Welcome to the Munich Digitisation Centre
The Munich Digitisation Centre (MDZ) handles the digitisation and online publication of the cultural heritage preserved by the Bavarian State Library and by other institutions. It provides one of the largest and fastest growing digital collections in Germany, now comprising 184,033 titles available online. Access is free of charge!
The digitisation policy reflects the traditional special collection fields of the library: History, Classical Antiquity, Eastern Europe, Musicology. It comprises manuscripts, early prints, modern books, maps and photographic collections as well as journals and newspapers.
The MDZ frames the Digital Library department of the Bavarian State Library. It provides the 
Digital Collections and is also responsible for the creation of subject portals and for the long-term preservation of all the library's digital holdings.