The library and archives of the National Gallery of Canada holds an extensive collection of art literature on Canadian art.[54] The library and archives was established alongside the museum in 1880, and contains documents on western art from the Late Middle Ages to the present.[54] The collection includes 275,000 books, exhibition catalogues, and periodicals; 76,000 documentation files; and 95,000 microforms.[54] The archives serves as the institutional archive for the museum.