BWA’s growing permanent collection of more than 1,400 works of art includes prints by visiting artists, those donated by artists and collectors, and those gifted to BWA from other organizations. A Collection Committee of the Board of Directors manages the acquisition process for donations to ensure high standards and a professional process. The archives are maintained in two places: BWA’s historic-landmark Firehouse Building headquarters and the nearby Historical Society of Pennsylvania, founded in 1824. Among the archives’ holdings are exhibition catalogs, artist biographies, correspondence with artists, catalogues raisonné, a collection of books on the history of printmaking, brochures, photographs, Board of Directors and financial documents, and other analog records.