The five museums of the Museum Island are Pergamonmuseum, Bode-Museum, Neues Museum, Alte Nationalgalerie, Altes Museum and Pergamonmuseum.
Pergamonmuseum
The triple winged Pergamonmuseum by Alfred Messel is with 1mio. visitors p.a. the most visited museum of Berlin. In the course of the „Masterplan Museum Island“ the Pergamonmuseum will be restored step by step and until 2025 a fourth wing will be added.
During this restoration, the hall with the Pergamonaltar will be closed till 2019. Ischtar-Tor, Prozessionsstraße, Marktor von Milet as well as the Museum für Islamische Kunst continue to be open.
Bode-Museum
The Bode-Museum is already completely refurbished. It is home to an extensive collection of sculptures and treasures of the museum for Byzantine art and the Münzkabinett (coin cabinet). In summer, the opposite shore is a frequently visited place because of its breath-taking view on the northern Point of the Museum Island.
Neues Museum
In 1841 Friedrich August Stüler started the construction of the Neues Museum (New Museum). He used steam power and industrial manufactured structural frames: with regard to structural engineering a sensation at this time! During war, the museum was destroyed and stayed a ruin until 1999. The subsequent reconstruction and the refurbishment by the high reputed architect David Chipperfield took ten years. Since the reopening in 2009, selected objects of the Ägyptisches Museum, the Papyrussammlung, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte as well as the Antikensammlung are housed here. The centrepiece at the Neues Museum is the Nofretete.
Alte Nationalgalerie
The neo-classical building with rotunda, dome and columns (designed by master builder Karl Friedrich Schinkel) was the first public museum in Prussia in 1830. After extensive structural alteration works, the museum shows the permanent exhibition „Neue Antike im Alten Museum“ – Antikensammlung mit Gold-Schatzkammer (“New Antique in Old Museum” – collection of antiques with treasure chamber) with antique art and sculptures.
Altes Museum
The neo-classical building with rotunda, dome and columns (designed by master builder Karl Friedrich Schinkel) was the first public museum in Prussia in 1830. After extensive structural alteration works, the museum shows the permanent exhibition „Neue Antike im Alten Museum“ – Antikensammlung mit Gold-Schatzkammer (“New Antique in Old Museum” – collection of antiques with treasure chamber) with antique art and sculptures.
Information for School Classes
Free entrance for children and adolescents until the age of 18 as well as for students as part of class. For guided tours (classes of 11th grade and above) have to sign up..
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Berliner Dom on Museum Island