About the catalogue
The Paul Mellon Centre archive catalogue contains primarily information about its Collected Archive holdings. The Centre holds and provides access to archive material relating to the study of British art and architectural history.

The Collected Archive collections contain the research papers of art historians, museum directors and curators; dealers; art critics, collectors and other individuals working in the field of art history. A summary description of each collection is available here:

https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/archives-and-library/archive-collections

Cataloguing of the Collected Archives is on-going with new records being added on a regular basis. You can find guidance about how to search the catalogue here:

https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/archives-and-library/how-to-use-the-catalogue

If you can’t find what you are looking for, please contact collections@paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk. The catalogue also contains a small amount of information about the Centre’s Institutional Records (those records created by the Paul Mellon Centre, and its predecessor the Paul Mellon Foundation).

The Paul Mellon Centre’s Library & Photographic Archive catalogue is separate from the archive catalogue:

https://paulmelloncentre.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/search1