Team and Contact
Address
The building Dock 4 in the street Unteren Karlsstraße 4
Our address
documenta archiv
Untere Karlsstraße 4
D- 34117 Kassel
Billing address
documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH
documenta archiv
Friedrichsplatz 18
D-34117 Kassel
Telephone
+49 561 70 72 73 100
Fax
+49 561 70 72 73 9
e-mail
archiv[at]documenta.de
Web Site
www.documenta-archiv.de
Disclaimer
The documenta archiv is part of the documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH, a non-profit organization financed by the City of Kassel and the State of Hesse.
Bank Account
Kasseler Sparkasse
IBAN: DE70 5205 0353 0000 060082
SWIFT: HELADEF1KAS
Opening Hours
In the context of coronavirus prevention, the documenta archiv is closed for public use until January, 2021. All written and telephone requests will be responded to, but there may be delays in replying.
We ask for your understanding and wish you all the best!
Reading Room
Tuesday
from 9.00 am til 7.00 pm
Wednesday to Friday
from 9.00 am til 4.00 pm
Records and Papers / Media Collection
Please send us a detailed written request to:
Records and papers
aktenarchiv@documenta.de
media collections
mediensammlung@documenta.de
Team
Dr. Birgitta Coers
Director
+49 561 70727-3103
archivdirektion[at]documenta.de
Martin Groh
Scientific Research
+49 561 70727-3107
archivdirektion[at]documenta.de
wissenschaft[at]documenta.de
Sigrid Heisel-Hennchen
Personal Assistant to the Acting Director and Administration
+49 561 70727-3100
archivdirektion[at]documenta.de
Alexandra Winterhoff
Student Assistant
+49 561 70727-3101
archiv[at]documenta.de
Natalie Schmidt
Reading Room
+49 561 70727-3112
lesesaal[at]documenta.de
Records and Papers
Saskia Mattern
Records and Papers & (acting) Public Relations
+49 561 70727-3102
aktenarchiv[at]documenta.de
Susanne Rübsam
Records and Papers
+49 561 70727-3104
aktenarchiv[at]documenta.de
Media Collections
Michael Gärtner
Media Collection
+49 561 70727-3106
mediensammlung[at]documenta.de
Karoline Achilles
Media Collection
+49 561 70727-3118
mediensammlung[at]documenta.de
Mareike Walch
Media Collection
+49 561 70727-3120
mediensammlung[at]documenta.de
Art Library
Conservation
Arlett Sauermann (formerly Seidel)
Paper Conservation
+49 561 70727-3114
+49 561 70727-3116
restaurierung[at]documenta.de
Assoziated and Projects
Dr. Harald Kimpel
Associated Scholar
Directions
The documenta archiv is situated at the Untere Karlsstraße 4, Kassel within the building of the Kulturhaus Dock4. This former school is a listed building. A step free access is at the court yard side of the building.
With public transport:
Take trams 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, RT1, RT4 up to Friedrichsplatz. Walk across Friedrichplatz towards the Museum Fridericianum. Turn left into Untere Karlsstraße which is the road before the museum. The first building on the right hand side is the Kulturhaus Dock4.
By car:
Coming either from the highway A7 or A44 via junction A49 towards Kassel. Take junction “Auestadion / City Center” follow the road signs towards the center of the city. Turn left after the theater (Staatstheater) into the road Oberste Gasse. After a 100 meters turn left into a small road Seidenes Strümpfchen, at the end of the road turn left again and you have arrived in Untere Karlsstraße.
Parking options
There is a car park at Friedrichsplatz, with an entry at Frankfurter Straße towards the Fridericianum. After the Cine-Star use the left hand drive to reach the underground car park. Another entry is situated between the Staatstheater and the documenta hall, reachable via Du-Ry-Straße, take Brüderstraße or Steinweg.
Scientific board
An appointment of a scientific board is currently in a planning process.