Berlin Museums

Alte Nationalgalerie, Bodestrasse 1-3, Museumsinsel, Telephone 20-355-0

An outstanding collecton of 18th, 19th and early 20th century paintings and sculptures. Such artists as Rodin, Cezanne, Degas and Liebermann are on display.

Pergamon Museum, Kupfergraben, Museumsinsel, Telephone 203-55-444

This museum houses the most valued cultural treasure in Berlin: the Pergamon Altar. It was built from 180-159 B.C. as a triumphal monument and votive offering to Pergamon's goddess of protection Athena.

Bodemuseum, Monbijoubrucke, Bodestrasse 1-3, Museumsinsel, Telephone 20355-0

Home to the Egyptian Museum, with its papyrus collection; the Painting Gallery with Masterpieces from the 15th-18th centuries; the Museum for Primeval and Early History; the Sculpture Collection; and the Coin Cabinet, with more than 500,000 objects.

Dahlem Museums, Arnimalle 23-27, Telephone 83-01-1

The Gemaldegalerie (Picture Gallery) contains some 1,400 paintings with a majority on display.The ground floor has several rooms containing early German Masters. A separate gallery on the ground floor contians Italian paintings. The upper floor exhibits Flemish and Dutch masters of the 17th century. Also housed in the building is the Sculpture Gallery; The Museum fur Volkerkunde (Ethnographical Museum) and the Museums of Far Eastern Art, Islamic Art, and Indian Art.

Agyptisches Museum, Schlossstrasse 70, Telephone 320-91-261

The famous bust of Queen Nefertiti is here. Dating from 1340 B.C. this is the focal point of the museum whose artifacts span Egyptian history dating back to 4000 B.C..

Markisches Museum, Am Kollnischen Park 5, Telephone 270-05-14

The museum of city history contains forty two rooms which display everything from art to theater history and mechanical musical instruments.

Brohan Museum, Schlossstrasse 1A, Telephone 321-40-29

Glass, silver and gold, vases, porcelain and furnishings are among the items collected by Karl H. Brohan. They are from the end of the 19th century to the eve of World War II.

Museum fur Verkehr und Technik (Transport Museum), Trebbinerstrasse 9,Telephone 25-48-40

Models of spacecraft, trains and trams and every other kind of exhibit is here. A museum for adults and children.

Museum Has Am Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstrasse 44, Telephone 251-10-31

This museum is a small building that houses exhibits depicting events surrounding the Berlin Wall. Articles used for escape are on display.

Antikensammlung (Museum of Greek and Roman Antiquities), Schlossstrasse 1, Telephone 320-91-215

Greek and Roman decorative arts. The finest collection of Scythian gold outside the Community of Independant States.

Kunstgewerbemuseum, Tiergartenstrasse 6, Telephone 266-29-02

Decorative and applied arts from the early Middle Ages to the present day. Exhibits include: the Welfenschatz treasure, Treasure of Enger and Basel Cathedral Treasure.

Musikinstrumenten Museum (Museum of Musical Instruments), Tiergartenstrasse 1, Telephone 25-48-10

Over 2,500 instruments dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.

Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallerie), Potsdamerstrasse 50, Telephone 2666

Housed in a modern glass and steel building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe this museum contains an outstanding collection of Impressionist and twentieth-century art from Europe and America.

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