Kupferstichkabinett
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Matthäikirchplatz 8
10785 Berlin
Germany

Opening hours

Tuesday to Friday: 9 to 12 am and 1 to 4 pm

Please note: Due to staff shortages, visits to the study room are only possible by prior appointment at the moment. Thank you for your understanding.

Study Room Information

Phone: 030 266424240
E-Mail: kk[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Scope and Holdings

Reference Library of the Kupferstichkabinett

Head of collection policy: TBD
Collection areas: Literature on the history of printmaking and the art of drawing from the Middle Ages to the present, and on the art of calligraphy and manuscript illumination
Collection statistics: approx. 31,000 volumes
Historical book collection: approx. 3,500 volumes, including 284 incunabula (part of the museum’s art collection)

Use

Resources may only be used in the study room; reference library

Catalogues

Digital catalogues: OPAC of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (contains titles acquired after 2003)
Traditional catalogues: alphabetical card catalogue