Description
The National Sporting Library & Museum in Middleburg, Virginia is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and sharing the literature, art, and culture of equestrian, angling, and field sports as well as advocating for the conservation of open space and waterways integral to these pursuits.
Founded in 1954, the NSLM is a non-profit arts organization that consists of a research Library and a fine art Museum. The Library houses more than 26,000 volumes and includes rare books and archival material dating from the 16th century to the modern day. The Museum displays a permanent art collection of 1,500 items that include paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative arts while presenting an active schedule of changing loan exhibitions.
The only organization of its kind that focuses on turf and field sports, the NSLM collaborates with other arts organizations and sporting communities and offers a wide variety of educational programming. The NSLM organizes and curates exhibitions that feature works from our permanent collection as well as loans from major museums including Brandywine River Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of Wildlife Art, The Munnings Museum of Fine Arts and Yale Center for British Art. The NSLM is supported through its membership program, donations, and corporate sponsorships.