at the V&A will not be affected. Find out more...|

Finding material

To find out what drawings and archive material are held in the collections, search the online catalogue|. To perform a simple search of the catalogue enter a keyword and under the 'collections' drop-down menu select 'Drawings' or 'Archives'. Parts of the collections have been digitised and can be seen online via RIBApix|. Alternatively, please contact the Drawings and Archives Collections.

Please note that the RIBA's collections| of books, journals and photographs are located at 66 Portland Place, London

 

 

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