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Kulturforum am Potsdamer Platz
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With its approximately 400,000 volumes, the Kunstbibliothek (Art Library) is one of the most important specialized art libraries in Germany. It acquires and makes accessible scholarly literature on European art history from late antiquity to the present day, and continuously obtains around 1,400 international journals.

At the same time, it collects drawings and prints on applied art in its museum collections. In addition, it has an extensive photographic collection.

The holdings include the Collection of Hand Drawings, the Ornamental Engraving Collection, the Lipperheide Costume Library, the Poster and Advertising Art Collection, the Applied Graphics Collection, the Book Art Collection, and the Photography Collection. All of them can be viewed in the reading room. Special exhibitions are held at regular intervals.

Opening hours,

  • Monday closed
  • Tuesday-Friday 10:00 - 18:00
  • Saturday-Sunday 11:00 - 18:00

Valid for special exhibitions.

Please refer to the information bundled on this page to plan your visit.

  • 1. January 12:00 - 18:00
  • 1. May 11:00 - 18:00
  • 3. October 11:00 - 18:00
  • 24. December closed
  • 25. December 11:00 - 18:00
  • 26. December 11:00 - 18:00
  • 31. December closed

Location,

Matthäikirchplatz 8, 10785 Berlin

Telephone,

+49 (30) 266 42 42 42

Website,

www.smb.museum/museen-ei…

Email,

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Prices,

Admission price 6,00 €

Special exhibition room art library

Reduced price 3,00 €

Children and young people up to the age of 18 are admitted free of charge.

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Exhibitions

Events

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Georg Heym Umbra Vitae, 1922, Detail
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / CC NC-BY-SA

Kunstbibliothek

Close up! All the landscapes have been filled with blue!

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's donation to the Art Library in 1924

Lecture, talk

Digital

COLLECTION ONLINE

Online collections database SMB-digital

Tickets

Admission price

6,00 €

Special exhibition room art library

Reduced price

3,00 €

Children and young people up to the age of 18 are admitted free of charge.

Yearly ticket

Click here for information about Yearly ticket.

Member of Museumspass Berlin

Booking Telephone

+49 (30) 266 42 42 42

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Services

  • Museum Shop
  • Restaurant
  • Library

Service Telephone

+49 (30) 266 42 42 42

Accessibility

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