- Whether you plan to spend a few hours, a day or a week on Museum Island, make sure you explore the wonders of the Altes Museum.
- ...Friedrich Schinkel - a Prussian painter, urban planner and architect - the Altes Museum (Old Museum) on Berlin's Museum Island is a neoclassical beauty.
- Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s Altes Museum, completed in 1830, is one of the most important buildings of the Neoclassical era.
- The British managed to obtain the Elgin Marbles, the French were proud of their Venus of Milo, and the Prussians got the Altes Museum.
- The Altes Museum, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and built between 1823 and 1830, is one of the most important works of Neoclassical architecture.
- Karl Friedrich Schinkel's Altes Museum, completed in 1830, is one of the most important German buildings of the Neoclassical era.
- As you approach the entrance to the Altes Museum you will be greeted by a massive staircase leading up to the 18 towering columns of the Portico.
- Inside is a rotunda, further emphasising the museum's role as a temple of art. The Altes Museum was built between 1823 and 1830 and is now a listed building.
- The Altes Museum, designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, is the oldest museum in the city, and the first to be built on the Museumsinsel, in 1830.
- Along with the other museums and historic buildings on Museum Island, the Altes Museum was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.