Collections and resources at the Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library

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Collections

The Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library’s (formerly the Sackler Library) current holdings range across the following subjects:  

Lower Ground Floor 
Archaeology
Classical Literature 
Philology

Ground Floor
Classics
Ancient History 
Numismatics (Haverfield Room) 

Floor 1 
Egyptology
Ancient Near East Studies 
Classical Archaeology
Papyrology (Papyrology Room) 

Floor 2
Western Art and Architecture 

Floor 3  
Eastern Art and Architecture
Western Art and Architecture 

Recommend a resource

Use the Bodleian Libraries recommend a purchase form to suggest or request items for purchase by the library. 

 

The Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library welcomes offers of materials relevant to its collections which meets the Bodleian Libraries Collection Management Policy for Donations.

If you are considering donating materials to the library, please read our donation policy beforehand.  

Please do not deliver unsolicited books to the library without discussing your offer with the appropriate subject librarian first:

  • Ancient Near East Studies, Egyptology: Anthea Crane
  • European and World Archaeology: Helen Worrell
  • Classics, Ancient History, Classical Art & Archaeology, Late Antiquity, Numismatics, Papyrology: Charlotte Goodall 
  • Eastern Art and Architecture (Middle East/Islamic, East Asia, South & South East Asia), Art and Architecture of the Western Tradition (Middle Ages – Contemporary): Sarah Currant

Contact a subject librarian at the Art, Archaeology and the Ancient World Library.

Resources

To find out more about collections and resources for your subject, visit our subject research guides: