Kunstbibliothek

Kunstbibliothek

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Atelier Reutlinger, Paris: model by Paquin, 1901
Atelier Reutlinger, Paris: model by Paquin, 1901 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek CC NC-BY-SA
Hans Robertson, Berlin : Harald Kreutzberg, Jump, 1929
Hans Robertson, Berlin : Harald Kreutzberg, Jump, 1929 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek CC NC-BY-SA
Unknown: Men’s suit by Arya, Paris, 1962/64
Unknown: Men’s suit by Arya, Paris, 1962/64 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek CC NC-BY-SA
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Lipperheide Costume Library

Kunstbibliothek
Matthäikirchplatz 6
10785 Berlin
Germany

Study room opening times

Monday: 2 to 8 pm
Tuesday to Friday: 9 am to 4 pm

Study Room

The Kunstbibliothek (Art Library) maintains an interdisciplinary library as well as museum collections of more than a million objects. The applied arts holdings span the art historical spectrum from the late Middle Ages to the present. They can be viewed in the public study room on the Kunstbibliothek’s first upper storey. Please bring your valid identity card or passport to register. Admission is free.

Studiensaal
Kunstbibliothek
Matthäikirchplatz 6
10785 Berlin
Germany

Opening Hours

Monday: 2–8 pm
Tuesday–Friday: 9 am–4 pm

Library Information Desk

Phone: +49 30 266424141
E-Mail:

Scope and Holdings

Collection areas: international costume and fashion history, dance, theatre, cultural history.

Use

Reference library, study room with 40 desks, orders available at issue desk in 30 to 45 minutes.

Technical Equipment

  • Colour and black-and-white photocopiers
  • microfiche reader
  • photographic reproductions to order. 

Catalogues

Electronic catalogues: OPAC of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, database information system, periodicals database, Artdiscovery.net

Traditional catalogues: Alphabetical card catalogue (all items acquired before 1994 systematized according to the ‘Prussian Instructions’, a historical cataloguing system).

Inventory catalogue: Inventory catalogue of the Lipperheide Costume Library, revised by E. Nienholdt and G. Wagner-Neumann, Berlin 1965, 2 vols.

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