Virchow Bibliothek

The Virchow-Bau is a modern glass wing attached to the historic main building of the Berlin State Library. It is named after the famous pathologist Rudolf Virchow.

Unlike the sprawling "Potsdamer Straße" location (which houses the music, maps, and newspaper collections, as well as the famous "Lesesaal"), the Virchow location focuses on General Humanities.

The Virchow Library holds a unique blend of historical and contemporary medical literature: virchow bibliothek

| Collection Type | Description | |----------------|-------------| | Historical Books | Over 10,000 volumes from the 16th to 19th centuries, including works by Vesalius, Paracelsus, and Virchow himself. | | Virchow’s Private Library | Original books with marginalia and annotations by Rudolf Virchow. | | Medical Journals | Historical journals such as Virchows Archiv (founded in 1847). | | Pathological Anatomy | Rare atlases with hand-colored anatomical plates. | | Modern Textbooks | Core textbooks and reference works in pathology, internal medicine, and oncology. |

Notable artifacts include:

Whether you are a medical historian tracing the roots of epidemiology, a Charité student cramming for the Physikum, or a tourist fascinated by the macabre beauty of antique anatomy, the Virchow Bibliothek is a destination that delivers. It stands as a testament to Rudolf Virchow’s greatest belief: that medicine is a humanistic science, rooted in the past but always looking toward the future.

To walk through its doors is to step into the living memory of medicine. The Virchow-Bau is a modern glass wing attached

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For current opening hours, catalog searches, and access to the digital archive, search for the "Charité Bibliotheksportal" or visit the library in person at Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin.

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