To make an appointment and for library inquiries, please contact:
Phone: +49 30 266425820
E-Mail: auskunft.ab[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Staff

Collection policy decider: Moritz Böhme
Telefon: +49 30 266425800
E-Mail: m.boehme[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Admin: Simone Wilde
Phone: +49 30 266425801
E-Mail: s.wilde[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Visitor desk: Patrick-Raymond Aldéa
E-Mail: auskunft.ab[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Scope and holdings

• Archaeological Library 
• Collection areas: Egyptology, Near-Eastern archaeology and Oriental philology, classical archaeology, epigraphy, literature on prehistoric cultures of Europe and the ancient Near East up to the Middle Ages, papyrology, conservation and restoration, the archaeology of Sudan, and publications by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. 
• Holdings statistics: approx. 150,000 volumes. 
• Historical book collections: 6000 volumes.

Use

• User Guidelines of the Kunstbibliothek.
• Terms of Use [Download PDF] of the Kunstbibliothek.
• Reference library, largely open-shelf, by appointment/prior registration only, reading room with 24 desks, orders available at issue desk in 30 to 45 minutes. 
• Rare books: Rare books and manuscripts are usually only available one day after ordering.

Technical equipment

• Colour photocopier/scanner
• microfiche reader
• CD-ROM databases
• online databases
• photographic reproductions to order.

Catalogues

Electronic catalogues:

• OPAC of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (contains titles acquired after 1995)
• database information system
• periodicals database