What associations will the majority of us call the word "island"? Most likely, will give birth to the image of impregnable rocks, sea spaces and greenery of tropical forests. But the islands are also quite different, for example, museums. Are they intrigued? Then make yourself comfortable, we invite you to an excursion around the island of museums in Berlin.
Where is the Museum Island?
To visit the Museum Island, you need to go to Berlin , where in the northern part of the island of Spreeinzel there are five museums at once: the Pergamon Museum, the Bode Museum, the Old Museum, the New Museum and the Old National Gallery. There are several ways to get to the Museum Island: by metro to Alexanderplatz, by tram to Haskescher Markt stop or by walking from the Brandenburg Gate.
Museum Island - History
The beginning of the history of the Museum Island was laid back in 1797, when Prussian King Frederick William II approved the idea of creating on the island a museum of ancient and modern art. In 1810, the idea was picked up and fixed in the decree by his successor, Friedrich Wilhelm III, and 20 years later the island was finally opened the first museum, today bearing the name of the Old. In 1859, next to him appeared Prussian royal museum, then named New. And in the last quarter of the 19th century, the Old National Gallery opened its doors for visitors. Two more parts of the complex - the Pergamon Museum and Bode Museum - were made public at the very beginning of the 20th century.
Old Museum
The old museum will certainly be interesting to its visitors with the Antique collection, which contains rare exhibits related to the ancient Greek culture. Guests of the museum will be able to see a collection of sculptures, ornaments of gold and silver, as well as other pearls of ancient art. Separately it is worth noting the architecture of the Old Museum, also made in antique style.
| | | |
The new museum
The new museum was born as a result of a catastrophic lack of free space in the Old. Unfortunately, the Second World War practically erased it from the face of the earth and the reconstruction works stretched to the beginning of the 21st century. Opening of the museum after restoration is planned in 2015, after which it will be possible to see a collection of papyri and exhibits relating to the primitive and early eras.
| | | |
Pergamon Museum
The Pergamon Museum is pleased to present guests with a huge collection of works of art from the late antiquity, including the famous Pergamon altar. Two more parts of the exposition are devoted to Islamic and Trans-Asian art. In them you can see the exhibits found during various archaeological excavations.
| | | |
Bode Museum
The Bode Museum, opened in 1904, is interesting with its relics of Byzantine art of the 13th-19th centuries, as well as European sculptures dating back to the early Middle Ages.
| | | |
Old National Gallery
In this museum visitors will find works of art in various styles: early modernism (Lovis Corinth, Adolf von Menzel), classicism (Karl Blechen, Caspar David Friedrich), impressionism (Claude Monet, Edouard Manet), etc.
| | | |
