The Library

The National Gallery of Arts has a public, free of charge, no subscription required, reference only, art library. The library is open Monday to Thursday, 08:00 am until 16:30 pm and Friday 08:00 am until 14:00 pm. The library of the National Gallery was built in 1999 as an additional opportunity and venue for the artistic and cultural information of the public, art pupils, students, researchers and so on. It was established with the help of many international institutions and organizations and holds over 4200 titles of books, magazines, catalogues and videotapes about the history and theory of art.

The list of main donors and supporters of the project for the opening of the Library of the National Gallery is given below:

SOROS Foundation, Tirana
“Friends of Art Association” Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jacqueline Sheji, Jos Hemmerick
The Italian Institute of Culture, Tirana
Pro-Helvetia Foundation, Switzerland
The Embassy of Austria in Albania
The Embassy of Canada in Albania
The Embassy of France in Albania
The Embassy of Germany in Albania
The Embassy of United States of America in Albania
“Mediterranea” Association, Italy
Mr. Gaetano Grillo, Italy
Mr. Franco Fredddi, Italy
Banca di Mantova, Italy
Dr. Ennio Grassi, Italy
“Kultur Kontakt”, Austria
Mr. Ortho Owen, Netherlands
Prince Henrik Foundation, Netherlands
National Museum “Rigaud”, Rumania
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
Mr. Artur Dade, Germany
Mr. Ermir Karma, Italy.