The Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) has one of the largest collection of graphic art-works to discover in the whole of Germany. The accumulation of this collection originates from the time when Frederick William the 1st, also known as The Great Elector, purchased in 1652 2,500 drawings and watercolours. That was the birth of the Cabinet of Drawings, later to be the Museum of Prints and Drawings (Kupfersitichkabinett) which has become internationally famous.

There are over 600,000 pieces on display including over 500,000 individual prints and around 100,000 drawings, pastels, watercolours and oil sketches as well as a range of European drawings and graphics from the middle-ages to the present. This includes work from some of the most-celebrated artists of the era, including Altdorfer, Bosch, Bruegel, Mantegna, Rembrandt, Schinkel, Kirchner, Munch, Picasso and Warhol. The museum is located in the Kulturforum on Potsdamer Platz, which is a short walk from many other museums and cultural sites including the Kunstbibliothek Art Library who the Kupferstichkabinett often runs exhibiting alongside.