| 1754 |
1754 Foundation of the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kgl. Danske Kunstakademi) (and its Library)
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| 1758 |
The Library is mentioned for the first time in the Academy's charter |
| 1810 |
King Frederik VI buys the painter Nicolai Abildgaard's book collection and presents it to the Art Academy's Library |
| 1814 |
Torkel Baden succeeds the first Academy Librarian, the miniaturist Wilhelm Andreas Müller |
| 1825 |
Just Mathias Thiele succeeds Baden |
| 1846 |
Acquisition of the first architectural drawings |
| 1853 |
Acquisition of the first photographs |
| 1856 |
The History of Art is established as a university subject |
| 1874 |
Julius Lange replaces Thiele as Librarian |
| 1883 |
Philip Weilbach replaces Lange as Librarian |
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The Library is moved into the newly completed Exhibition Building |
| 1896-97 |
Appearance of the second edition of Weilbach's Nyt Dansk Kunstnerleksikon |
| 1901 |
P. Johansen succeeds Weilbach as Librarian |
| 1918 |
The National Art Historical Photography Collection is established |
| 1926-27 |
The Collection of Architectural Drawings is established under the direction of Knud Millech |
| 1927 |
The Library becomes 'Danmarks kunsthistoriske Hovedbibliotek' (main subject allocation) |
| 1929 |
Aage Marcus succeeds P. Johansen as Librarian |
| 1935 |
Appearance of the Danish Art Historical Bibliography (edited by Aage Marcus and Merete Bodelsen) |
| 1958 |
Henrik Bramsen succeeds Marcus as Librarian |
| 1968 |
The lending out of art-historical slides is initiated |
| 1971 |
The Bibliography of Danish art is begun |
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The National Art-Historical Photographic Collection is amalgamated with the Library |
| 1977 |
Hakon Lund (1977-98) succeeds Bramsen as Head Librarian |
| 1979 |
The Library is expanded with extra rooms for the Collection of Architectural Drawings |
| 1991 |
The Library is given a database in REX |
| 1996 |
The Library becomes an independent national institution |
| 1998 |
Patrick Kragelund succeeds H. Lund as Head Librarian |
| 2000 |
The Collection of Architectural Drawings is given new premises at Charlottenborg |
| 2001 |
The Library is now open for electronic lending-out |
| 2002 |
The entire stock from 1754 onwards is made electronically accessible, as is the Bibliography of Danish Art |
| 2003 |
The records of the Collection of Architectural Drawings and the Art-Historical Image Archive become online-searchable |
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The Art-Historical Image Archive and Weilbachs Arkiv are given a new, common study room at Charlottenborg |
| 2003-04 |
The Library receives a grant of 11.4 million Danish kroner for a rebuilding programme |
| 2004 |
The Library reopens as the Danish National Art Library |
| 2006 |
The Library at the Danish National Gallery is amalgamated with the Danish National Art Library.
The Study Room - Danish Architecture and Art is opened |
| 2007 | 2007
The Library opens a department with its own study room in the Egmont Knowledge Centre at the Danish National Gallery. The book collection is now 100% electronically usable: material can also be requested electronically |
