Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture

2024-06-09

The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture is a leading institution for the study of the cultural history of the material world, offering innovative graduate degree programs, museum exhibitions, seminars, symposia, lectures, and public education programs devoted to the study of the material past as a key for understanding the human creation of culture, and is located in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

Located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Established in 1993, the Center promotes scholarship in the decorative arts through sponsorship of symposia, lectures, exhibition tours and public programs. The Graduate Center Library consists of approximately 25,000 volumes of monographs and bound periodicals and 170 serial subscriptions. Online access is available to the New York Reference and Research Library Agency. Open to the general public by appointment. Research affiliation: Research Library Group

Bard Graduate Center for Studies of the Decorative Arts