Private museum of the Tchoban Foundation at Pfefferberg with changing exhibitions of architectural drawings from the 16th century to the present.
October 3, 2026 – January 10, 2027
The first major retrospective outside Japan of art director Nizo Yamamoto, who created background art for anime classics such as Princess Mononoke and Grave of the Fireflies.
The Museum für Architekturzeichnung (Museum for Architectural Drawing) opened in June 2013 on the site of the former Pfefferberg brewery in Prenzlauer Berg. It is run by the Tchoban Foundation, which the St. Petersburg-born architect Sergei Tchoban established in 2009 to give the art of hand drawing a public stage in an age of digital design.
The building was designed by the firm SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov. The four-story structure of tinted concrete closes off a row of buildings and is topped by a cantilevered, glazed penthouse level. The facade is covered with greatly enlarged sketch fragments in relief, which allude to the building's use as an exhibition venue. Inside are light-protected cabinet rooms for the fragile sheets, a loggia overlooking the neighborhood and the foundation's archive.
Tchoban laid the foundation of the collection in 2001 with a drawing by the stage designer Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga. Today the holdings comprise several hundred sheets, ranging from 16th-century master drawings and works by Hubert Robert, Sir John Soane and Karl Friedrich Schinkel to designs by Aldo Rossi, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry and Steven Holl.
The museum has no permanent exhibition; instead it presents around three to four temporary exhibitions a year, some drawn from its own holdings and some in cooperation with other museums and institutions. It has repeatedly devoted shows to the background art of Japanese animated films, for example anime architecture in 2016 and the original backgrounds for AKIRA in 2022.
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €4School students, university students, unemployed people and people with severe disabilities (with proof) |
| Visitors with disabilities | €4Reduced admission for people with severe disabilities |
| Students & apprentices | €4Reduced admission with proof |
| Groups (5+ people) | –Group tours for 5–25 people: €2 per person in addition to admission |
| Group tour (5–25 people, approx. 60 min) | €2Per person, plus admission |
| Private tour (fewer than 5 people) | €40Flat rate |
| Tour with archive visit (max. 5 people, approx. 90 min) | €80Flat rate |
| School workshop (max. 20 participants, 90 min) | €65Per group, weekdays by appointment |
Admission tickets and guided tours are also available as gift vouchers (inquiries to guide@tchoban-foundation.de).
Accessible, according to the museum.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Senefelderplatz (U2)
U2 Senefelderplatz; tram M1 and M12 Zionskirchplatz
Publications and catalogs also available in the foundation's online shop.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Tours (also with an archive visit) by registration at +49 30 43739090 or guide@tchoban-foundation.de; the tour ends on the roof terrace. Regular tour about 60 minutes, tour with archive visit (max. 5 people) about 90 minutes. Reference library on architectural drawing for research. |
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