Heinz Archive and Library
Open by appointment to visitors who are interested in any aspect of British portraiture or in the history of the Gallery.
Researching portraits
Gallery resources and other information to help you with your own research.
Collections Publications Links
Research programmes
The Gallery's range of current research programmes centred around our collections and aspects of portraiture.
Later Victorian Portraits
Research work on detailed catalogues of Later Victorian Portraits, currently focussed on the Art and Architecture tranche.
Conservation
Fulfilling the long-term preservation of all collection items in order to make them accessible now and in the future.
Making Art in Tudor Britain
A major research project on early painting practice and the production of portraits in the Tudor and Jacobean periods.
Artists and Suppliers
Directories of British artists' suppliers, picture framemakers and restorers, 1630-1950. Further information on the history of picture framing. Research partnerships
Working with individuals and organisations as collaborators on research programmes and as funding partners. 
