The Best to See in Pergamon Museum (Berlin)

In your visit to Museum Island de Berlin, an area of ​​the German capital that is declared Heritage awarded by the Unesco, Pergamon Museum must be the main protagonist.

Among the museums that meet on this island, that of Pergamon has earned worldwide fame for housing some of the great artistic jewels of the Antiquity, the result of excavations carried out by German archaeologists at the end of the 19th century.

But above all you will see that it is a very peculiar museum, as it was built specifically to present in the most spectacular way some of the great architectural gems recovered in those excavations.

Curiosities history of the Pergamon Museum

Indeed, the Pergamon Museum Construction began in 1910 in the space until then occupied by a building where objects brought from archaeological excavations were stored.

This cultural institution was completed in 1930, so the interior spaces had been designed to specifically present diverse architectural monuments of antiquity.

El Berlin Pergamon Museum you will find it behind the Altes Museum, behind the large esplanade where the Protestant cathedral Berliner Dom, and very close to the center Alexanderplatz.

What to see when visiting the Pergamon Museum

Of course, for your visit I advise you to follow these tips to Skip the lines and save on the Pergamon Museum entrance fee.

And if you prefer, you can also here buy your ticket to visit Museum Island, which gives you access to all the cultural institutions that are concentrated in this place in the center of Berlin.

You should know that the Pergamon Museum entrance fee already includes the availability of audioguide.

Once turned on, the audio guide will offer you two alternatives.

Essentials in the Pergamon Museum

If you don't have much time available, it is best to select the section for essential museum visits.

And if you can take a more leisurely visit, as you go through the different spaces and rooms, you can listen to various explanations by pressing the corresponding numbers.

My advice is that, in any case, start your tour with the audio guide with the option of essential visits.

This will allow you to first see the great architectural jewels that this museum houses, which will take you just over half an hour, and later you can visit other rooms to your liking, within the time you have available.

Pergamon Altar in Pergamon Museum

In this way, the first thing you will find is the enormous room where the pergamon altar, impressive architectural work that gives its name to the Berlin museum.

You will see that its layout transports visitors to the Greek city from which it was recovered.

It is essential that you see the model of the Greek city of Pergamon, now located in present-day Turkey, where you can see the location of the imposing Altar of Zeus, from the 2nd century BC

You will undoubtedly be impressed by the great reconstruction carried out, with its monumental friezes.

Gate of Babylon in Pergamon Museum

Another architectural monument that you can also see in the Berlin Pergamon Museum is Gate of the Roman market of Miletus.

And from its room you access another of its great architectural jewels, and perhaps my favorite corner: the reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate of Babylon.

I assure you that you will be impressed when you see the reconstruction of one of the eight gates of the mythical city of Babylon, in the 6th century BC, which also includes the reconstruction of the so-called Processional Route.

But in the visit of Pergamon, in addition to Greek, Roman and ancient antiquities Antiguo Oriente, you can also see a very interesting collection of Islamic art.

In this regard, they highlight the Mushatta Wall and the wooden panels of the Aleppo Hall.

Of course, it will also catch your attention to discover in the Berlin museum a coffered ceiling of a dome of the Alhambra of Granada, which was transferred at the end of the 19th century by the Spanish authorities.

In short, a totally essential visit in your trip to berlin.

In preparation for your visit, here you have extensive information about Pergamon museum schedules and ticket prices.

Photos Pergamon Museum

Here you have more photos of archaeological heritage for the Antiquity what can you see in your visit of the Pergamon museum in Berlin.