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The Materials Room

The Materials Room is home to the MDX Special Collections.

Access to the Materials Room is currently by appointment only.

Please email us to arrange an appointment time  or if you have any questions:  

ACILibrarian@mdx.ac.uk

Mini Photo Studio

We now have a small photographic box (60x60x60cm) so you can take high quality pictures of items in the Materials Room. Please ask about this when you visit the room, or email ACILibrarian@mdx.ac.uk to book it in advance.

You can change the background colour, and dim or diffuse the lighting to achieve the effects you need.

Illustrated Books

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The Illustrated Book Collection

This has a wide range of historical and contemporary illustrated books, for children and adults. It is available in the Basement of the Sheppard Library and is arranged by illustrator. The books can be searched for on the library catalogue. Click here for more information.

Special Collections: in brief

This home page gives an overview of the special collections available in the Sheppard Library's Materials Room, and at MoDA (Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture).  You can click on the tabs above or links below to get more information.

The collections included are: