Berlin is opening a new addition to its Museum Island complex, a stylish entrance building described by officials as a milestone in a long-term effort to renovate the neoclassical ensemble that is ...

Initiated 200 years ago, Museum Island was in ruins after World War II. The UNESCO World Heritage site was reborn thanks to a master plan.Berlin' s Museum Island uniquely encapsulates Germany's ...

Berlin's Museum Island uniquely encapsulates Germany 's modern history — from the ideas of the Enlightenment to the destruction of World War II, from the Cold War era to its current ultra-modern ...

The James-Simon-Galerie, the first new building on Berlin’s Museum Island in nearly 100 years, opened to the public on July 13, 2019 and acts as the new entrance building to the island. The building ...

Berlin's Neues Museum, by Prussian architect Friedrich August Stiller, opened to the public in 1855. After the Second World War, it was left in ruins and sat roofless for over 50 years. Renovation ...

File--File picture taken Oct.21, 2020 a stain is on Sarcophagus of the prophet Ahmose inside the Egyptian Court of the Neue Museum after smeared with a liquid in Berlin, Germany.

But Museum Island has long been unfit for purpose. When Messel designed the Pergamon building in the early 20th century he envisaged a portico entrance with a saddle roof, but it was never built ...

After 70 years, Berlin's Neues Museum reopens with Nefertiti as star. October 19, 2009 — -- It's a day that took decades to arrive. One of the jewels of Berlin's Museum Island complex will ...