Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings)

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The Kupferstichkabinett is the largest graphic print collection in Germany—and one of the four most important in the world, with more than 500,000 graphic print works and approximately 110,000 drawings, aquarelles, pastels and oil sketches. Illuminated hand written documents out of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, graphic illustrated books, sketchbooks, topographic images and printing plates provide a view into 1000 years of art, culture, and printed history.

To the treasures of the Kupferstichkabinett belong masterpieces of Botticelli, Dürer, Albrecht Altdorfer, Matthias Grünewald, Bruegel d. Ä., Rembrandt, Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Adolph Menzel. Further collection highlights include works from Classical, Modern, Pop Art, Conceptual Art and Minimal Art, by artists such as Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.