Bode Museum - Berlin, Berlin Brandenburg Metropolitan

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Bode Museum is part of the museums located on Museum Island in Berlin and is a historical building. The museum was designed by architect Ernst von Ihne and completed in 1904.

Originally called the Kaiser Friedrich Museum after Emperor Frederick III, the museum was renamed in honor of its first curator, Wilhelm von Bode, in 1956.

Closed for repairs since 1997, the museum was reopened on October 18, 2006. Currently hosting a collection of sculptures, Byzantine art, coins and medals.

Sculpture collection consists of art objects belonging to the Christian Orient (with an emphasis on orthodox Egypt), sculptures from Byzantium and Ravenna, the sculptures from the Middle Ages, the Italian Gothic and early Renaissance. Also represented are works belonging to the German Gothic style Tilman Riemenschneider, German Renaissance and Baroque art in the South until the 18th century Prussian.

The future will be selected works of the Museum of Art (Gemäldegalerie) and integrated collection of sculpture. This is reminiscent of William von Bode's concept called "style rooms, in which sculpture, painting and crafts are seen together, like a middle-class private collections.

Münzkabinett (Coin Cabinet), currently housed at the Pergamon Museum contains one of the largest numismatic collections. Its range stretches from the beginning of batteries in the seventh century BC currency Asia Minor until today. With approximately 500,000 items, the collection is a unique archive of historical research, complete collection of medals, just as important.

Address: Monbijoustr. 3, 10117 Berlin

Hours: Monday - Sunday 10 to 18 (Thursday 10 to 22)

Price: 8 eur, reduced EUR 4

Guide: by appointment telephone in advance

Transportation:

Train:
S Oranienburger Str.: S1, S2, S25
S + U Friedrichstr. BHF: S1, S2, S25, S3, S5, S7, S75

Metro:
U Oranienburger Tor: U6
S + U Friedrichstr. BHF: U6

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