The Berlin State Museums exhibit impressive world-class collections of antiquities, historic objects, and fine art. The Pergamon Museum and Neues Museum are traditionally the most popular historic museums in Berlin, while the Neue Nationalgalerie (20th-century art) and the Gemäldegalerie (Old Masters paintings) are the top art galleries. The main museum locations in Berlin are on … Read more
The state museums and national galleries in Berlin display some of the world’s top art and cultural collections.
The collections on display in Berlin’s top museums and galleries range from antiquities to contemporary art.
Tickets for the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (state museums) are reasonably cheap but also consider passes and combination deals — buy museum tickets and reserve free time-slot admission online for skip-the-line priority admissions. Tickets for the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (State Museums) are very reasonably priced for the quality and quantity of artworks and cultural … Read more
Opening hours for the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (state museums) are long but buy tickets and book free timeslot reservations online to skip the lines at the top museums. Many museums are again open on Tuesdays. Most of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (national museums and galleries) are open in 2026 with only smaller ones … Read more
Although completion is still a good five years away, the Berlin Modern, the new museum for the National Gallery’s 20th-century art collection, has announced new exhibition plans and ideas for the Nationalgalerie in Kulturforum.
Pergamonmuseum Das Panorama allows visitors a close-up view of sculptures and reliefs from the Pergamon Altar (while the main museum remains closed) and Yadegar Asisi’s panoramic painting in Berlin. Re-opening 2027: The Pergamon Museum should partly reopen on 4 June 2027, with the Pergamon Altar again on display. Das Panorama is a special temporary exhibition … Read more
The Bode Museum on Museum Island in Berlin is home to one of the world’s largest collections of ancient sculptures, Byzantine art, and coins. The Bode Museum in Berlin displays one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of European sculptures from the Middle Ages, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and neo-Classical periods. It also includes the Museum … Read more
Buy time-slot reservation tickets online for the Neues Museum in Berlin to see the bust of Queen Nefertiti and other items from early and pre-history.
Caravaggio’s Amor Victorious is the top Italian painting in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin but other top works are by Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Titian, Raphael, Canaletto, and Tiepolo.