The Hamburger Kunsthalle is home to several important art collections and spanning the arc from the Middle Ages to the modern and contemporary art. The museum consists of three interconnected buildings between the main station, the railway tracks, the Glockengießerwall and the Alster on the former bastion Vincent Hamburg ramparts. The entire exhibition and event space adds up to more than 13,000 square meters. A traditional focus of the collection is the 19th century. The museum also has departments for Old Masters and Modern Art. The contemporary art is discussed in a separate building complex. The Kupferstichkabinett includes about 120,000 sheets. [1] The library of the Hamburg Kunsthalle comprises more than 175,000 volumes, including about 3,000 illustrated books and artist's books.