Information about the Library and Research Center
About the LRC
The Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) at the National Museum of Women in the Arts holds a special collection of research material on women artists. The mission of the LRC is to facilitate knowledge creation about the history and achievements of inspirational women artists worldwide. It is the first major repository in the world for information about women artists. The museum’s founders, Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay, understood from the moment of its inception the importance of creating a research center for the study of art by women.
The LRC is currently closed, for more information visit the Coronavirus Updates page.

Contact Information for the Library and Research Center
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Library & Research Center
202-266-2835
lrc@nmwa.org
Library Exhibitions
Exhibitions at the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center illustrate the accomplishments and history of women in the arts through the display of primary source materials. Exhibitions showcase artist correspondence, sketches, ephemera, photographs, posters, rare books, museum archival material, and artists’ books.

LRC Resources
Online Catalog

Artists’ Books

Resources for Research

Archives

Rights & Reproductions

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