July 21, 2007
The Pergamon Museum, Berlin
The Pergamon Altar, The Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Located on Museum Island in Berlin, The Pergamon is one of the world's premier museums for antiquities, as well as Middle East and Islamic art. Among the great pieces the museum displays are the Market Gate of Miletus, The Pergamon Altar, The Mshatta facade. Of particular interest to antiquity buffs are The Ishtar Gate and the Procession Street of Babylon.
Berlin is turning into a premier museum city in Europe, led by the renaissance of Museum Island. Other Museum Island museums include the following:
Altes Museum
Collection of Classical Antiquities - Antikensammlung
Alte Nationalgalerie
Alte Nationalgalerie: Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts
Bode Museum
(closed for moderization)
Collection of Sculptures and Museum of Late Antique and Byzantine Art (closed at present)
Numismatic Collection (closed at present. Part of the collection is on show in the Collection of Classical Antiquities at the Pergamon Museum, and at the Museum of Pre- and Early History)
Children's Gallery (closed at present)
Neues Museum
(is currently being restored to accommodate the Egyptian Museum and the Museum of Pre- and Early History)
If you get a change to visit Berlin, don't miss The Pergamon. But also allow time for the new Deutsche Guggenheim, The Jewish Museum, and many others.
