Berlin's Top Ten Sights - Museum Island
Museum Island The Museum Island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here five museums invite you to explore great treasures. The Altes Museum (Old Museum), completed in 1830, is a work of Schinkel and houses the antiquities collection. The Neues Museum (New Museum), built 1841-59 by August Stüler, is the second oldest building on Museum Island. After the destruction in Second World War, the museum is now completely restored. Since 2009 the Museum of Prehistory and Early History and the Egyptian Museum are housed here. In the Egyptian Museum you should definitely visit the bust of Queen Nefertiti. The Bode Museum is home to the Museum of Byzantine Art and has also a good coin collection. The Pergamon Museum is the most visited museum in Berlin. Its main sight the Pergamon Altar is unfortunately not accessible for several years, but two gates, the Market Gate of Miletus and the Ischtar ...