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Old Museum Description

(Local Name: Altes Museum) The Old Museum, situated on the Museumsinsel (Museum Island), is Berlin's oldest museum and the third oldest in Germany after the Fridericianum in Kassel (1779) and the Glyptothek in Munich (1816-30). Built by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1824-30 as a "Royal Museum," it is in the style of a Greek temple, with a portico of eighteen Ionic columns. It was burned down in the Second World War, rebuilt in 1960 and reopened six years later. The entrance bears the following inscription in Latin: "To the study of antiquity and the beauties of art." In front of the wide flight of steps stands a huge granite dish carved by Christian Gottlieb Cantian from a glacial erratic in 1827-30. It measures 6.9

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Hobbies & Activities category: Architecture - Roman, Greek, classical; Historical museum; Journalism, printing museum or site

Old Museum Highlights

Print Cabinet Collection

The Print Cabinet collection in Berlin's Old Museum embraces 130,000 sheets of graphic art - miniatures, drawings, engravings, woodcuts, etchings, etc. - ranging in date from the 15th C. to the

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Tips

The Print Cabinet is open for study purposes only, and only by prior arrangement.

Transit

S-Bahn: Hackescher Markt (S3, S5, S6, S7, S9); Tram: 22, 46, 70, 71; Bus: 100, 157.

Do-It-Yourself Tours