Neues Museum (Berlin)

Deutsch: Das Neue Museum wurde als zweites Museum auf der Berliner Museumsinsel 1855 eröffnet. Durch Bombardierungen 1943 und 1945 wurden wichtige Teile seiner berühmten Innenausstattung zerstört. Die Wiedereröffnung erfolgte erst Oktober 2009. ( Exzellenter Artikel)

English: The New Museum (Neues Museum) was established as the second museum on Berlin's Museum Island and opened to the public in 1855. It was severely damaged by bombing in 1943 and 1945, and major sections of its famous interior decoration were destroyed. Following extensive renovations, it was reopened in October 2009.

Exterior Views, Plans and Architectural Designs

From 1850 on/Ab 1850

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  View around 1850
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  Elevation main facade
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  Details on south-east bay of the main facade
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  Plan first and second floor
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  Section northern wing with Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof
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  Section northern wing - detail
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  Section southern wing with Greek Courtyard/Griechiscer Hof
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  Iron constructions and their decorations
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  Relief (Art instructs Industry and Applied Arts (Die Kunst unterweist Industrie und Kunstgewerbe) in the western pediment by August Kiss
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  The griffin atop the entrance of the ruin of the Neues Musem in Berlin taken from the rear of the building in 1985, before the museum was restored.
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  This is the front facade of the Neues Museum in Berlin in 1985, before the building was restored.

From 2008 on/Ab 2008

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  View from Fernsehturm 2008
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  Die Fassade des Neubaus an der Spreeseite im Frühjahr 2008
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  Die Fassade des Neubaus an der Spreeseite im Herbst 2009
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  Neues Museum in 2009
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  Westfassade am Kupfergraben im Oktober 2009

Staircase/Treppenhaus

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  View staircase around 1850
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  Longitudinal section
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  Transverse section
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  Mural painting Tower of Babel/Der Babelthurm by Wilhelm von Kaulbach
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  Mural painting Homer and the Greeks/Homer und die Griechen by Wilhelm von Kaulbach
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  Mural painting The Destruction of Jerusalem/Die Zerstörung Jerusalems by Wilhelm von Kaulbach
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  Mural painting The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields/Die Hunnenschlacht by Wilhelm von Kaulbach
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  Mural painting The Crusaders in front of Jerusalem/Die Kreuzfahrer vor Jerusalem by Wilhelm von Kaulbach
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  Mural painting The Reformation/Die Reformation by Wilhelm von Kaulbach

Fatherland Hall / Vaterländischer Saal

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  Fresco Nixes, Dragons, and Giants / Nixen, Drachen und Riesen by Gustav Heidenreich
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  Fresco The Three Norns / Die drei Nornen by Gustav Heidenreich
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  Fresco Hel and Loki / Hel und Loki

Ethnographic Hall / Ethnographischer Saal

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  Ceiling in the Ethnographic Room / Ethnographischer Saal

Egyptian Collection/Ägyptische Abteilung

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  Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof around 1850
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  Tomb Room/Gräbersaal around 1850
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  Ceiling painting in the Mythologic Room/Mythologischer Saal
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  Mural painting the Temple at Abu Simbel/Der Felsentempel von Abu Simbel by Max Schmidt in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof
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  Mural painting The Temple of Hathor at Dendera/Der Hathortempel zu Dendera by Carl Graeb in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof
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  Mural painting The Temple at Gerf Hussein/Der Tempel zu Gerf Hussein by Wilhelm Schirmer in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof
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  Mural painting The Temple at Karnak/Der Tempel zu Karnak by Eduard Pape in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof
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  Mural painting The Outer-Court ot the Temple of Edfu/Der Vorhof des Tempels von Edfu by Eduard Biermann in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof
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  Mural painting The Island of Philae/Die Insel Philae by Eduard Biermann in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof
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  Mural painting The Memnon Statues at Thebes/Die Memnonstatuen zu Theben by Wilhelm Schirmer in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof
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  Mural painting The Pyramids of Meroe/Die Pyramiden von Meroe by Max Schmidt in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof
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  Damages in the Egyptian Courtyard in 1949

Collection of Plaster Casts/Sammlung der Gipsabgüsse

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  Greek Room/Griechischer Saal around 1850
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  Mural painting The Acropolis at Athens/Die Akropolis von Athen by Carl Graeb in the Greek Room/Griechischer Saal
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  Wall and ceiling Laocoön Cabinet/Laokoonkabinett
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  Ceiling Apollo Room/Apollosaal
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  Section Northern Cupola Room/Nordkuppelsaal
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  Mural painting Heracles captures the Ceryneian Hind/Herkules bezwingt die goldbekrönte Hirschkuh von Kerynea by Adolf Schmidt in the Northern Cupola room/Nordkuppelsaal
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  Mural painting Bellerophon kills the Chimera/Bellerophon tötet die Chimäre in the Northern Cupola room/Nordkuppelsaal
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  Mural painting Theseus kills the Minotaur/Theseus tötet den Minotaurus in the Northern Cupola room/Nordkuppelsaal
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  Niobidensaal
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  Niobidensaal
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  Section Roman Room/Römischer Saal
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  Ceiling Roman Room/Römischer Saal
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  Mural painting Imperial Palaces and Circus maximus at Rome/Kaiserpaläste und Circus maximus in Rom by Eduard Pape in the Roman Room
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  Roman Room in 1939
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  Ceiling Room for Mediaeval Work of Art/Saal für Kunstwerke des Mittelalters
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  Section Southern Cupola Room/Südkuppelsaal
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  Southern Cupola Room/Südkuppelsaal around 1850
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  The destroyed Southern Cupola Room/Südkuppelsaal 1984
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  Modern Room/Moderner Saal around 1850
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  Wall Modern Room/Moderner Saal
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  Connection to Old Museum/Altes Museum

Collection of Prints and Drawings/Kuperstichkabinett und Kunstkammer

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  Ceiling Green Room/Grüner Saal
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  Iron constructions in the Kunstkammer Room/Kunstkammersaal

Miscellaneous

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  Removed parts (corbels, capitals from Egyptian Courtyard)/Ausgebaute Bauteile (Konsolen, Kapitelle aus dem Ägyptischen Hof)