Berlin City Guide

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Berlin City Guide

Museums

Berlin meets every interest in arts – there are over 160 museums and numerous private art

galleries. A number of Berlin’s museums and galleries are undergoing renovation, therefore it is

advisable to check with the Tourist information for up-to-date information. Many museums are

closed on Mondays. Below is a selection:

Museumsinsel - Museum Island

Berlin's world-famous Museum Island lies between the River Spree and

Kupfergraben.

The

buildings on the island accommodate the archaeological collections and art of the 19

century:

Altes Museum –

Collection of Classical Antiquities

Pergamon Museum –

Collection of Classical Antiquities

Alte Nationalgalerie –

Old National Gallery

Museum für Spätantike and Byzantinische Kunst –

Museum of Late Antique and

Byzantine Art

Münzkabinett –

Numismatic Collection

Skulpturensammlung –

Collection of Sculptures

Museum für Islamische Kunst –

Museum of Islamic Art

Vorderasiatisches Museum –

Museum of Ancient Near Eastern Art

Deutsches Historisches Museum –

German Historical Museum

Stauffenbergstr. 41

10785 Berlin

Tel: 030-2 66 29 87

www.smb.museum

(English version available)

Berlin-Dahlem - Museums in Dahlem

The museum complex in Dahlem unites collections of European and non-European art literally

"under one roof". These collections, which have developed over the centuries, combine to form the

world's largest, richest and most balanced complex of this kind:

Museum für Indische Kunst –

Museum of Indian Art

Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst –

Museum of East Asian Art

Museum für Völkerkunde –

Museum of Ethnology (Children's Museum and Museum for

the Blind)

Museum Europäischer Kulturen –

Museum for European Cultures

Lansstraße 8

14195 Berlin

Tel: 030 - 266 42 42 42

www.smb.museum

(English version available)