After its foundation in 1946, the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (ZI), Munich, started its activities in 1947. Since then it resides in the former "Administration building" of the National Socialist party near Königsplatz. After the end of the war, the United States Military Government had established a central collecting point to repatriate the art of works carried off by the National Socialists.

The ZI, itself defining as a place of academic exchange and likewise as a platform for international encounters, is the only art historical research institute of nation wide significance in Germany. It organises lectures and symposia and edits various publications, as there is the Reallexikon zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte and the Kunstchronik, an art history journal, that features articles on museum matters and on the preservation of monuments and historic buildings.

Thanks to its large holdings that can be consulted with free shelf access as well as its photograph collection, the ZI offers excellent conditions for research, unrivalled in Germany.

Adress
Meiserstraße10
D-80333 München (cf. siteplan and public transport system)

Telephone
Head Office: +49 (89) 289 27 556
Library: +49 (89) 289 27 581
Fax: +49 (89) 289 27 607

E-Mail
Webmaster: ZI-webmaster@zikg.eu

Opening Hours:

Issuing of User's and Admission Cards for the Library and the Photographic Collection::

Mo - Fri

10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. and 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

First-time applicants are to bring an I.D. card and submit evidence of their scientific or occupational activity. Munich students will only be admitted for their studies in preparation for the degree Master of Arts (M.A.)

Copying Service

Mon - Fri

10:00 A.M. - 6:15 P.M.

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Last update: 23.06.2009