The deYoung Museum houses an outstanding collection of American paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts. Within the Study Center is the Bothin Library, which contains exhibition and auction catalogues, periodicals, and microfilm materials. The Center also offers access to the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Inititution, the world's largest single source of documentary material on the visual arts in the United States.
Materials are for on-site reference only, and there is a fee for photo and microfilm copies.