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collections. The encyclopaedic spectrum of works spans from from spans works of spectrum encyclopaedic The collections.

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Museum (Ethnological ) with European artworks. European with Museum) (Ethnological Museum Schadow are on view in the hall. hall. sculpture the in view on are Schadow is the mysterious “Berlin Golden Hat” from the Bronze Age. Bronze the from Hat” Golden “Berlin mysterious the is architecture museum of years 100 represent buildings Its

Museum” juxtaposes masterpieces from the Ethnologisches Ethnologisches the from masterpieces juxtaposes Museum” Rauch, Berthel Thorvaldsen, Antonio Canova and Rudolph Rudolph and Canova Antonio Thorvaldsen, Berthel Rauch, from the Stone Age to the . One of the highlights highlights the of One Ages. Middle the to Age Stone the from level. upper the on display on is Period Imperial Roman the and important and most beautiful museum ensembles in the world. world. the in ensembles museum beautiful most and important

the exhibition “Beyond Compare. Art from Africa in the Bode- the in Africa from Art Compare. “Beyond exhibition the , and other works by Christian Daniel Daniel Christian by works other and Schadow, Gottfried Johann reflecting the cultural history of and parts of Asia Asia of parts and Europe of history cultural the reflecting Etruscans the of culture and art The Sosias. potter the of Cup the Museumsinsel Berlin () is one of the most most the of one is Island) (Museum Berlin Museumsinsel

(Numismatic Collection). Until the end of November 2019, 2019, November of end the Until Collection). (Numismatic A selection of , including the “Princess Group” by by Group” “Princess the including sculptures, of selection A part of the exhibition comprises 6,000 archaeological finds finds archaeological 6,000 comprises exhibition the of part and Boy” “Praying the Goddess”, “Berlin the of statue the include

late antiquity and as well as the Münzkabinett Münzkabinett the as well as Art Byzantine and antiquity late the world’s largest collection of by . Menzel. Adolph by paintings of collection largest world’s the chambers and the world-famous Bust of . Another Another Nefertiti. of Bust world-famous the and chambers Highlights themes. core certain around structured display

of sculptures. Other sections of the display are devoted to to devoted are display the of sections Other sculptures. of Édouard Manet and Auguste Renoir. The museum also houses houses also museum The Renoir. Auguste and Manet Édouard Exhibits include depictions of the royal dynasties, burial burial dynasties, royal the of depictions include Exhibits diverse richly a in ancient and jewellery vases, sculptures,

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the near , enrich the presentation the enrich Platz, Potsdamer near Kulturforum the , Arnold Böcklin, , Liebermann, Max Böcklin, Arnold Friedrich, David Caspar Egyptian and Nubian cultures over a period of four millennia. millennia. four of period a over cultures Nubian and Egyptian stone comprises exhibition arranged chronologically The BC.

the Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings), which is located in in located is which Paintings), Master (Old Gemäldegalerie the Visitors can admire famous works by , Schinkel, Friedrich Karl by works famous admire can Visitors dedicated to Ancient charts the development of ancient ancient of development the charts Egypt Ancient to dedicated century 1st to 10th the from Greece ancient of art the of panorama

SIMON JAMES Ages to the late 18th century. Numerous paintings from from paintings Numerous century. 18th late the to Ages Romantic periods to those of the French Impressionists. Impressionists. French the of those to periods Romantic pooled together from different collections. The display display The collections. different from together pooled impressive an provides floor main Its antiquity. classical to

Donatello and Antonio Canova, it spans from the early Middle Middle early the from spans it Canova, Antonio and Donatello century, ranging from works of the early Neoclassical and and Neoclassical early the of works from ranging century, It combines geographically and thematically related exhibits exhibits related thematically and geographically combines It exclusively dedicated been has Museum Altes the 2011 Since

the world. Including works by , Riemenschneider, Tilman by works Including world. the The is a window on the art of the 19th 19th the of art the on window a is Nationalgalerie Alte The The museum reopened its doors to the public in 2009. 2009. in public the to doors its reopened museum The BERLIN

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The Sculpture Collection is one of the largest of its kind in in kind its of largest the of one is Collection Sculpture The gods. of statues ancient

reconstruction and modernization. modernization. and reconstruction damage. past with adorned rotunda a – space interior central the by surprised MUSEUMSINSEL MUSEUMSINSEL

MUSEUM and now houses diverse collections in one building. one in collections diverse houses now and . It reopened in its present form in 2001, following following 2001, in form present its in reopened It Spree. and interiors were preserved without erasing the traces of of traces the erasing without preserved were interiors and are visitors portico, the through striding After architecture.

director . In 2006 the Bode-Museum reopened reopened Bode-Museum the 2006 In Bode. von Wilhelm director in 1876, the third museum located on the island on the river river the on island the on located museum third the 1876, in by Architects began. The building’s facade facade building’s The began. Architects Chipperfield David by temple Greek of reminiscent is columns Ionic 18 with portico

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In 1956 it was renamed after its intellectual founder, museum museum founder, intellectual its after renamed was it 1956 In in various in Berlin. The Nationalgalerie opened opened Nationalgalerie The Berlin. in museums various in damage during the Second World War. In 2003 restoration restoration 2003 In War. World Second the during damage wide The era. Neoclassical the of buildings important most the of

at the northern end of Museumsinsel between 1897 and 1904. 1904. and 1897 between Museumsinsel of end northern the at home of the Nationalgalerie, whose collections are now shown shown now are collections whose Nationalgalerie, the of home Stüler, the (New Museum) suffered severe severe suffered Museum) (New Museum Neues the Stüler, one and Museumsinsel on building oldest the is 1830, in opened

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Admission Avoid queuing in all museums and exhibitions: discounted tickets and all admission prices are available online: www.smb.museum/tickets Free admission for children and young adults under 18. Audio guides in diverse languages are included in the ticket price. MUSEUMSINSEL Public Transportion BERLIN S/U-Bahn S-Bhf. S3, S5, S7, S9 BUILDINGS S/U-Bhf. Friedrichstraße S1, S2, S25, S26, U6 AND COLLECTIONS Tram Hackescher Markt M1, M4, M5, M6 M 1, 12 Bus PERGAMON Staatsoper TXL JAMES SIMON Lustgarten 100, 200 Friedrichstraße 147 MUSEUM DAS PANORAMA GALERIE Information and Booking Mon – Fri 9 am – 4 pm The Pergamonmuseum was designed by and The Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities) of The James-Simon-Galerie is the new entrance building and Tel. +49 30 – 266 42 42 42 opened in 1930 as the fifth and last museum building on the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and artist Yadegar Asisi are visitor centre on Museumsinsel. It is named after James Simon Fax +49 30 – 266 42 22 90 Museumsinsel. It houses objects from the Antikensammlung presenting a spectacular exhibition on the ancient city of (1851 – 1932), who was one of the most important patrons of the [email protected] (Collection of Classical Antiquities), the Vorderasiatisches Pergamon in the new exhibition building. Alongside 80 original Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The building is a component of Museum (Museum of the Ancient Near East) and the Museum für works of art, a gigantic 30-metre-high, 360° panorama shows the Master Plan for Museumsinsel, which was adopted in 1999 We request that you kindly give prior notice for group tours and Islamische Kunst (Museum for Islamic Art). It is world-famous the hustle and bustle of the ancient city in 129 AD. On the to preserve the UNESCO World Heritage while allowing it to be tours by external operators. for the impressive reconstructions of ancient buildings. terraces of the Acropolis, temples, theatres and the world- transformed into a contemporary museum complex at the same Listings of our own tours and events available at: famous merge into a mountainous landscape. time. David Chipperfield Architects created the design for the www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen The Market Gate of Miletus, for example, is a shining example of new building. Exclusive events outside opening hours Roman architecture. Artefacts from 6000 years of cultural histo- The exhibition features original sculptures from Pergamon – Museum & Location: www.museum-location.de ry from the regions Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia are shown including the largest part of the Telephos Frieze from the The James-Simon-Galerie is assuming a central role in its in the Ancient Near East section. Large architectural installations Pergamon Altar, portraits of the kings, the dancer from the function as a visitor centre. In addition to tickets and informa- www.smb.museum of the Ishtar Gate and the Processional Way of Babylon are palace and the large female statues from the altar terrace – tion for all of the museum buildings, it offers visitors a café, www.museumsinsel-berlin.de popular attractions. Masterpieces of arts and crafts and archaeo- highlighting these works in a dramatic presentation. The museum shop, lecture hall, and a space for special exhibitions. www.facebook.com/staatlichemuseenzuberlin logical artefacts created in mainly Islamic societies from famous Gigantomachy Frieze, which must remain in the closed Moreover, the building provides direct access to the Pergamon- www.instagram/staatlichemuseenzuberlin the 7th to the 19th centuries are on display on the upper level. Altar hall during the renovation of the Pergamonmuseum, museum and is one of two accessways to the Neues Museum Publication date: 08/2019 is also visualized using cutting-edge digital technology. through an underground walkway known as the “Archaeological Subject to change www.polyform-net.de The Pergamonmuseum has been undergoing sectional renova- Promenade”. tions since 2013. The hall that contains the Pergamon Altar will Photo Credits: Objects: © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Johannes Laurentius, Sandra Steiß, remain closed until at least 2024. Claudia Plamp, Andres Kilger, Jörg P. Anders, Johannes Kramer, Olaf M. Teßmer, Ingrid Entrance: Bodestraße Geske, Antje Voigt, Lutz-Jürgen Lübke, Claudia Obrocki, Entrance: Bodestraße (via James-Simon-Galerie) Entrance: Am Kupfergraben 2 Mon – Sun 9:30 am – 6:30 pm, Thurs to 8 pm Interior views: © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / David von Becker, Achim Kleuker © asisi / Foto Tom Schulze Mon – Sun 10 am – 6 pm, Thurs to 8 pm Mon – Sun 10 am – 6 pm, Thurs to 8 pm The terrace and café are also accessible outside opening hours Cover: © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Werner Huthmacher

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ALTE Caspar David NEUES Friedrich: PERGAMON NATIONAL Monk by the Sea MUSEUM MUSEUM also via GALERIE 1808 – 1810 via James-Simon-Galerie James-Simon-Galerie Bust of Nefertiti Tell-el- (Egypt) c. 1351 – 1334 BC Mshatta Facade Amman (Jordan) 734 – 744 AD Johann Gottfried Berlin Golden Hat Schadow:

Southern Germany Xanten Youth Princess Group : 10th – 8th cent. BC Roman, found near Germany Saint Germain Xanten (Germany) 1795 – 1797 L’Auxerrois c. 80 BC – 50 AD France 1867

3 s t Entrance and service building Hackescher Markt Ishtar Gate Babylon (Iraq) 7th – 6th cent. BC JAMES SIMON 8 ¢ GALERIE 7

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Am Kupfergraben BASTIAN t opens in late August 2019 s u Friedrichstraße ¢ 4 Market Gate from Miletus 3 Milet (Turkey) c. 100 AD

1 Kolonnadenhof Greeks, Etruscans, Romans 2 ALTES Bodestraße MUSEUM t 1 Am Lustgarten Bodestraße Berlin Goddess Southern Attica (Greece) c. 570 BC

7 Ancient Pergamon Statue of Poseidon from the Altar’s roof Pergamon (Turkey) Praying Boy PERGAMON c. 160 BC Rhodes (Greece) MUSEUM c. 300 BC DAS 8 Antonio Canova: PANORAMA Sculpture and 13th – 18th century Dancer (Italy) Andrea Mantegna: Late-antique and Byzantine art 1809 – 1812 Madonna with Coins and medals Sleeping Child Italy BODE about 1465-70 MUSEUM

Portraits of Cleopatra and Caesar Tilman Rome (Italy) Riemenschneider: 50 – 38 BC / 0 – 50 AD Gold medal with a Lucas the Evangelist portrait of Alexander from the the Great Münnerstädter Retable Beautiful Head Abukir (Egypt) Germany Pergamon (Turkey) 1st half of the 3rd cent. AD 1490 – 1492 c. 200 – 175 BC

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