The Media and Arts Library | MBRL
The Media and Arts Library
The Media and Arts Library is your gateway to an outstanding collection of books, digital media and immersive media experiences. Whether you are studying the history of the arts, looking for guidance on creative techniques or seek inspiration for your own creative works, you'll find that this library has much to offer you.
Located on the First Floor opposite the Young Adults Library and the Maps and Atlases Library, our Media and Arts Library holds more than 24,000 physical, digital and multimedia works on art, architecture, design, fashion, music, performing arts and the written word. Our library includes a series of collaborative areas with immersive work-benches, VR (virtual reality) applications, a Gaming Lounge, TV screens and work spaces to experience works from our audio-visual collections.
Our spacious library also provides a meeting place for arts activities and lectures, reading and writing groups, author events and signings, film screenings and even creative and musical performances.
Due to the fragile nature of some of the older and rarer works in our collection, there are also items stored in the Special Collections Library or on display in the treasures of the library exhibition on the Seventh Floor.
The Theatre
Our purpose-built tiered-seating venue for inspiring lectures, professional conferences and unique live events.
The Theatre is a purpose-built event venue with tiered seating and a capacity for 550 attendees. The venue is equipped for lectures, conferences, debates and other live events organized by the library and is also available for booking by other organisations.
Located on the Ground Floor of the library building, the Mohammed bin Rashid Library Theatre is accessible via the main entrance. The 1,160 sqm. auditorium has its own lobby area, a reception room and is equipped with the latest audio-visual technology. Tiered seating in the theatre provides for 500 standard seats, 38 seats for V.I.P.s and 14 wheelchair spaces for people of determination.
Our event calendar is developed to support the aims and objectives of the library, so we seek to host relevant cultural, heritage, literary and academic conferences, speaking events, etc. in our theatre. If you are interested in booking the venue for such an event, please contact us at activities@mbrl.ae
