Press

Information for media representatives

Press contact

We will be pleased to answer your questions, provide you with information material or organise appointments for interviews or visits to our premises.

Peter Schnitzlein
Spokesman
Phone:  +49 89 28638-2429
presse@bsb-muenchen.de

Ulrike Rehusch
Phone:  +49 89 28638-2057
presse@bsb-muenchen.de

Irma Bachhammer
Phone:  +49 89 28638-2024
presse@bavarikon.de
(Press office cultural portal bavarikon)
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Communications Department
Ludwigstraße 16
80539 Munich

Photo shootings, film and TV recordings

In case you wish to use the library's holdings (manuscripts, books or journals, for example) or the library's premises for photo shootings, film and TV recordings, we will establish contact with the right persons.

Please note that any recordings which are not connected to reporting about the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek are subject to prior approval and possibly a charge.

The library as a source collection

In case you require library materials (books, newspapers, manuscripts, etc.) for your research and you are not reporting about the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek itself, the employees in charge of the corresponding specialised departments and collections will be pleased to be of assistance.

Media distribution list

Would you like to be entered in our media distribution list or have your contact data changed? Please let us know.
presse@bsb-muenchen.de

General information

Information about the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Information about the library's directorate

 

Current press releases

The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek has acquired the archive of the well-known photographer Dieter Bauer, which includes around 500,000 images. Taken between 1980 and 2010, the photos document the domestic and foreign political events of the time impressively. The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek thus further expands its renowned Image Archive – the largest of its kind held by any German public-sector institution.

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In July 2024, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB) was granted additional funds for acquisitions and staff by the German Research Foundation in order to supply research in Germany on East, East-Central and South-East Europe with expert information about Hungary and some areas of Finno-Ugrian studies within the network of Specialised Information Services (Fachinformationsdienste, FID).

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The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek receives the personal papers of Eugen Roth (1895 – 1976), one of the best-known German lyricists of the 20th century. The personal papers of the Munich-born author include, among other things, the manuscripts of his printed and unprinted works, press articles, diaries and his correspondence. The personal papers of Eugen Roth constitute one of the most important recent acquisitions of the library’s collection of personal papers.

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