De Appel Archive is open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2 to 6pm. The library is accessible during regular opening hours of de Appel. Books are displayed on shelves on the ground floor, in the triangle-shaped corridor and in glass cabinets. There are work tables and comfortable chairs for reading and browsing. When putting the books back into the shelves, make sure you place them in the same place where you found them so that others can find them again. To remember the location you can put a sheet of paper in place of the book. If you have any doubts about the correct location, there is a shelf for returned books to the right side of the Archive Office entrance. The books cannot be taken outside of the building.
Part of the Archive and library of de Appel is publicly accessible, another part is accessible upon request. For archival research, to view books in the glass cabinets and access to video and audio files, you can make an appointment with the archivists by emailing archive[at]deappel.nl. Upon request, the archivist can accompany researchers to the external storage facility of the Archive to conduct in-depth archival research. See below for the pertaining costs. Loans for presentations can be arranged in consultation by emailing archive[at]deappel.nl.
Digital search engine
You can consult de Appel Archive online via the search engine on de Appel’s website. If you find an object that you would like to consult, please contact the archivists: archive[at]deappel.nl.
– As a general rule, books about group exhibitions that took place in Europe and the USA, as well as a large part of the magazine series, are located at the external storage facility. You can find more information on the maps above;
– The search engine on de Appel’s website provides access to the history of de Appel through filters such as space, programme, stakeholders, library and archive materials. The magnifying glass in the upper right corner takes you to the search engine and filters;
– Biblio-Graph by Archival Consciousness is a full-stack digital environment containing the library collection captured by visitors and archivists. More information on the project can be found here.
De Appel Archive is a laboratory. We invite everyone to carry out their own research. We do our best to process and honour digital requests swiftly. See below for the pertaining costs.
The Archive is closed the last two weeks of December and the first two weeks of January.
The costs for supervising archival research, processing digital requests and sending digital material are €7.50 including VAT per 15 minutes of work (student rate €3.00). The costs of research at the external storage facility of De Appel under supervision of the archivist are €50 ex. VAT per day.