The museums are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.

Birken Castle

The castle (Schloss Birken) shows the history and life of the Counts of Bayreuth.    

Sayn Palace

The complex is a neo-gothic Sayn Palace and ancient Castle high above Sayn, including the butterfly garden, Rhenish museum of ornamental cast and cast-iron works of art and the nearby Sayn abbey and its church treasures and Romanesque murals.  

Deutsches Historisches Museum

In 1987 the Federal Republic of Germany and the Land Berlin founded the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum). The museum shall in particular strive to gain a clear idea of Germany within the European and worldwide context. The permanent exhibition comprises the largest part of the exhibition space, containing artefacts and documents of German … Read more » “Deutsches Historisches Museum”

Pergamonmuseum

The museum accommodates three separate museums: the Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities), occupying the architectural halls and the sculpture wing, the Vorderasiatisches Museum (Museum of the Ancient Near East) and the Museum für Islamische Kunst (Museum of Islamic Art). The monumental reconstruction of archaeological building ensembles – such as the Pergamon Altar, the Market Gate … Read more » “Pergamonmuseum”

Alte Nationalgalerie

The collection of the National Gallery is divided betweeen the Old National Gallery, the New National Gallery, the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, the Museum Berggruen, the Collection Scharf-Gerstenberg and the Friedrichswerder Church. The Old National Gallery (Alte Nationalgalerie) is home to 19th century sculptures and paintings. As a result of the political division … Read more » “Alte Nationalgalerie”

Altes Museum Berlin

The Altes Museum is one of the most important works in the architecture of Classicism. With a lucidly ordered exterior and an interior structure of great precision after the Ancient Greek style, Schinkel pursued Humboldt’s idea of the museum as an educational institution open to the public. The Greek and Roman art is thematically arranged … Read more » “Altes Museum Berlin”

Bode Museum

The art works were shown within the context of original ceilings, fire places, door jambs, tapestries and furniture. Bodes presentation concept, aimed at a general effect of authenticity, was influential throughout the world. The museum was opened in 1904. On 19 October 2006, the Bode Museum was re-opened in its entirety, displaying the Sculpture Collection, … Read more » “Bode Museum”