A Ilha dos Museus está localizada na metade norte de uma ilha historicamente significativa no rio Spree, que atravessa Berlim. A ilha leva o nome dos cinco Museus do Estado de Berlim que residem na área - o Museu Altes, o Museu Bode, a Alte Nationalgalerie, Museu Neues e Museu de Pérgamo. A Ilha dos Museus foi declarada Patrimônio da Humanidade pela UNESCO em 1999. O primeiro museu da ilha foi erguido em 1797, e toda a área foi designada especificamente para arte e ciência pelo rei Frederico Guilherme IV da Prússia em 1841. Um conjunto de monumentos históricos espetaculares, a Ilha dos Museus é um centro histórico impressionante.
C/O Berlin calls itself an "International Forum for Visual Dialogues," and while this may be apt, it doesn't actually describe what C/O is. It is simply an excellent gallery that houses temporary exhibitions of photographs and photographic installations by the world's leading documentary photographers, from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Trent Park. It is not particularly well known, but for photographers, lovers of photography, or even just people who are interested in the world, it is one of the must-see museums in Berlin. Its exhibitions, usually by multiple photographers, never leave the viewer untouched.
Este museu guarda uma vasta colecção de artefatos do mundo antigo, incluindo o Imperdível Templo de Zeus em Pérgamo (180-160 a.C), um dos mais importantes achados arqueológicos do mundo. O museu também possui partes das magnífica Colecção de Antigüidades, da Colecção do Leste Asiático, do Museu do Oriente Médio e do Museu Islâmico. Os guias eletrônicos para visitantes são bastante informativos estando disponíveis em diversas línguas por um preço acessível.
The botanical garden and botanic museum's large and sedate park in the southwest of Berlin provides the perfect respite to a hard day's slog through the hectic inner-city. One can admire the English gardens and a collection of flora from all over Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The many greenhouses here are home to many rare plants from around the globe. Visitors shouldn't miss the unique Botanical Museum at the entrance.
Not much is left of the Gestapo's former headquarters at Wilhelmstrasse. The original buildings were severely damaged during wartime raids, and little remained after the end of the War. Excavations in the early 1980s brought the foundations - a long wall covered with pale white tiles -to light, and a makeshift museum was immediately established on the wasteland close to Hitler's bunker. Soon after a permanent museum building was constructed to shelter the Topography of Terror. The museum is also home to one of the few remnants of the Berlin Wall. The Topography of Terror stands beside the Jewish Museum and the Holocaust Memorial as one of Berlin's most important memorials to a dark chapter in German history.
Located in the charming borough of Kreuzberg, Berlinische Galerie lies in close proximity to the Jüdisches Museum. Established in 1975, the gallery is fully devoted to exhibit and promote modern art in Berlin. Showcasing exhibits related to photography, architecture and contemporary art, the museum sees a lot of art aficionados, coming in from various parts of the globe. Apart from the changing installations and exhibitions, the museum's best collection includes the works of Berlin Secession, Georg Baselitz and Junge Wilde.
The quaint Blankensee village has a rich history, especially when it comes to agriculture, and you can learn about it all at the Bauernmuseum Blankensee. Offering regular guided and thematic tours of the facility, the museum also has a Bavarian restaurant which offers delectable local fare, and can be used to host parties.
If you're looking for remnants of the Berlin Wall, you may have to search for a long time. There is little left of this Cold War relic in present-day Berlin, due to a popular desire among Germans to eliminate all traces of their previous division. Just a handful of sites are left, one of which is the recently erected memorial at Bernauer Straße, the scene of some of the most spectacular and tragic escape attempts. What you will see here is, in fact, a reconstruction of the original Wall. Two walls run parallel to one another down the street, and in the middle, a strip of no man's land. This serves as a potent reminder of what many Germans regard as a symbol of totalitarian evil. The museum itself documents the history of the Wall in a series of moving and disturbing photographs.
No interior do palácio pode-se admirar o recheio original, inclusive os móveis, papéis de parede e gravuras.
Situated within the bright yellow Villa Lassen, the Gerhard-Hauptmann-Museum is a touching tribute to the brilliant German author Gerhard Hauptmann and his literary gems. In four separate rooms, you can trace the history of the man from his humble beginnings to how he became such an influential cultural figure, dissection of his works as well as memorabilia from his living quarters. Of course, some familiarity with his works is required to fully appreciate the exhibits but even if you are clueless, the manor itself is fascinating to look at with its hardwood flooring, velvety red walls and large, spacious windows.
Overlooking the Waldsee lake, Haus am Waldsee which dates back to 1922/1923, has been an exhibition space since 1946. The site is known for organizing exhibitions of well-known 20th century and contemporary artists, the gallery concentrates on themes and contemporary issues, with a particular emphasis being placed on Eastern European art.
The most interesting places are often the most difficult to find. A typical example is Sammlung Hoffmann, situated on the third floor of the building in the second courtyard in Sophie-Gips-Hofe. Mysterious symbols decorate the walls of the courtyard and weird signs catch the eye. The private art gallery is situated in the home of the Hoffman family, a restored turn-of-the-century factory building. Tours of the gallery are organized in preregistered groups of ten on Saturdays when the museum opens to the public.