Museums in Berlin
Berlin, the capital of Germany, has turned in the last years into one of the most significant cultural metropolis protected by the international success. Along with more than 150 interesting locations, also we find a wide variety of theaters, little less than 430 galleries, 284 cinemas and nearly 200 museums. This wide offer consolidated Berlin like the political - cultural center of Germany and already attracted in 2009 approximately 14 million visitors.
In Berlin we face two realities, on the one hand the scenery outdoors that offers us the city, and on the other hand, the wide scale of museums that it has. Along with artistic treasures of world reputation as the bust of the Queen Nefertiti, who can be contemplated in the New Museum of Berlin, or the Altar of Pérgamo, who can be visited in the Museum of Pérgamo of Berlin; the German capital also offers multitude of innovative ideas and of cultural interest. A clear example of this innovation to what museums it refers, we find it in the Museum of the "Currywurst" of Berlin, where across an interactive visit, one illustrates the visitor on the history of the traditional sausage of an original way since there was opened the first bar where they were selling. The Museum, opened from the year 2009 it delights Berliners and tourists with an exhibition of interactive experience.
And: how is visit to the first museum of lipstick of Germany? The ancient make-up artist of the designer Yves Saint Laurent, René Koch, offers to fans of the popular cosmetics in his deprived exhibition of lipstick the possibility of discovering this world through the exposed works as well as in more than 150 "printed kisses" that he keeps (among others, from those of Mireille Mathieu, to those of other famous personalities like Bonnie Tyler, Ute Lemper or Hildegard Knef) – in addition to offering advice on cosmetics...
The most popular museums in Berlin
So that nobody gets lost in so much variety, we have classified the most important museums:
The Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection in Berlin is one of the most important collections of real ancient art, and offers the largest collection in the world of culture of ancient Egypt. Among the most famous pieces include the bust of more than 3,000 years old of Queen Nefertiti and the...
Right in the middle of the Museum Island is the Old National Gallery, which shows a selection of the most important nineteenth century art. In this case, Art in Berlin does not only refer to the works exposed in the museum, but also to the building itself that houses it.
Athens is the cradle of culture and source of everything related to it. Greece and Rome laid the foundations for our current understanding. But how did actually people live?
How did the people feel during the time in whom the Wall of Berlin was erected? What methods were used to escape and which possibilities of success were there? And: what was Checkpoint Charlie? The Museum of the Wall of Berlin gives us answers to all these questions.
Berlin offers several museums to visitors, among which are those on the Museum Island. In this area we also find quite some time, between the Spree and Berlin Cathedral, a museum dedicated to the former interactive German Democratic Republic, where there are many surprises in store.
How did the railroad stop 150 years ago at the station before the brakes existed? Could the first computer already count up to 100? And: why do the sailor's knots have in fact bays and eyes? The German Museum of the Technology of Berlin gives us the answers for almost 30 years.
For those that are interested in the German past, naturally also in the History, the Culture and the destiny of the Jewish people, a visit to the Jewish Museum is highly recommended. This museum is exclusively dedicated to the universality of the German-Jewish life and occupies a period of more...
If you are on a tour of Berlin, without a car and you have made countless metro trips, no problem!, This museum is the perfect place to visit, since in the Miniature Museum of Berlin Alexanderplatz offeres to visitors of all ages a unique insight into the capital, which would only be available from...
Want to live close to nature and research or admire the wonders of evolution and learning? The visit to the Berlin Museum of Natural Sciences creates a very special experience in which the man meets up with nature, art and research.
The Pergamon Museum was opened in 1930 and is now regarded as the capital's most interesting historical museum and the museum of the first world´s architecture. In this monumental building, the visitor can go through the several sections of full-length with works of art, in a museum that gets over...
The development of one of the most legendary punk bands and influential in America revived in a museum in central Berlin. The only Ramones museum in the world shows numerous exhibitions that document the period from 1975 to 1996.
Under the name "Museum of yesterday," in the Kurfürstendamm awaits visitors a special experience. By participation, all senses are awakened by the more than 800 years of life and history of the city, and therefore once you enter, you are straight ahead in the Museum of the Sound, which welcomes...