Museum Island was in ruins after World War II. The UNESCO World Heritage site was reborn thanks to a master plan.Berlin' s ...

Berlin’s Altes Museum has returned 25 antiquities, including 21 Apulian vases, that are believed to have been illegally excavated and smuggled out of Italy several decades ago. The German ...

Stroll through the wide, green Lustgarten past the Altes Museum to the Pergamonmuseum, dedicated to ancient Roman, Greek and Middle Eastern art and archaeology. The three-winged complex houses a ...

“We didn’t know if it still existed,” says Martin Maischberger, the deputy director of Berlin’s Antikensammlung, or Antiquities Collection, housed in the Altes Museum. “It had been lost ...

People view a painting at the Altes Museum in Germany. As populations age and address various health challenges, museums are increasingly tailoring their programming to better serve their patrons.

Major institutions like the Gemäldegalerie and the Altes Museum reopened on Tuesday. Image Visitors to the Berlinische Galerie must wear masks and abide by social distancing rules.Credit ...

The first national museum, now the Altes Museum, opened in 1830; the Old National Gallery, also by Stiiler, was completed in 1876; the Bode Museum, at the tip of the island, in 1904; and the mighty ...