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The Center holds symposia, colloquia, and other outreach programs, such as its Fellows’ Forum, on a regular basis. The Center’s public programs provide an opportunity for thoughtful exchange that may expand and further stimulate research on aspects of the history of collecting in America. The Center will on occasion publish the proceedings of its symposia.

For a list of the Center’s past and upcoming symposia, click here.

Exhibition catalogues from the Frick Art Reference Library's collection as exhibited in Modern Art: The Twentieth Century Art Scene as Documented in the Frick Art Reference Library.

Call for Papers

The Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection and Art Reference Library is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a symposium on “The American Artist as Collector, from the Enlightenment to the Post-War Era,” scheduled for March 6 and 7, 2009.

Fellowship Program

The Center is pleased to announce its fellowship program. Through its fellowships, The Center seeks to encourage research on the history of collecting in America.

We offer both short-term fellowships for junior scholars as well as senior scholars and long-term Leon Levy Fellowships for senior scholars.

Paid Archival Internship

Intern for a three-month period to work on behalf of the Center at the New-York Historical Society for a student in Library and / or Information Science, with an emphasis on archives management.