The MACA Library and Documentation Centre aims to become a specialized information and research centre for contemporary art, with a particular focus on the artists represented in the museum’s collections and on Spanish contemporary art, while serving as a documentation hub for all forms of artistic expression in Alicante.

The MACA library holds a documentary collection consisting of more than 10,000 references, including monographs, exhibition catalogues, periodicals, artist and institutional dossiers, posters, and audiovisual material. In addition to being a key element in the documentation work of MACA’s various departments, it offers open access to everyone, researchers, students, or art enthusiasts, interested in any of the many facets of contemporary creation, from the visual arts and cinema to music or theatre.

Our collection includes:

• Reference works, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.

• Art Theory and Aesthetics. Criticism.

• Art History and contemporary artistic movements; literature, music, architecture, theatre, etc.

• Museology and Museography.

• Conservation and Restoration.

• Museum Guides. Catalogues of museum holdings and collections.

• Educational guides and teaching materials. Educational theory.

• Artist monographs and catalogues.

• Group exhibition catalogues.

• Architecture. Design. Photography. Film and video.

• Alicante: Reference books. History / Art / Heritage and exhibition catalogues. Periodicals.

• Competitions / Contests / Open calls / Fairs / Biennials.