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Käthe Kollwitz Museum (Berlin)

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The museum opened in 1986, and traces its origins to the art collector Hans Pels-Leusden (d.1993). Pels-Leusden had been collecting the artist's works since 1950, and created his first Kollwitz exhibition in 1965. He endowed 95
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The museum was located on Fasanenstraße since 2022, in a villa from 1871 featuring late-
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The museum now owns over 200 works, including prints, drawings, posters, sculptures and
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modifications from 1897. The building was partly destroyed during the
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that owns one of the largest collections of works by the
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There are special exhibitions roughly twice a year.
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Käthe Kollwitz Museum (Cologne)
Käthe Kollwitz House (Moritzburg)

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