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y Altes Museum bust of Nefertiti. Most popular
Old Museum is the collection from
19th-century archaeological
Am Lustgarten (Bodestraße 1–3). digs by Richard Lepsius and
Map 5 D1. Tel (030) 266 42 42 42. Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
 Hackescher Markt. @ 100, 200,
TXL. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Wed & at Tell al-Amarna, Egypt. Tell
Fri–Sun, 10am–8pm Thu. & al-Amarna was the capital
founded by Pharaoh
Designed by Karl Friedrich Amenhotep IV in the 14th
Schinkel, this museum building century BC. In a break with
is one of the world’s most tradition, Amenhotep and his
y . Altes Museum beautiful Neo-Classical wife, Nefertiti, are depicted in
The corners of the central building structures, with an impressive a more naturalistic manner.
feature the figures of Castor and 87-m (285-ft) high portico
Pollux, heroes of Greek mythology. supported by 18 Ionic columns.
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,
was built on Museum
up into several sections
Lustgarten The Neues Museum the collection was split
contains a 70-ton Island between 1841 and part of it was
granite bowl, the and 1855 to a design shown in West Berlin,
biggest in the by Friedrich August Pericles’ Head where the Neue
world, which Stüler. Until World War II, Nationalgalerie was
was placed it housed a collection of specifically erected for this
in the garden antiquities, mainly ancient purpose (see p92). This building
in 1828. 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
in world history. The building the German Romantic era,
was damaged in 1945 and including work by Caspar
LUSTGARTEN the museum closed. It David Friedrich and Karl
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
Prehistory and Early History. is also on display, as is a
Many sculptures, sarcophagi, significant collection of works
murals and architectural by Adolph Menzel, including
Key fragments of various eras are on his most famous painting,
Suggested route display, including the famous The Balcony Room.

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