The museum island or “Museumsinsel” is located at the Spree River in the city centre; it takes its name after all the known museums that presently occupy the northern half of the island. It is the tourist friendly area in Berlin and it also possesses a cathedral and several other buildings.

This island was originally a residential area dedicated to art and science, but there wasn’t any apartamentos berlin within because it belonged to the Prussian royalty. The massive art collection gather there by several Prussian kings is now in hands of the Prussian statement of culture since 1918 and it manage the museums and the art collections.

The first museum that was part of this island is the antic museum which was built in 1823 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It was built to hold paintings from the castles of Berlin, Potsdam, Charlottenburg and two private art collections.

The “new museum” is located behind the antic museum, it was built in 1859 and it was almost completely destroyed during Second World War and today it is being rebuilt. This year the rebuilding work will be completed and it will hold the Egyptian and prehistoric collections like it use to before Second World War.
The antique national gallery was built in 1876; it was designed to hold the art collection from 19th Century. As the years went by this collection grew into one of the biggest sculpture and paintings collections from the 19th Century Germany.

This building was severely damage during Second World War but it was restored in 2001. It currently only possesses the paintings.
The P?rgamo museum was completed in 1930 and it holds rebuilt buildings of original size such as the Altar of P?rgamo, the Ishtar gate of Babylon and the Mileto market gate, all of them built from the original stones.

This fantastic island as the rest of the city has a great history and is one of the most important places to visit in Berlin. You will need at least 4 hours to have a look at all the wonders that this island offers.