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Location: Mariastraat 36a (1st floor) -> same entrance as for the Bruges Museum of Archaeology.

Team: librarian: Willy Le Loup / assistants: Martine Lerou & Erika D’Hoore

Collection: the Bruges Museum library has a collection of books and magazines mirroring the museum collections and the times of these collections, as well as extensive information on museum collections and exhibitions from around the world. The overall emphasis lies on art and life in the (late) Middle Ages in Bruges and the Southern Netherlands. The library furthermore collects works on museum science in general. First and foremost, the library plays a supporting role in relation to the museological collections of objects in the museums.

Services:
1/ Consultation library: the museum library shall be open to the public by appointment ‘during office hours’: from Monday to Friday from 9 until 12 h and from 14 until 16 h, unless personally agreed otherwise with the staff. Visitors may not browse among the books themselves, except in the public part of the library. A card catalogue is available, arranged by headword (author or first word from the title), classification section or by keyword. There is also a manual for the card catalogue in the library, but staff will always be at your disposal to assist you in word and deed. If so desired, every visitor will be personally accompanied during his or her consultation. It is only possible to consult books on site. Copying is allowed, borrowing is not.

2/ Reference function: if required, and if the library does not possess the information or sources you are looking for, the library staff will refer you to other similar institutions in Flanders and Brussels.

Contact:
- Correspondence: Municipal Museums Bruges – Library, Dijver 12, B- 8000 Bruges
- Infotel (enquiries or appointments): 050/44.87.84
- museumbibliotheek@brugge.be