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Starting July 1, 2026, preparations will begin for the relocation of the special collections of the Oriental Department and the East Asia Department as part of the upcoming comprehensive renovation of the building on Potsdamer Straße.

As a result, access to the Asian manuscripts, premodern printed materials and other special materials in our collection will not be available until approximately the end of September 2026. This also extends to reproduction requests, which will not be available or handled on a severely limited scale during this period.

We ask our users for their understanding regarding these unavoidable restrictions.

We will inform you in a timely manner on our website about when access will resume—expected to be in October 2026.