Located at The Courtauld Institute of Art at Somerset House in London, the Conway Library contains over one million images dating from the inception of photography to the present day. Founded by journalist, mountaineer, politician and art historian Lord Conway of Allington, the Conway Library collection was bestowed to The Courtauld when it was founded in 1932. Since then, the collection has continuously developed as a teaching and research collection with gifts from photographers and collectors.
Having ceased any new acquisitions in 2009, the library collection includes rarely seen photographs and cuttings of world architecture, sculpture, paintings, and
