Blick auf die Museumsinsel im Vordergrund das Bode-Museum, dahinter Pergamonmuseum, Alte Nationalgalerie, Neues Museum und Altes Museum oben Dom am Lustgarten;
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Hauptbereich
Museum Island Berlin / Mitte
With its five institutions (Altes Museum, Neues Museum, Alte Nationalgalerie, Bode-Museum and Pergamonmuseum)situated between the River Spree and Kupfergraben, the Museum Island forms an incomparable ensemble of museum and cultural history, gradually developed over time.
Officially declared a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, the Museum Island is an impressive illustration of the importance of the National Museums in Berlin in its capacity as a universal museum of human culture from its earliest beginnings to the present day. The National Museums in Berlin's main institutions form five distinct clusters, the others being the one at Kulturforum as well as those in Dahlem, Charlottenburg and Köpenick. The Alte Nationalgalerie already had its spectacular reopening as part of the Museum Island Masterplan in 2001. This was followed in 2006 by the completion of renovation work on the Bode-Museum, while the Neues Museum again went on show to the public in October 2009. The Pergamonmuseum and the Altes Museum are also to undergo subsequent restoration.
Further information:
- Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection
- Old National Gallery
- Collection of Classical Antiquities
- Friedrichswerder Church
- Museum of Islamic Art
- Museum of Prehistory and Early History
- Numismatic Collection
- Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art
- Museum of the Ancient Near East
Further information
- Altes Museum
- Neues Museum
- Bode-Museum
- Old National Gallery
- Pergamon Museum
- Where to find the National Museums in Berlin
- Masterplan Museum Island Berlin
- The Humboldt Forum at the Berlin Palace
- The Museumsinsel Berlin on Facebook
- The Museumsinsel Berlin on Google Maps
- Link to the Berlin City Map
