The Busch-Reisinger Museum is devoted to the art of the German-speaking countries and related cultures of central and northern Europe. Its collections of German Expressionism, Vienna Secession art, 1920s abstraction, and works by Joseph Beuys rank among the finest in the United States.


The Museum has significant holdings of the work of artists associated with the Bauhaus, including the archives of the celebrated architect Walter Gropius.

It also houses important collections of late-medieval, Renaissance, and baroque sculpture, 16th-century paintings, and porcelain.

The Busch-Reisinger Museum’s Study Room provides public access to many of the Museum’s holdings which are not on view in the permanent collection galleries or the special exhibitions.