with interior tour of the Neues Museum
Museum Island is one of Berlin’s main attractions and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for 25 years. The foundation stone for Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s Altes Museum was laid on July 9, 1825 – 200 years ago now.
Image gallery
James-Simon Galerie
On the guided tour, you will have the opportunity to get to know the buildings of the State Museums anew. Using historical photos and plans, you will learn more about the history of the Museum Island, its structural development and the cultural and historical significance of the buildings.
We will draw your attention to unusual details of the buildings and illustrate the key ideas of their builders. One focus of the tour is the James-Simon-Galerie, inaugurated in 2019, and a visit to the Neues Museum – an award-winning renovation project based on the concept of “complementary restoration”.
Project selection
- Altes Museum Karl Friedrich Schinkel
- Lustgarten Karl Friedrich Schinkel I Atelier Loidl
- Berliner Dom Julius Carl Raschdorff
- James-Simon-Galerie David Chipperfield
- Neues Museum Friedrich August Stüler I David Chipperfield I Julian Harrap
- Alte Nationalgalerie Friedrich August Stüler I Heinrich Strack I H.G. Merz
- Kolonnadenhof Levin Monsigny
✓ interior tour of the Neues Museum
✓ An archaeological promenade from Schinkel to Stüler to Chipperfield
✓ tour in english
