The Barnes Foundation Archives, Libraries, and Special Collections Department:

A Year in Review

Barbara Anne BeaucarAssociate Archivist

The former Barnes logo based on one of the African pieces in the art collection

This note was included in a letter sent in 1927 from Dr. Barnes to his staff instructing them where to hang his new Tintoretto

The new Barnes logo based on a document in the archives

New Barnes Building: 2025 Parkway

Original plan for new library, on the inaccessible second floor

The first model created for the new building

Final floor plan of the new library, on the publicly-accessible lower level

The new library under construction

The new building!

Art Library Move

View from the lower level lobby

“A garden in a gallery”… or in a library

New and Departing StaffBye, Allison! Allison Jai O’Dell, former Special Collections and Horticulture Librarian

Welcome to new departmental staff: Judy Donovan, Art Librarian; Amanda McKnight, Assistant Archivist; and Laurie Porsia, Assistant Art Librarian.

New Shelving: Archives Storage Area

Before

During

After

Our beautiful new shelves!

Publications: Research, Images, and Support

Renoir in the Barnes Collection with essays Martha Lucy, associate curator, and the late John House of the Courtauld Institute

The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks with essays by Judith F. Dolkart, chief curator, Martha Lucy, associate curator, and Derek Gillman, director

The Barnes Foundation: Two Buildings, One Mission by David Brownlee

Exhibition:Ensemble: Albert C. Barnes and the Experiment in Education

Through March 18, 2013

Opening Events, May 2012:Gala Weekend

Opening Events, May 2012:Memorial Day Weekend

PBS Documentary

Back to Normal?Reopening the Archives (and Moving Offices…)