The Staatliche Graphische Sammlung is a Munich museum dedicated to drawings and graphics. It is one of the four museums of the "Pinakothek der Moderne", one of the most important museums of modern and contemporary art in Germany, which houses the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Design Museum, the Cabinet of Drawings. and Graphics and the Museum of Architecture. Together with the Kupferstichkabinett of Berlin and Dresden, the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München is one of the most important drawing and print museums in Germany and one of the largest institutions of its kind in the world. Its collection includes about 400,000 graphic works, from the 12th century to the present day. The Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München was born as a cabinet of engravings and drawings (Kupferstich und Konstruktionskabinett) founded in the 18th century by the Palatine Count Carlo Theodore in his palace in Mannheim. In 1790 it was moved to Munich, becoming an independent museum in 1874. The Kabinett has been housed in the Haus der Kulturinstitute on Munich's Königsplatz since 1948 ( Katharina-von-Bora-Straße 10) . The building houses historical inventories and a study room open to the public. Since 2002, temporary exhibitions have instead been hosted in the Pinakothek der Moderne headquarters. These are important thematic or monographic exhibitions that annually attract many visitors and tourists.