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Berlin were united in 1994 in design by Hans Scharoun, the
the Kupferstich kabinett (Print Philharmonie pioneered a new
Gallery), whose collection concept for concert hall interiors,
includes around 2,000 with a podium occupying the
engraver’s plates, over 520,000 central section of the pentagonal
prints and 80,000 drawings hall, around which are galleries
and watercolours. for the public. The exterior is
The Kunstbibliothek (Art remini scent of a circus tent. The
Library) is not only a library with gilded exterior was added
a range of publications about between 1978 and 1981.
the arts; it is also a museum Between 1984 and 1987 the
with an extensive collection of Kammermusiksaal, which was
posters, advertisements and designed by Edgar Wisniewski
The captivating, streamlined buildings of the Bauhaus-Archiv other practical forms of design. on the basis of sketches by
Scharoun, was added to the
7 Bauhaus-Archiv built during the Third Reich as Philharmonie. This building
Klingelhöferstraße 14. Map 3 D4, E4. an extension to the German consolidates the aesthetics of the
Tel (030) 254 00 20. Nollen dorf- State Naval Offices. During World earlier structure by featuring a
platz. @ 100, 187, M29. Open 10am– War II they were the headquarters central multi-sided space covered
5pm Wed–Mon. 7 ∑ bauhaus.de of the Wehrmacht (German by a fanciful tent-like roof.
Army). It was here that a group Cembalo harpsichords on display at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum
The Bauhaus school of art, started of officers planned their assas-
by Walter Gropius in 1919, was sination attempt on Hitler on 20 other European countries are the civic treasury in the town of r Musikinstru
one of the most influential art July 1944. When the attempt led included, as are examples of Lüneberg. In addition, there are mentenMuseum
institutions of the 20th century. by Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg post-World War II art. fine examples of Italian majolica,
Originally based in Weimar, it failed, he and his fellow conspir- and 18th- and 19th-century Tiergartenstraße 1. Map 1 D5. Tel
inspired many artists and ators were arrested and death w Kunstgewerbe German, French and Italian (030) 25 48 11 78. & Potsdamer
architects. Staff and students sentences passed. Stauffenberg, museum glass, porcelain and furniture. Platz. @ 200. Open 9am–5pm Tue–
included Mies van der Rohe, Friedrich Olbricht, Werner von The collection also includes a Wed & Fri, 9am–8pm Thu, 10am–5pm
Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky. Haeften, and Ritter Mertz von Matthäikirchplatz. Map 3 F3. Tel (030) historical fashion gallery. Sat & Sun. Wurlitzer Organ
demonstration: noon Sat. & 7
The school moved to Berlin in Quirn heim were shot in the Munch’s lithograph Girl on a Beach, 266 42 42 42. Potsdamer Platz. ∑ mimberlin.de
1932 from Dessau, but was Bendler block courtyard. A Kupferstichkabinett Potsdamer Platz or Mendelssohn-
closed by the Nazis in 1933. monument commemorating Bartholdy-Park. @ 100, 123, 148, 200, e Philharmonie and Behind the Philharmonie, in
After the war, the Bauhaus- this event, designed by Richard M29, M41. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, Kammermusiksaal a small building designed by
Archiv was relocated to Scheibe in 1953, stands where q Neue 11am–6pm Sat & Sun. & 7 ^ Philharmonic and Chamber Edgar Wisniewski and Hans
Darmstadt. In 1964 Walter the executions were carried out. Nationalgalerie Music Hall Scharoun between 1979 and
Gropius designed a building to On the upper floor of the build- This museum holds a rich 1984, the fascinating Museum
house the collection but, in 1971, ing there is an exhibition which Potsdamer Straße 50. Map 3 F4. collection embracing many Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1. Map 3 of Musical Instruments houses
the archive was moved to Berlin documents the history of the & Potsdamer Platz or genres of craft and decorative F3. Tel (030) 25 48 80. & a collection dating from 1888.
and the design was adapted to German anti-Nazi movements. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park. @ art, from the early Middle Ages Potsdamer Platz or Mendelssohn- Intriguing displays trace the
the new site. As Gropius had died M48, M85, 200, M29, M41. Closed for a to the modern day. Goldwork is Bartholdy-Park. @ 200, M29 M41. development of each
in 1969, Alexander Cvijanovic major renovation project until 2020. especially well represented, as instrument from the 16th
& 7
took over the project. Built 9 Gemäldegalerie are metal items from the Middle Home to one of the most century to the present day.
between 1976 and 1979, the See pp94–5. After World War II, when this Ages. Among the most valuable renowned orchestras in Europe, Most spectacular of all is a
gleaming white building, with its magnificent collection of exhibits is a collection of this unusual building is among working Wurlitzer cinema
glass-panelled gables, houses modern art ended up in West medieval goldwork from the the finest postwar architectural organ dating from 1929.
the archive, library and 0 Kupferstich- Berlin, the commission to church treasures of Enger and the achievements in Europe. Built Saturday demonstrations of
exhibition halls. design a suitable building to Guelph treasury from Brunswick. between 1960 and 1963 to a its impressive sounds attract
kabinett und house it was given to Mies van The museum also takes great enthusiastic crowds. There is
Kunstbibliothek der Rohe. The result is a striking pride in its collection of late also an archive and
8 Bendlerblock Matthäikirchplatz 8. Map 3 F3. building with a flat steel roof Gothic and Renaissance a library.
(Gedenkstätte Tel (030) 266 42 42 42. & over a glass hall, which is silver from
supported only by six slender
Deutscher Potsdamer Platz or Mendelssohn- interior struts.
Bartholdy-Park. @ M48, M85, 200,
Widerstand) M29, M41. Kupferstichkabinett The collection comprises
Exhibitions: 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, largely 20th-century art, but
Stauffenbergstraße 13–14. Map 3 E4, 11am–6pm Sat & Sun. Studio gallery: begins with artists of the late
F4. Tel (030) 26 99 50 00. Mendels- 9am–4pm Tue–Fri. Kunstbibliothek 19th century, such as Edvard
sohn-Bartholdy-Park. @ M29, M48. Exhibits: 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, Munch. German art is well
Open 9am–6pm Mon–Wed & Fri, 11am–6pm Sat & Sun. Library: 9am– represented: as well as the
9am–8pm Thu, 10am–6pm Sat & Sun. 4pm Tue–Fri. & 7 ^ Bauhaus movement, the gallery
Closed 1 Jan, 24, 25 & 31 Dec.
shows works by exponents of a
The collection of buildings The print collections of galleries crass realism, such as Otto Dix.
known as the Bendlerblock was in the former East and West The most celebrated artists of The tent-like gilded exterior of the Philharmonie and Kammermusiksaal
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp492–3 and pp510–11
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