fotogra ́fia to ̈rte ́nete ́bo ̃l (From the history of Hun-
garian photography).
http://www.fotomuzeum.hu
Ireland
National Library of Ireland, National Photographic
Archive, Dublin
The photographic collections, almost 300,000
items, of the National Library of Ireland are now
housed in the National Photographic Archive.
While most of the collections are historical there
are also some contemporary collections, the major-
ity of the material, however, focusing on Irish
society, landscape, and history. Collection focuses
include landscape photography, studio portraits,
photojournalism, and early tourist photographs.
Significant twentieth century collections include the
Cardall Collection of approximately 5,000 negatives
for postcards from the 1950s and 1960s, the Clon-
brock Collection of over 2,000 glass plates spanning
the years 1860–1930, the Eason Collection of 4,000
negatives for postcards dating 1900–1940, the
Keogh Collection of political events and studio por-
traits from 1915–1930, the Morgan Collection con-
sisting of aerial views of Ireland 1957–1958, the
O’Dea Collection of 5,300 prints covering all aspects
of railway transport in Ireland between 1937–1966,
a collection of Panoramic Albums containing views
of coastal scenes, and the Poole Collection of 60,000
glass plates images of the South East of Ireland
dating 1884–1954. The archive building incorpo-
rates modern storage, a conservation area, dark-
rooms, and a reading room in addition to its
exhibition gallery. Many database resources are
accessible through the reading room, and online
cataloguing information is also available.
http://www.nli.ie
Italy
Museo di Storia della Fotografia Fratelli Alinari
(The Museum of History of Photography Fratelli
Alinari), Florence
Opened in 1985 as a museum by the Fratelli
Alinari company, one of the world’s oldest firms in
the field of photography, the Alinari houses 800,000
prints showing the development of photography as
an art as well as photographic equipment from 1839
to the present day. The first museum in Italy
devoted solely to photography, the collection is par-
ticularly rich in Italian photographers. Also located
in the Palazzo Alinari, is the Alinari archives with
400,000 glass-plates and 750,000 negatives on film
that preserve the photographic record of the art,
economy, and way of life of Italian and European
society from photography’s beginnings to the pre-
sent day. Alinari technicians work actively to make
prints from these original negatives for both exhibi-
tions and commercial purposes. An integral part of
the Alinari Museum is the Library of History of
Photography, from the origins to the present day.
A Conservation Workshop was founded in 1996 in
collaboration with the Opificio delle Pietre Dure.
The museum and the Alinari firm organize traveling
photo exhibitions in Italy and worldwide and host
important exhibitions developed elsewhere. Educa-
tional resources include an on-line digital catalogue,
edu.alinari.it, that includes 85,000 pictures, both
historical and modern.
Books, periodicals, poster books, and multime-
dia are published by the Fratelli Alinari Publish-
ing House.
http://www.alinari.it
http://www.alinari.comLatvia
Latvijas fotograa ́fijas muzejs (Latvian Museum of
Photography), Riga
Founded in 1991 and opened to the public in
1993, the museum collects, preserves, and exhibits
the photographic heritage of Latvia. The collection
is one of the most significant in Latvia and includes
approximately 10,500 items plus documents and
photographic and darkroom equipment. Research
is conducted into the history of Latvian photogra-
phy as an inseparable and unique component of
Latvian culture as well as into its role in the overall
evolution of world photography. Collections in-
clude negatives by Karlis Lakse (1920–1945),
works by an unknown photographer in Ventspils
(port in Latvia; 1944–1945), photographs by war
reporter Janis Talavs (1943–1945), negatives and
slides by Roberts Kalnins (1930–1970), and nega-
tives and prints by Andris Stamguts (1970–1980).
The exhibition space consists of four galleries of 207
square meters for the permanent collection covering
the development of photography in Latvia (1839–
1941) and two galleries with 90 square meters that
feature 12 to 15 temporary exhibitions per year
focusing on international contemporary photogra-
phy, contemporary Latvian figures, and works by
Latvian nationals living elsewhere. The museum
has a specialized photo library with 2,400 books
and 3,600 magazines and offers online resources
on contemporary Latvian photographers.
http://www.vip.latnet.lv/museums/photoMUSEUMS: EUROPE