Berlin State Museums

The Berlin State Museums, in German Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, are a group of museums in Berlin, Germany overseen by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and funded by the German federal government in collaboration with Germany's federal states. The Berlin State Museums comprise seventeen museums in five clusters, as well as several research institutions.

Contents 1 Museums 1.1 Mitte 1.2 Tiergarten/Moabit 1.3 Charlottenburg 1.4 Dahlem 1.5 Köpenick 2 Research institutes 3 See also 4 External links

Museums

Mitte

• Museum Island
  • Pergamon Museum (Antikensammlung Berlin, Museum of Islamic art, Museum of the Ancient Near East and Central Archive)
  • Bode Museum (Numismatic Collection, Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine art)
  • Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery)
  • Altes Museum – Antikensammlung Berlin (Roman and Greek Classical Antiquities)
  • Neues Museum – (re-opened in 2009) Egyptian Museum of Berlin, Paryrus Collection, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Prehistory and Early History)
• Friedrichswerder Church (19th century sculptures)

Tiergarten/Moabit

• Kulturforum
  • Gemäldegalerie (Old Masters Paintings)
  • Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of decorative art)
  • Kupferstichkabinett (Drawings and print room)
  • Kunstbibliothek (Art Library)
  • Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery)
• Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart (Museum for contemporary art including Flick Collection)

Charlottenburg

• Museum Berggruen for classic modern art
• Museum of Photography / Helmut Newton Foundation
• Museum Scharf-Gerstenberg for surrealist art
• Gipsformerei (Replica workshop)

Dahlem

• Ethnological Museum of Berlin (American Archaeology, Music Ethnology, North American Indians, South Sea, East Asia, Africa, Junior Museum)
• Museum of Asian Art (Collection of South, Southeast and Central Asian Art; Collection of East Asian Art)
• Museum Europäischer Kulturen (European Cultures)

Köpenick

• Köpenick Palace – Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of decorative art)

Research institutes

• Institute for Museum Research
• Rathgen-Forschungslabor

See also

• List of museums in Berlin

External links

• Berlin State Museums website
• Museumsportal Berlin: All museums, memorials, castles and collections with detailed information