Crumpacker Family Library

The Anne and James F. Crumpacker Family Library is the region’s most comprehensive visual art resource open to students, researchers, docents, staff, and the public. The Library’s collection of more than 35,000 volumes originated in 1895 and includes current and historical periodicals, art archives, and resources specific to the Museum’s history. Located on the second floor of the Mark Building, the Library’s comfortable reading room and irreplaceable, non-circulating collection provide an urban retreat for anyone interested in art.

resources include

• Portland Art Museum Archive
• The Portland Center for the Visual Arts (PCVA) Archive
• NW Artists Archive
• Art Museum Collection Artists File
Contemporary Artists and Photographers Files
Art Subject Files
More than 300 videos and DVDs about art

Archival Materials Include

• More than a century of exhibition catalogues
• The region’s first curatorial correspondence, including paperwork showing the genesis of the Museum Art School
• Extensive exhibition reviews, period news articles, and ads, referencing the efforts of the Northwest and Portland art scene founders
The private papers of Museum founding patron Sally Lewis and Oregon landscape artists C.S. Price and Charles Heaney
Exhibition catalogues from Clement Greenberg’s personal collection, many with his handwritten notes
Ephemera and artist files containing rare reproductions of early work by now–renowned artists

Search the Crumpacker Family Library online catalog.

The Library offers public computers and wireless Internet service, two audio–visual viewing stations in a media room, local appraiser referrals, and research assistance. For reference assistance, please visit or contact the Library at 503-276-4215 or library@pam.org.