Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: Overview

Acquisition files from the Zentralarchivs of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin © SPK / photothek.net / Florian Gärtner

Letter from Director-General Count Guido von Usedom to the Director of the Nationalgalerie, Max Heinrich Jordan, 19 Nov. 1879 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv; CC NC-BY-SA

Cross-section of a roof design for the Egyptian House in the Neues Museum, 23 May 1883 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv; CC NC-BY-SA

Floor plan of the first floor of the Pergamonmuseum, ca. 1930 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv; CC NC-BY-SA

Postcard of Otto Dix, 11 Dec. 1920, artist documentation © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv; CC NC-BY-SA

Photograph from one of Adolph Menzel’s sketchbooks, undated, artist documentation © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv; CC NC-BY-SA

Overview of holdings at the Zentralarchiv

Internal business records of the Königliche, later Staatliche Museen zu Berlin for period up to 1945 at the Zentralarchiv

Internal business records of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (East Berlin) (1945–1991) and Internal business records of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz (West Berlin and reunited Berlin) (1948–) at the Zentralarchiv

Further Links

An overview of the publications of the Zentralarchiv can be found in the Shop of the Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin

Zentralarchiv

Zentralarchiv

Overview of holdings at the Zentralarchiv

Internal business records of the Königliche, later Staatliche Museen zu Berlin for period up to 1945 at the Zentralarchiv

Internal business records of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (East Berlin) (1945–1991) and Internal business records of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz (West Berlin and reunited Berlin) (1948–) at the Zentralarchiv

Files of friends groups, associations, and commissions (including depositories) at the Zentralarchiv

Legacies of manuscripts and papers (including documents deposited during a person’s lifetime) at the Zentralarchiv

Archival collections at the Zentralarchiv

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