Pergamon Museum (Berlin, Germany)

Description: Collection of Classical Antiquities - Antikensammlung, Am Kupfergraben, Entrance Pergamon Museum and Altes Museum, ... more

Pergamon Museum (Berlin, Germany) ... entrance Lustgarten, Berlin - Mitte. Open: Tues-Sun 10am-6pm; Thurs until 10pm.

Newest Review: ... wing. The Pergamon altar is certainly the most impressive piece in the museum, and was moved here from the acropolis in the ancient city of Pergamon, Turkey. There is an impressive frieze around the perimeter of the room, in addition to the fascinating altar construction itself. The other Greco-Roman antiquities are less impressive, consisting of a large collection of armless and headless ... more

... statues, and a few partial mosaics. However, there are some interesting reconstructed stone gates in this section of the museum, including an absolutely stunning market gate from Miletus, a roman town in Asia Minor, which fills one side of a room compl...more

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Pergamon Museum (Berlin, Germany): Impressive museum of antiquities (452 words)
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Located at the north end of Museum Island in central Berlin, the Pergamonmuseum is in one of the few areas of the city to escape bombing in the Second World War. Built in the early twentieth century, the museum is home to one of the best known collections of antiquities in Europe, and takes its name from the largest and most impressive exhibit – the Pergamon altar in the main hall of the museum. The museum's collection actually comprises three separate collections – a collection of Greco-Roman antiquities in the west wing, a collection of near-Eastern antiquities in the east wing, and a museum of Islamic art on the first floor of the east wing. ... Read the complete review