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Street-by-Street: Museum Island WESTERN y Altes Museum bust of Nefertiti. Most popular
CENTRE
Old Museum is the collection from
The long island that nestles in the tributaries of the Spree river is 19th-century archaeological
the cradle of Berlin’s history. It was here that the first settlements Am Lustgarten (Bodestraße 1–3). digs by Richard Lepsius and
Map 5 D1. Tel (030) 266 42 42 42.
appeared at the beginning of the 13th century: Cölln is mentioned EASTERN  Hackescher Markt. @ 100, 200, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
CENTRE
in documents dating back to 1237, and its twin settlement, Berlin, TXL. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Wed & at Tell al-Amarna, Egypt. Tell
al-Amarna was the capital
is mentioned a few years later, in 1244. The island’s character was Fri–Sun, 10am–8pm Thu. & founded by Pharaoh
transformed by the construction of the Brandenburg Electors’ Designed by Karl Friedrich Amenhotep IV in the 14th
palace, which served as their residence from 1470. Although it Locator Map Schinkel, this museum building century BC. In a break with
was razed to the ground in 1950, some interesting buildings See Street Finder maps 4 & 5 is one of the world’s most tradition, Amenhotep and his
on the north side of the island have survived, including the y . Altes Museum beautiful Neo-Classical wife, Nefertiti, are depicted in
Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral) and the impressive collection of The corners of the central building structures, with an impressive a more naturalistic manner.
87-m (285-ft) high portico
feature the figures of Castor and
museums that give the island its Pollux, heroes of Greek mythology. supported by 18 Ionic columns.
name, Museumsinsel. Officially opened in 1830, the i Alte
museum was purpose-built
0 metres 100 Nationalgalerie
to house the royal collection
0 yards 100 of art and antiquities. Old National Gallery
Following World War II, the Bodestraße 1–3. Map 5 D1. Tel (030)
building was used only for 266 42 42 42.  Hackescher Markt.
temporary exhibitions. It now @ 100, 200, TXL. v M1, M4, M5.
houses the Antikensammlung, Open 10am–6pm Tue–Wed & Fri–
with a magnificent collection Sun, 10am–8pm Thu.
of Greek, Roman and
Etruscan antiquities. The old Nationalgalerie
building, designed by
u Neues Friedrich August Stüler,
was erected between
Museum 1866 and 1876. It was
New Museum originally intended to
house the collection
Bodestraße 1–3. Map 5 been on display in the
of modern art that had
D1.  Hackescher Markt.
B O D E S T R A S S E @ 100, 200, TXL. v M1, Akademie der Künste
M4, M5. Open 10am–6pm
(Art Academy). After
daily (to 8pm Thu). &
World War II, however,
p Bode-Museum The Neues Museum the collection was split
A rounded corner of the building, A M K U P F E R – Lustgarten was built on Museum up into several sections
crowned with a dome, provides a G R A B E N contains a 70-ton Island between 1841 and part of it was
magnificent end-piece to the tip granite bowl, the and 1855 to a design shown in West Berlin,
of the island. biggest in the by Friedrich August Pericles’ Head where the Neue
o Pergamonmuseum world, which Stüler. Until World War II, Nationalgalerie was
Named after the Pergamon Altar was placed
housed in its main hall, this is a in the garden it housed a collection of specifically erected for this
treasure trove of antiquities from in 1828. antiquities, mainly ancient purpose (see p92). This building
the Near and Middle East. Egyptian art. The rooms in the was then renamed Alte
museum building were Nationalgalerie.
decorated specifically to Following the reunification
complement the exhibitions of Germany, the modern art
they contained, while wall collections were merged
paintings by Wilhelm von again. Two exhibition halls
Kaulbach depicted key events now show paintings from
u . Neues Museum in world history. The building the German Romantic era,
This museum houses was damaged in 1945 and including work by Caspar
exhibitions on antiquities LUSTGARTEN the museum closed. It David Friedrich and Karl
and ancient Egyptian art.
reopened in 2009 following Friedrich Schinkel. The famous
reconstruction and once again 19th-century marble sculpture
houses the Egyptian Museum of the two Prussian princesses
as well as the Museum of by Johann Gottfried Schadow
i Alte Nationalgalerie Prehistory and Early History. is also on display, as is a
The equestrian statue of King Many sculptures, sarcophagi, significant collection of works
Friedrich Wilhelm IV in front murals and architectural by Adolph Menzel, including
of the building is the work of Key fragments of various eras are on his most famous painting,
Alexander Calandrelli. Suggested route display, including the famous The Balcony Room.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp492–3 and pp510–11
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