200 Jahre Museumsinsel

Achaeology

© bpk / Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, SMB / Martin Specht

Achaeology

01/12/2020 – 30/12/2025

Ancient Egypt

Achaeology

01/12/2020 – 30/12/2025

The conception and design of the display collection affords a comprehensive insight into the continuity and changes of Ancient Egyptian culture over four millennia as well as the cultural history of Ancient Sudan.

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- History
- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
Neues Museum Neues Museum
Bodestraße 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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Achaeology

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Münzkabinett / Lutz-Jürgen Lübke

Achaeology

Permanent exhibition

Coins and Medals

Achaeology

Permanent exhibition

With over 500,000 objects, the Münzkabinett (Numismatic Collection) is one of the largest coin collections worldwide.

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Bode-Museum Bode-Museum
Am Kupfergraben 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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History

© Paulina Matusiak und Eddy Wenting

History

06/02/2025 – 12/04/2025

Dress to Impress

History

06/02/2025 – 12/04/2025

The special exhibition shows glamourous garments from medieval Nubia that express secular and religious prestige. The reconstructions are based on wall paintings from the cathedral of Faras. These are now in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw and…

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Bode-Museum Bode-Museum
Am Kupfergraben 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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Art

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst/ Jörg P. Anders

Art

Permanent exhibition

Late Antique and Byzantine Art

Art

Permanent exhibition

Additionally, there are a large number of post-Byzantine icons and small art works. Nearly all of the works of art originate from the ancient mediterranean region, from Rome and Italy, from Istanbul (the Byzantine Constantinople) and Turkey, from Greece and…

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- permanent exhibition
- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
Bode-Museum Bode-Museum
Am Kupfergraben 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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Art

© Foto: Eric Lanz

Art

15/02/2025 – 13/04/2025

Leaps in Time: Art Sees Art

Art

15/02/2025 – 13/04/2025

The special exhibition by young artists at the Saar Academy of Fine Arts (HBKsaar) aims to highlight the mutually enriching effect of exchange.

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- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
- UNESCO World Heritage
Bode-Museum Bode-Museum
Am Kupfergraben 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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Achaeology

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Münzkabinett / Franziska Vu

Achaeology

17/05/2024 – 21/04/2025

Long fingers – counterfeit coins

Achaeology

17/05/2024 – 21/04/2025

The crimes associated with it are just as old as the coined money: coins and medals made of precious metal encourage theft, robbery and embezzlement. Counterfeit coins for circulation undermine trust in currencies. Coin counterfeits have also been produced…

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- History
- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
Bode-Museum Bode-Museum
Am Kupfergraben 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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Achaeology

© privat (mit freundlicher Genehmigung) / Foto: Rudolf Virchow, 1888

Achaeology

23/05/2025 – 08/02/2026

On Paths Untrodden

Achaeology

23/05/2025 – 08/02/2026

The exhibition will focus on Georg Schweinfurth and his significance for the field of Egyptology and will highlight some of the key aspects of his prolific career as a researcher and collector.

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- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
- History
Neues Museum Neues Museum
Bodestraße 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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Achaeology

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Claudia Klein

Achaeology

Permanent exhibition

Schätze aus dem Rhein (Treasures from the Rhine)

Achaeology

Permanent exhibition

In the bacchial hall of the Neues Museum, the Xanten boy, a Roman bronze statue, was discovered in the Rhine in Xanten by fishermen in 1858.

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- permanent exhibition
- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
Neues Museum Neues Museum
Bodestraße 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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Art

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Bode-Museum / Wolfgang Gülcker

Art

Permanent exhibition

Sculpture and Painting 13th - 18th Century

Art

Permanent exhibition

The Sculpture Collection possesses works from the Early Middle Ages to the late eighteenth century, from the German-speaking countries, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. Italian sculpture is a particular area of emphasis in the collection.

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- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
Bode-Museum Bode-Museum
Am Kupfergraben 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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Achaeology

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Claudia Plamp

Achaeology

Permanent exhibition

Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age

Achaeology

Permanent exhibition

On the upper floor, the 'Museum of Prehistory and Early History' takes visitors on a tour through the oldest eras of human history.

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- permanent exhibition
- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
Neues Museum Neues Museum
Bodestraße 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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Art

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gipsformerei / Philip Radowitz

Art

Permanent exhibition

The Baptismal Font from Siena

Art

Permanent exhibition

In the crypt of the Bode Museum, the room under the small dome that will form the transition to the Archaeological Promenade in a few years, the Sculpture Collection and the Plaster Moulding Workshop will be showing a jointly created permanent exhibition from…

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- permanent exhibition
- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
Bode-Museum Bode-Museum
Am Kupfergraben 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=74499
Achaeology

© visitBerlin, Foto Günter Steffen

Achaeology

Permanent exhibition

The Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection

Achaeology

Permanent exhibition

Discover the fascinating world of the Egyptian Museum and the Papyrus Collection in the Neues Museum. The highlight among the exhibits is the world-famous bust of Queen Nefertiti.

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Neues Museum Neues Museum
Bodestraße 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

https://www.smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/aegyptisches-museum-und-papyrussammlung/ueber-uns/profil/

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Guided Tour

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / bpk / Jürgen Liepe

Guided Tour

30/03/2025 + 10 additional dates

Take five - Highlights of the Neues Museum (in German)

Guided Tour

30/03/2025 + 10 additional dates

The New Museum not only houses two interesting archaeological collections on prehistory, early history and ancient Egypt, but is itself a first-class cultural monument. The tour presents five highlights of the collections and architecture.

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- Führung im Museum
- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
Neues Museum Neues Museum

12:00 pm – 13:00 pm

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Exhibitions

© visitberlin, Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien

Exhibitions

Permanent exhibition

A Temple of Art - The Old National Gallery

Exhibitions

Permanent exhibition

The Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery), set on a plinth, rises impressively over the Museum Island rather like a “temple of the arts”. And with Prussian court architect Friedrich August Stüler inspired by the Acropolis in Athens, his design resonated…

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Alte Nationalgalerie Alte Nationalgalerie
Bodestraße 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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Lectures & Readings

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Valerie Schmidt

Lectures & Readings

05/04/2025 + 7 additional dates

Göttlich!

Lectures & Readings

05/04/2025 + 7 additional dates

Which goddess was a "brainchild"? Who was constantly on the move as the god of travelers and messenger of the gods? What attributes characterize goddesses? You look at marble statues and antique vases and make references to the present. Which deity would have…

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Altes Museum Altes Museum

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

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Guided Tour

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Achim Kleuker

Guided Tour

24/05/2025 + 14 additional dates

Take five – Highlights of the Neues Museum (in English)

Guided Tour

24/05/2025 + 14 additional dates

The Neues Museum is not only home to two fascinating archaeological collections of prehistory and protohistory and of ancient Egyptian art, it is also itself a cultural monument of the highest calibre.

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Neues Museum Neues Museum

14:00 pm – 15:00 pm

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Guided Tour

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung / Johannes Laurentius

Guided Tour

05/04/2025 + 3 additional dates

Antique highlights in the Altes Museum

Guided Tour

05/04/2025 + 3 additional dates

Get to know the architecture and history of the first museum on Museum Island! Discover the most important highlights of the antiquities collection: from Athena to Zeus, from the so-called "Praying Boy" to the "Berlin Goddess" to Caesar and Cleopatra.

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- Führung im Museum
- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
Altes Museum Altes Museum

15:00 pm – 16:00 pm

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=147355
Guided Tour

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Guided Tour

06/04/2025 + 16 additional dates

Suchspiel - Ägypten ganz nah – folge dem Skarabäus Scheri

Guided Tour

06/04/2025 + 16 additional dates

Anyone who visits the Egyptian Museum from February to December on the first Sunday of the month or on a Sunday during the Berlin school holidays can make their tour particularly exciting and varied.

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Neues Museum Neues Museum

11:00 am – 15:30 pm

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=149018
Achaeology

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Rendering: Studio Michael Müller

Achaeology

12/04/2025 – 23/11/2025

Dioscuri – The Given Day

Achaeology

12/04/2025 – 23/11/2025

This special exhibition, presented in the staircase hall of the Neues Museum, offers a dialogue on the meaning of time, mortality and the connection between past and present. Contemporary art meets historical space, refers to ancient models and offers a modern…

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Neues Museum Neues Museum
Bodestraße 1
10178 Berlin

10:00 am

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Workshop

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Valerie Schmidt

Workshop

13/04/2025 + 5 additional dates

Hinkelstein & Zaubertrank: Die Wahrheit über Asterix und Obelix

Workshop

13/04/2025 + 5 additional dates

You know the Celts, whom the Romans called Gauls, from the Asterix and Obelix comics. In the New Museum there are many objects that appear in the stories of Asterix and Obelix. But mistakes have also crept in! Was there really a magic potion? What's the deal…

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- Children
- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
Neues Museum Neues Museum

11:00 am – 13:00 pm

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=147662
Workshop

© asisi / Tom Schulze

Workshop

26/04/2025 + 2 additional dates

Gigantische Zeitreise

Workshop

26/04/2025 + 2 additional dates

Travel to the year 129 AD and explore the ancient city of Pergamon in a 360° panorama! Discover details and put yourself in the spotlight! Children and their adult companions explore the museums on their own and with an assignment. Equipped with props and…

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- Children
- 200 Jahre Museumsinsel
Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama

14:00 pm – 16:00 pm

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=148573