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Library of Art History at the Kulturforum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Achim Kleuker
Kupferstichkabinett
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Matthäikirchplatz 8
10785 Berlin
Opening hours
Tuesday to Friday: 9 am to 4 pm, preferably by appointment
Katrin Warnecke
Phone: +49 30 266424240
E-Mail: k.warnecke[at]smb.spk-berlin.de
Reference library of the Kupferstichkabinett
Collection policy deciders: N. N.
Collection areas: literature on the history of printmaking and the art of drawing from the Middle Ages to the present, on the art of calligraphy and manuscript illumination
Holdings statistics: approx. 31,000 volumes
Historical book collections: approx. 3500 volumes, including 284 incunabula (in the museum’s art collection)
Use in the study room; reference library
Electronic catalogues: OPAC of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (contains titles acquired after 2003)
Traditional catalogues: alphabetical card catalogue