Altes Museum, Berlin

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art museum museum building neoclassical building

The Altes Museum in Berlin is a prominent 19th-century museum on Museum Island, renowned for its grand neoclassical design and collection of classical antiquities.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Altes Museum	7
Museum Island	1
Rotunda of the Altes Museum	1
World Heritage Site Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum ⓘ museum building ⓘ neoclassical building ⓘ
architect	Karl Friedrich Schinkel ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
city	Berlin ⓘ
collection	Etruscan antiquities ⓘ Greek antiquities ⓘ Roman antiquities ⓘ classical antiquities ⓘ
columnOrder	Ionic order ⓘ
constructionEnd	1830 ⓘ
constructionStart	1823 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo	display of classical antiquities ⓘ
facing	Lustgarten ⓘ
hasFunction	public museum ⓘ
hasPart	Altes Museum, Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rotunda of the Altes Museum grand staircase ⓘ ionic colonnade ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ Altes Museum, Berlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: World Heritage Site Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
inception	1823 ⓘ
locatedIn	Berlin ⓘ Berlin ⓘ surface form: Berlin city centre Mitte ⓘ Museum Island ⓘ
locatedOn	Spree Island ⓘ
maintainedBy	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ⓘ surface form: Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
near	Alte Nationalgalerie ⓘ Berlin Cathedral ⓘ Bode Museum ⓘ Neues Museum ⓘ Pergamon Museum ⓘ
numberOfColumns	18 ⓘ
openingDate	1830 ⓘ
operator	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ⓘ
originalName	Königliches Museum ⓘ
owner	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin ⓘ
partOf	Museum Island ⓘ surface form: Museum Island complex
renamedAs	Altes Museum, Berlin self-link ⓘ surface form: Altes Museum
renamingDate	1845 ⓘ
restoration	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ
significantEvent	damaged in World War II ⓘ post-war restoration ⓘ
state	Berlin ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince	1999 ⓘ