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Neues Museum

The Neues Museum is a 19th‑century museum building on Berlin's Museum Island, completed in 1855 to house expanding archaeological and ethnographic collections. Built in Neoclassical and Renaissance‑Revival vocabularies by Friedrich August Stüler, it is a three‑storey stone block with two interior courtyards and a monumental central stair hall, now restored and reused as a home for the Egyptian and Pre‑ and Early History collections.

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First raised

1855

Its prime

1855

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1855

What Neues Museum looked like in its prime.

Long, three‑storey pale sandstone façade set on a raised plinth, with a ground‑floor colonnade spanning the west front; a central projecting risalit topped by a triangular pediment with sculptural relief and a flagpole; regularly spaced rectangular windows in two upper storeys; formal lawn and clipped hedges in the forecourt, scattered bronze statuary; low pitched roofs and visible cornices; interior volumes include vaulted lower levels, an imposing central stair hall and two enclosed courtyards (one glazed).

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10 places to explore in 1855.

The record describes 10 distinct spots at Neues Museum, including 8 interiors: ground‑floor colonnaded entrance (portico), great central staircase and stair hall, northern egyptian courtyard (glazed) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

West lawn approach (forecourt view)Ground‑floor colonnaded entrance (portico)Great central staircase and stair hallNorthern Egyptian courtyard (glazed)Southern Greek courtyard (open court)North cupola hall (upper gallery)First‑floor plaster‑cast galleryGround‑floor Egyptian display roomVaulted lower level and simulated tomb chamberEntrance axis and connecting bridge to the Altes Museum

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