Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Prints and drawings museum at Kulturforum, Berlin, Germany.

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin is a prints and drawings museum located at the Kulturforum, housing over 500,000 prints and 110,000 drawings, watercolors, pastels, and oil sketches. The collection spans from medieval times to the present and demonstrates the full range of graphic techniques and artistic expression.

The museum was formally established in 1831 based on collections begun by Frederick William I in the mid-1600s, first displayed in the Altes Museum. Its relocation to the Kulturforum in the post-war period shaped how this major graphic art collection is presented today.

The collection features works from European masters spanning medieval times to contemporary periods, showing how artistic techniques and styles have developed across centuries. Visitors encounter pieces that reveal the evolution of printmaking and drawing practices through different eras.

The Kupferstichkabinett shares the Kulturforum with the Gemäldegalerie and other museums near Potsdamer Platz, served by the S-Bahn and U-Bahn. Because works on paper are light-sensitive, only rotating temporary exhibitions are shown; visitors can request original works of their choice in the study room.

In 1937 the Nazis confiscated around 824 works from the collection as "degenerate"; about 1,073 others survived, some resurfacing after 1945 in unexpected places, largely through the efforts of curator Willy Kurth. The museum also keeps a continually updated watermark index used to date works on paper.