Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Print room and art museum in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany
The Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München is a print room and art museum in Maxvorstadt, Munich, holding around 350,000 prints and over 50,000 drawings from the 15th century to the present. It occupies the Münchner Haus der Kulturinstitute on Katharina-von-Bora-Straße 10 and has its own exhibition rooms in the Pinakothek der Moderne.
The museum was established in 1874 and grew into one of Germany's most important institutions for graphic arts. It stands alongside the collections in Berlin and Dresden as a major keeper of printmaking works.
The collection displays works by artists from Europe and North America, showing different styles and techniques in printmaking across many centuries. Visitors can observe how artistic approaches and methods evolved over time.
The collection is housed in the Münchner Haus der Kulturinstitute on Katharina-von-Bora-Straße 10, while temporary exhibitions since 2002 are shown in the Pinakothek der Moderne. Because works on paper are light-sensitive, the holdings are normally presented only in rotating exhibitions. The study room allows visitors to consult individual sheets, and reproductions can be ordered.
The collection's own workshops handle restoration, mat cutting, framing, bookbinding and photography, so works move from storage to display largely in-house. Its holdings were long shown only in temporary exhibitions because works on paper are light-sensitive; since 2002 the Pinakothek der Moderne has provided dedicated rooms. Between 2016 and 2021 the Vitrinengang there hosted small studio presentations titled "IM BLICK".
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