11.12.2015
to
03.07.2016
Neues Museum
Whether goatees, full beards or moustaches, humans have been depicting beards of all shapes and sizes throughout 5000 years of visual culture. Beards have been worn to convey qualities such as wisdom, power, and social, religious or political allegiance in a wide range of cultural contexts: from Ancient Egypt, the Ancient Near East, Old Europe, the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean – right through to present-day Europe.
When beards have fallen out of favour, it is often because of the perception that they somehow run counter to such values as progress and modernity. So how is it that beards are once again fashionable, to the extent that young men today are more likely to be bearded than clean-shaven?
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James-Simon-Galerie, Bodestraße
10178 Berlin
wheelchair accessible
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All groups meet at the information desk in the lower foyer in James-Simon-Galerie.
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U-Bahn: Museumsinsel (U5)
S-Bahn: Friedrichstraße, Hackescher Markt
Tram: Am Kupfergraben, Hackescher Markt
Bus: Staatsoper, Lustgarten, Friedrichstraße
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Sun 10:00 - 18:00
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Tue 10:00 - 18:00
Wed 10:00 - 18:00
Thu 10:00 - 18:00
Fri 10:00 - 18:00
Sat 10:00 - 18:00
Special opening hours during public holidays
Extended opening hours 4 July – 1 September: Tue – Sat 9 am – 8 pm, Sun 9 am – 6 pm.
Please note: The Neues Museum will be closed for maintenance work from Monday, April 7, 2025 to Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
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