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Berlin museums
Berlin is home of more than 150 museums and collections. Here we list some of the most visited museums:
Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
The Museum Island or Museumsinsel is located in the northern part of the Spree Island in the Spree River. About 1841 it was designated a district dedicated to art and antiquities by a royal decree. The Museum Island received its name because of all internationally renowned museums that now occupy the entire island northern half. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Europe’s real treasures in terms of art history and cultural history; all the art and culture are concentrated in this island and illustrate the evolution of modern museum design over more than a century. The Museum Island is home of several museums like Old Museum (Altes Museum), New Museum (Neues Museum), Bode Museum and Pergamon Museum; many of them were damaged during the World War II but today they are being reconstructed.
Pergamon Museum (Pergamonmuseum)
This is one of the Museum Island’s museums, planned by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffman it was built in the period of 1910 and 1930. Today, with 850, 000 visitors a year, the Pergamon museum is internationally renowned because it is home to fantastic artifacts and monumental buildings like the Altar of Zeus, the Ishtar Gate of Babylon and the Market Gate of Miletus. The museum has three wonderful collections: The Antiquity Collection, the Museum of the Middle East and the Museum of Islamic Art.
Pergamon Museum Altar
Old Museum (Altes Museum)
Being the oldest and largest public building in Berlin, this museum is part of the Museum Island and one of the internationally renowned museums of Berlin. The Altes Museum was buil between 1825 and 1830 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel architect in the neoclassical style. The building was severely damaged during the Second World War and restored in 1966. The museum features Greek, Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian antiquities.
Altes Museum
The Egyptian collection is the main attraction and particularly the famous bust of Queen Nefertiti, although there are much more impressive pieces to see from several different eras of Egyptian history. The whole stock of the fascinating collection is on display on 1,300 km2 exhibition space. To visit this museum is undoubtedly a must.
Bust of Queen Nefertiti
Jewish Museum (Jüdisches Museum)
Designed by Philip Gerlach this museum was built in 1735 and served as Collegienhaus to the regal Court of Justice. This was the first large administrative building erected during the reign of Friedrich Wilhelm I. It was redesigned in the 19th century but almost completely destroyed during the Second World War; after that, the Günter Hönow architect rebuilt the Collegienhaus to house the Berlin Museum devoted to the history of Berlin. The building was remodeled one more time in 1993 bye Daniel Libeskind. The museum features exhibits on Jewish culture in Germany during the reign of the Third Reich; historical objects, documents and artworks of 2000 years of German-Jewish history.
Jewish Museum
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