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Moving pictures: the National Photographic Archive

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Gráinne MacLochlainn
Gráinne MacLochlainn*
Affiliation:
National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
*
Email:[email protected], http://www.heanet.ie/natlib/photarchive
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Abstract

The large and varied collection of Irish historical photographs previously housed in the National Library of Ireland has recently been relocated to Dublin’s Temple Bar. A purpose-built archive provides storage vaults, reading room facilities and an exhibition space for this important aspect of the Irish cultural heritage, thus balancing the preservation of the photographs with access to the images. This paper provides a candid look at the development of a National Photographic Archive.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , 2000 , pp. 33 - 36
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2000

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