The Museum is strong in its Oriental art collections. The Spencer Art Reference Library of the Museum has a strong Oriental art research collection, which includes about 20,000 volumes of monographs and journals, in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English and some other Roman languages. The subject areas include Oriental painting, sculpture, archaeology, and related humanity topics. The library is located on the ground floor of the Museum. The collection is non-circulate, but available through interlibrary loan.
All publications are in English.
St. Louis contains books, videos, curriculum guides, cultural artifact kits and many other teacher resource materials available for grades K-12. The Community Education office at the Center for International Studies has a resource list available on a range of subjects, including Asians and Asian Americans, to guide educators in selecting materials from suppliers or from the Collection for classroom use. The Collection is run with assistance from the Missouri State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Social Studies Center at Indiana University. The publication is free. St. Louis Chinese American News 8601 Olive Blvd.