In the Neues Museum you can see the development of the prehistoric and early cultures of Eurasia from the Palaeolithic to the High Middle Ages.

On a huge area of 8000 square meters, it houses almost, 9000 objects.
In the Neues Museum you can see the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection with the bust of Nefertiti, the Museum of Prehistory and Early History with objects from the treasure of Priamos as well as parts of the Collection of Classical Antiquities. The oldest object in the Neues Museum is a 700,000-year-old Palaeolithic hand-wedge.
In the basement, in the form of a vault, there are collections from the Pharaonic and Greek periods to the afterlife. From this basement, a staircase leads down to a replica burial chamber. On floor 1 (entrance level) finds from Schliemann's Troy, Cyprus and Egypt are exhibited. On level 2 there are the special exhibitions, and on floor 3 the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Ice Age, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age are presented systematically and comprehensively with finds. A highlight here is the "Berliner Goldhut".

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Location & Sights nearby

The New Museum is located north of the Old Museum (Altes Museum) on Museum Island. The island is part of the world cultural heritage and houses numerous other museums such as the famous Pergamonmuseum (closed), the Bode Museum the Altes Museum, the Old National Gallery and the Vorderasiatisches Museum (in the Pergamonmuseum). The Berlin Cathedral and Alexanderplatz are within walking distance.

Brief history of the New Museum

The Old Museum am Lustgarten was no longer able to accommodate the constantly growing collections, which is why the Neues Museum was built between 1843 and 1855 according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler, a pupil of Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It is one of the most important building projects of the Prussian period.  It was to house the royal art collections and be open to the public as an educational institution. The museum was closed at the beginning of the Second World War in 1939 and was badly damaged during the bombing of Berlin. The reconstruction was supervised by the English architect David Chipperfield. It is difficult to believe that the museum was closed for 70 years until it reopened on 16 October 2009 and received the RIBA European Award 2010 and the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture 2011.

Address, opening hours...

Address: Bodestraße 3, 10178 Berlin
Opening times: Monday closed, Tuesday to Sunday: 10 AM to 6 PM
Admission: 14 Euro,  concessions: 7 Euro
Public transport: U-Bahn U6 (Friedrichstraße), S-Bahn S1, S2, S3 (Friedrichstraße); S5, S7, S75 (Hackescher Markt), Tram M1, 12 (Am Kupfergraben); M4, M5, M6 (Hackescher Markt), Bus TXL (Staatsoper); 100, 200 (Am Lustgarten); 147 (Friedrichstraße)

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