The University Libraries rank among the best in the nation.  The Fisher Fine Arts Library (117,000 volumes, 475,000 slides, 60,000 photographs, and 48,500 digital images) occupies the Furness Building, a masterpiece of Victorian architecture.  Its collections are supplemented by the substantial art history holdings of Van Pelt Library, the University's central research collection (2,800,000 volumes), and those of the University Museum Library (113,000 volumes).  History of Art graduate students are assigned carrels in the Fisher Library.

The University of Pennsylvania boasts several important museums and collections.  The University Museum contains highly significant holdings of archaeology and anthropology, served by a large, research-oriented staff.  The Institute of Contemporary Art occupies its own building on campus, where it displays exhibitions that are created by its own curators and by other institutions.  The Ross Gallery, located in the Furness Building, also hosts temporary exhibitions, frequently curated by faculty and students from the Graduate Group.

The University's Architectural Archives are especially rich, providing material for research and exhibition.

The Department of the History of Art occupies the Jaffe History of Art Building (3405 Woodland Walk).  The building provides seminar rooms, a graduate student lounge with individual lockers, group project workrooms, a computer lab, and conference rooms for teaching fellows.