II. Museums
World famous
art treasures are awaiting you: Berlin
has more than 170 museums and collections. They offer everything from the
ancient to the ultra-modern - the Egyptian Nefertiti, the greek
Pergamon Altar on the museum isle, the painters of the
Bridge and the "Bauhaus" , works by Baselitz
and Beuys and a lot more.
Here are some examples:
Bode-Museum.. 1
Pergamon-Museum.. 1
Haus am Checkpoint Charlie. 1
German Historical Museum Berlin. 2
Old National Gallery. 2
New National Gallery. 2
German Museum of Technology Berlin. 2
Old Museum.. 2
Stiftung Topographie des Terrors. 2
Egyptian Museum.. 2
Old Masters Gallery. 3
Natural History Museum.. 3
Film Museum.. 3
Jewish Museum.. 3
The Story of Berlin. 3
Bode-Museum
Since October 21st, the Bode-Museum
is reopened regularly for the public. It presents three collections with
international importance: The collection of sculptures and the Museum of Byzantine Art, the coin cabinet and
works from the Gemäldegalerie.
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With 850,000
visitors a year, the Pergamon is Berlin's prime museum. Hardly surprising,
given its three outstanding collections under one roof.
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The history of
the Berlin Wall is documented at the most famous border crossing point.
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German Historical Museum Berlin
On 28 May 1695, the Elector
Friedrich III of Brandenburg, gave the orders to lay the foundation stone of the Berlin "Zeughaus", the Arsenal. The German Historical
Museum invites the public
to visit temporary and permanent exhibitions.
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Old National Gallery
December 2001
the restoration of the Museum
Island reached a
significant milestone with the much-celebrated re-opening of the Alte Nationalgalerie (Old
National Gallery).
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New National Gallery
In 1968, the
New National Gallery was erected here as the first building, following designs
by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. At Matthäikirchplatz.
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German Museum of Technology Berlin
The Technic-Museum
continues the tradition of considerable technique museums, which were located
in Berlin
since world war II. The location at the Gleisdreieck is of historical importance.
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Old Museum
The Altes
Museum, built between
1823 and 1830 after the design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel,
is one of the most important works in the architecture of Classicism.
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Stiftung Topographie des Terrors
Between 1933
and 1945, the central institutions responsible for the repressive and criminal
policies of National Socialism were located on the terrain of the Topography of
Terror.
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Egyptian Museum
The Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
moved to the Altes
Museum at Museum Island.
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Old Masters Gallery
The Gemäldegalerie possesses one of the world's finest
collections of European art from the 13th to 18th century.
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Natural History
Museum
The Museum of Natural History
in Berlin is
one of the most important natural history museums of the world.
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Film Museum
Permanent exhibition on 1,500 sq. m.,
divided into 16 rooms. Time travel through the history of
German film - Berlin - Hollywood
- Germany.
Presentation of the estates of Marlene Dietrich, Heinz Rühmann, and others. Temporary
exhibitions and library.
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In
September of 2001, Europe's largest Jewish museum opened. Daniel Libeskind's spectacular new building on Lindenstraße
was a hit even before the permanent exhibit opened. The building's unique
architectural design of a burst Star of David and the highly praised permanent
exhibition have drawn over one million visitors in the museum's second year.
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The Story of Berlin
Embark on a journey through Berlin’s history from
the city’s first certified recognition in 1237 to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Displayed in an arty multimedia format, experience Berlin’s history in more than twenty theme
rooms.
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Pergamon-Museum
Haus am Checkpoint Charlie