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.
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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.
Here you can pre-purchase your ticket to visit the Pergamon museum, which is the best way to avoid inconveniences when visiting it on your trip to Berlin.
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.
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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.
We entered at 15,15:18,05 p.m. and we left when they kicked us out at 2024:XNUMX p.m. And that is without seeing the Pergamon Altar, which is under reconstruction and will not be seen until XNUMX.
This museum is worth dedicating a whole day to and calmly enjoying everything it contains.
We entered at 15,15:18,05 p.m. and we left when they kicked us out at 2024:XNUMX p.m. And that is without seeing the Pergamon Altar, which is under reconstruction and will not be seen until XNUMX.
This museum is worth dedicating a whole day to and calmly enjoying everything it contains.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing it.
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Very interesting, thanks for sharing it.
Simply impressive, essential A whole morning to Pergamon, a visit to Potsdam is also interesting, the metro and train are easily accessible.
The Pergamon Museum is one of the most impressive museums in the city. A building that teaches you buildings! The Ishtar Gate is beautiful even though it is a small part of what it was in its time.
All the best
Hola!
Please I need someone to tell me how many hours it takes to visit the Pergamo and Neues museums.
If anyone can inform me I would greatly appreciate it.
From already thank you very much!
Carlos
Carlos, the Pergamon museum, if you are in a hurry, you can visit it in an hour, focusing on the main works. From there, you can dedicate to the visit as much as you think is convenient, between two and three hours.
As for Neues, I don't know how to tell you because I haven't visited it yet.
I was there in 2004 and you can easily spend two days visiting them, always depending on what you want to enjoy. In 2014 I tried to go again and it was under construction. A shame because it was enough to completely recreate me. An essential visit in Berlin. Like the British Museum, it is worth visiting the city if only to see that museum. I recommend it to you.
I was amazed by the dome of the Alhambra, which I didn't know was there. And it also made me a little angry, because it is in better condition than those in the Alhambra itself. The truth is that it is an absolutely impressive museum, even more so if you are an architect, but it also makes you think about whether the things it contains should not return to their original place.
Silvia, the same thing happened to me. I was surprised to discover the dome of the Alhambra, and although I haven't visited it for a long time, I don't remember anything similar in Granada 🙁
Very interesting, thank you very much for sharing it. Without a doubt a visit to keep in mind when visiting Berlin 🙂