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Altes Museum

This is a photograph of an architectural monument: the Altes Museum in Berlin, seen from the Lustgarten. It is on the list of cultural monuments of Berlin, no. 09030059.

View along the row of columns at the entrance of the Old Museum in Berlin.

Bronze inspired by antiquity showing the fight of a horseman and a lion, located at the entrance of the Altes Museum.

The rotunda of the Altes Museum. The building of the Altes Museum (Old Museum) was constructed between 1823 and 1828 facing the palace by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in a neoclassical style, with an Ionic colonnade, to house the art collection of the Prussian royal family. It opened to the public in 1830. The original More
rotunda refers to the Pantheon in Rome. It was invisible from the outside because it was not meant to compete with the dome of the neighboring cathedral. The Altes Museum is located on Museum Island and presents collections of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities. Less

This is a photograph of an architectural monument: the Altes Museum in Berlin, seen from the Lustgarten. It is on the list of cultural monuments of Berlin, no. 09030059.

View along the row of columns at the entrance of the Old Museum in Berlin.

Bronze inspired by antiquity showing the fight of a horseman and a lion, located at the entrance of the Altes Museum.

The rotunda of the Altes Museum. The building of the Altes Museum (Old Museum) was constructed between 1823 and 1828 facing the palace by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in a neoclassical style, with an Ionic colonnade, to house the art collection of the Prussian royal family. It opened to the public in 1830. The original rotunda refers to the Pantheon in Rome. It was invisible from the outside because it was not meant to compete with the dome of the neighboring cathedral. The Altes Museum is located on Museum Island and presents collections of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities.

Altes Museum

Berlin, Germany

The main floor of the Altes Museum features the antiquities collection in an ongoing exhibit titled “Neue Antike im Alten Museum” (New Antiquities in the Old Museum). Entering from the Lustgarten—currently under reconstruction—visitors step directly into a domed rotunda. The space is decorated with red and white cameos in a Greek style and lined with statues of the gods, creating a dramatic introduction to the galleries.

Finding the Hildesheim Silver Collection

From the rotunda, head to the back and turn left. Continue along the long gallery, then make another left into a small room at the end. This is where the Hildesheim silver collection is displayed.

Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altes_Museum

Outstanding Landmarks

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

Berlin, Germany

Also known as "der hohle Zahn" (the Hollow Tooth), this church in Breitscheidplatz is a memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm, and one of Berlin's most famous landmarks. Thick walls and plain decor mark it as neo-Romanesque, but with what's left of the Gedächtniskirche, it's tough to distinguish it as any one style. Allied bombing left only one tower standing on 22 November 1943, but a new location for worship designed by Egon Eiermann was completed in December 1961 (it's the octagonal structure with blue stained glass windows). There is a small memorial museum beneath the tower filled with artifacts from the original church, which was built from 1891-95 to architect Franz Schwechten's specifications.Controversy arose after the war over the various options presented by the half-ruined cathedral - should it be torn down completely and rebuilt? Or should the destroyed sections be left standing as a memorial? The four major sections of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (central space, foyer, new tower and chapel) surround the ruined tower of the old church bridge and show the time gap between old and new. Mosaics and other remnants from the old church serve as a monument against war.

Nollendorfplatz

Berlin, Germany

This area was Gay Central during the Weimar Republic, and it is today. But of course all are welcome. There is a diverse mix of restaurants and stores, several of which are open till midnight or later every day. The U-Bahn station has a superstructure and towers that echo the appearance of the Art Nouveau Neues Schauspielhaus across the street, now the Metropol, where radical left-wing dramas used to be presented in the 20s and 30s, and it is lit in rainbow colors.

Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem

Berlin, Germany

The garden is part of the Free University of Berlin.

Spandau Citadel

Berlin, Germany

A fortress built between 1560 and 1590 to Italian design on the site of a 12th-century castle. The Juliusturm housed part of the huge indemnity (in physical gold coins) France had to pay after the war of 1870/71 until what was left of it was returned to France after Germany's loss in World War I. The term "Juliusturm" remained in usage in German for a large "rainy day fund" into the 1960s. Museums housed within the citadel cover the history of the town of Spandau, monumental public art in Berlin, and artillery.

Alt Lübars

Berlin, Germany

One of the most authentic and oldest villages (1247) in the outskirts of Berlin, it looks the same way it did some hundred years ago. Take S-Bahn 1 to Waidmannslust and then bus 222 to Alt-Lübars.

Berliner Bürgerbräu

Berlin, Germany

The building of one of Berlin’s oldest breweries is a ravishingly beautiful and heritage-protected industrial monument.

Bendlerblock

Berlin, Germany

The Bendlerblock building complex has long held ties to the German military, first serving as the offices of the Imperial German Navy and today housing the Berlin offices of the Ministry of Defense. It was here where, on 20 July 1944, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and other officers led a coup that sought to remove Hitler and the Nazis from power. They failed and were summarily executed in the courtyard, where a memorial stands for these men who are considered German heroes by many. Inside the building you'll find the German Resistance Memorial Center, a permanent exhibit dedicated to the July 20 plot and other individuals in the German resistance.

Kollhoff Tower

Berlin, Germany

Includes the Panoramapunkt, the viewing terrace located 101 metres above ground, accessible by Europe's fastest elevator.

Park Inn

Berlin, Germany

Small terrace on the top of the Park Inn, publicly accessible. Take the elevator to the 40th floor, and follow the signs up the stairs. Pay the attendant who also serves beer and coffee. Great views of the Fernsehturm. In the summer, consider base jumping off the roof with Jochen Schweizer. It is often closed in bad/windy weather, so look for a notice posted near the elevator that the terrace is closed.

Soviet War Memorial

Berlin, Germany

One of three war memorials in Berlin erected by the Soviet Union to commemorate its war dead, particularly the 80,000 soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces who died during the Battle of Berlin in April and May 1945. Contrary to popular belief, it has not been granted extraterritoriality even though it was guarded by Soviet troops throughout Berlin partition despite being in the British, not the Soviet, sector. It is however subject to a bilateral treaty between Germany and Russia that mandates Germany take care of the monument and keep it in a good state of repair.

Simon-Dach-Straße

Berlin, Germany

The heart of Friedrichshain and its nightlife with numerous cafés, bars and restaurants along its entire extent and also in the side streets.

Jagdschloss Grunewald

Berlin, Germany

Built in 1542. An impressive traditional country estate with stately architecture, it is an enclave of untouched regional cultural history and architectonic epochs. The 80-hectare mixed forest also provides a wide network of paths for walking and rambling.

Oberbaum Bridge

Berlin, Germany

Arguably the most beautiful bridge in Berlin and the only connection between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. As signage on the bridge indicates, it was built twice - once in the 1890s and once in the 1990s. Before reunification the border ran where the bridge now is.

Brücke-Museum

Berlin, Germany

Works from the Dresden art collaborative called "Die Brücke".

Käthe Kollwitz Museum

Berlin, Germany

Käthe Kollwitz's reputation as a social activist who used art as a means to express her support of pacifism was hard-won. Her son was killed in the World War I, after which her art took a turn for the morose. When her grandson was killed in World War II, her art became even darker and more brooding as she contemplated the huge loss of life Germany had suffered. Her own losses and those of the nation affected her art. After the war, ever-present artistic themes for Kollwitz - death, violence, war, misery, guilt and suffering - took shape as the drawings, prints, sculptures, original posters and woodcuts housed in this museum.