Pergamon Museum

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The Pergamon Museum is a renowned museum on Berlin’s Museum Island, famous for its monumental archaeological reconstructions such as the Pergamon Altar and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological museum
art museum
building
museum
architect Alfred Messel
Ludwig Hoffmann NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture
Stripped Classicism
category Archaeological museums in Germany
Art museums and galleries in Germany
Museums in Berlin
city Berlin
constructionStart 1910
coordinateLocation 52.5214°N 13.3969°E
country Germany
exhibits Aleppo Room
Ishtar Gate of Babylon
Market Gate of Miletus
Meissner fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh
Mshatta Facade
Pergamon Altar
Processional Way of Babylon
famousFor Ishtar Gate of Babylon
Pergamon Altar
monumental archaeological reconstructions
hasPart Collection of Classical Antiquities
Museum of Islamic Art
Museum of the Ancient Near East
hasWebsite https://www.smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/pergamonmuseum
heritageDesignation Museum Island UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site
inception 1910
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Berlin
locatedOn Spree Island NERFINISHED
location Berlin
Germany
Museum Island
namedAfter ancient city of Pergamon
openingDate 1930
operator Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ownedBy Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
partOf Berlin State Museums
Museum Island
cultural heritage of Germany
subjectHasRole major tourist attraction in Berlin
underwent major renovation in the 2010s and 2020s
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1999


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