Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Die Zauberflöte, Oper von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Entwurf zur Dekoration, Die Sternenhalle der Königin der Nacht, Detail / Bildnachweis: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Jörg P. Anders

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Die Zauberflöte, Oper von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Entwurf zur Dekoration, Die Sternenhalle der Königin der Nacht, Detail / Bildnachweis: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Jörg P. Anders

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On Paths Untrodden
Georg Schweinfurth and His Significance for the Collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

22.05.2025 to 08.02.2026
Neues Museum

The exhibition will focus on Georg Schweinfurth and his significance for the field of Egyptology and will highlight some of the key aspects of his prolific career as a researcher and collector.

In addition to the reputation he earned as a restless wanderer, cartographer and botanist in his various spheres of activity, Georg Schweinfurth was also an avid networker who worked closely with the antique dealers and excavators of Egypt. His assistance and expertise earned him numerous donations and artefacts, which he left to the academic community, including the institutions of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The stone artefacts, ethnographic objects, vessels, textiles and scientific specimens in question are primarily sourced from archaeologically documented contexts. The 100th anniversary of his death in 2025 provides an excellent opportunity to delve deeper into the man, his background and the artefacts themselves.

The initiative is a cooperation project between the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrusssammlung, the Museum für Vor- and Frühgeschichte, the Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst and the Staatsbibliothek.


A special exhibition of the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, the Skultpurensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

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

Sun 10:00 - 18:00
Mon closed
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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