Berlin Art Library

The Berlin Art Library is an agency of the Berlin State Museums under the auspices of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. It has approximately 400,000 volumes and ranks among Germany's leading institutions specializing in the literature of Art History.

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Opening hours:
Monday—Tuesday: closed
Wednesday—Friday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Saturday—Sunday and public holidays: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
January 1st: noon—6:00 PM
December 24th and December 31st: closed
Type: Library
Description: art library in Berlin
Also known as: “Kunstbibliothek” and “Kunstbibliothek Berlin”
Address: Matthäikirchplatz 6, Berlin, 10785
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kupferstichkabinett Berlin and Kulturforum.

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin

Museum

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The Kupferstichkabinett, or Museum of Prints and Drawings, is a prints museum in Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Berlin State Museums, and is located in the Kulturforum on Potsdamer Platz.

Kulturforum

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The Kulturforum is a collection of cultural buildings in Berlin. It was built up in the 1950s and 1960s at the edge of West Berlin, south of the Tiergarten, after most of the once unified city's cultural assets had been lost behind the Berlin Wall.

Neue Nationalgalerie

Museum

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The Neue Nationalgalerie at the Kulturforum is a museum for modern art in Berlin, with its main focus on the 20th century. It is part of the National Gallery of the Berlin State Museums. Neue Nationalgalerie is situated 180 metres south of Berlin Art Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tiergarten and Botschaftsviertel.

Tiergarten

Suburb

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Tiergarten is a locality within the borough of Mitte, in central Berlin. Notable for the great and homonymous urban park, before German reunification, it was a part of West Berlin.