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

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, now led by Marion Ackermann, is currently undergoing major structural changes ...

Head over Karl-Liebknecht Bridge onto Museum Island, passing Berlin’s imposing cathedral on your way to the gleaming new Humboldt Forum. Built on the footprint of the city’s 18th-century Royal ...

You can also purchase a Berlin WelcomeCard for all of Museum Island that includes admission to each museum for up to three days, as well as free public transportation. To get here, take the S-Bahn ...

(CC BY 4.0 Deed) The most famous art site might be the centrally located Museum Island (Museumsinsel ... Apart from the many well-established Berlin art galleries staging exhibitions of world ...

Central Berlin was once a bog, and the island is essentially a sandbank. The museums rest on rusted iron pilings that need to be replaced or meticulously repaired. A master plan for all five ...

Berlin’s Museum Island on the River Spree welcomes a new addition – the James-Simon-Galerie designed by David Chipperfield Architects, which officially opens to the public on 12 July. The new building ...

A historic illustration from 1885 shows the Altes Museum, the oldest building of Berlin's Museum Island complexImage: imageBROKER/picture alliance At the time, after decades of war, Prussia was ...

Berlin's Museum Island uniquely encapsulates Germany's modern history — from the ideas of the Enlightenment to the destruction of World War II, from the Cold War era to its current ultra-modern ...