Library Information Desk

Phone: +49 30 266424141
E-Mail: auskunft.kb[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Scope and Holdings

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

• Holdings statistics: 40,500 volumes (as of December 2010), extensive collections of illustrations and photographs.
• Historical book collections: approx. 13,000 volumes.
• See detailed description in ‘Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland, Österreich und Europa’ (online edition).

Use

Reference library, study room with 40 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.
• Inter-library loans: International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organisations. (ISIL): B 11, loan region BER = Berlin and Brandenburg only; transfer of paper media only.
• Frequently asked questions (FAQ) of the Kunstbibliothek
• Terms of Use of the Kunstbibliothek (PDF, 34 KB)

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.