A glyptotheque is a collection of sculptures. It is part of the name of several museums and art galleries.

The designation glyptotheque was coined by the librarian of King Ludwig I of Bavaria

Ludwig I of Bavaria

Ludwig I was a German king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states.-Crown prince:...

, derived from the ancient Greek verb glyptein, meaning "cut into stone." It was an allusion to the ancient Greek name of Pinacoteca (from Pinax

Pinax

In the culture of ancient Greece and Magna Graecia, a pinax or a "board", denotes a votive tablet of painted wood, terracotta, marble or bronze that served as a votive object deposited in a sanctuary or as a memorial affixed within a burial chamber. In daily life pinax might equally denote a...

, "panel" or "painting"). Glypton is the Greek word for a sculpture.

Museums that today bear this name include:

• Glyptothek
  Glyptothek
  The Glyptothek is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures . It was designed by Leo von Klenze in the Neoclassical style, and built from 1816 to 1830...
  
  , in Munich, Germany
• Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
  Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
  The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark...
  
  , in Copenhagen, Denmark
• National Glyptotheque
  National Glyptotheque
  National Glyptotheque is a sculpture museum located in Athens, Greece. It is an annex of the National Gallery of Greece. The museum was established in 2004 and became the first National Glyptotheque of Greece. It houses a permanent collection of Greek sculpture from the 19th and the 20th centuries...
  
  , in Athens, Greece
• Gliptoteka
  Gliptoteka
  Glyptotheque is an art gallery in the center of Zagreb, Croatia. It is located on Medvedgradska Street near Tkalčićeva Street within the Gornji Grad - Medveščak administrative district.- External links :*...
  
  , in Zagreb, Croatia