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

As a result, access to Oriental and Asian manuscripts and other special materials in our collection will not be available until November 1, 2026. We regret that other services, such as reproduction requests, will also not be available during this period.

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