The Museum of Islamic Art (Museum für Islamische Kunst) presents its diverse collection of Islamic art at the Pergamonmuseum on the Museum Island. It is after the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo the oldest and one of the most important collections of its kind in the world. It occupies an unrivalled position in Germany – no other institution contains such a systematic and comprehensive collection of masterpieces of art and applied arts and objects of material culture stemming from Islamic societies as well as the Christian and Jewish communities living among them.
The pièce de résistance in the collection is the ornately decorated yet no less monumental façade from the palace of Mshatta, which the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II presented to the museum as a gift. Together with this seminal work of architecture, the collection’s array of objects spanning all genres are testimony to the high aesthetic, artistic, artisanal, and technical skill of the masters who crafted them. They include centuries-old pages of the Koran, with their splendidly colourful decorations, prayer rugs, ivory carvings, and the dazzling turquoise faience mosaics of mihrabs (prayer niches). These objects boast a bewildering and intense sense of colour, form, and pattern. The collection’s holdings span all epochs of Islamic history from the 7th to 19th century, and also include Old South Arabian antiquities and ancient Iranian artefacts.
- Monday closed
- Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
Please Note: In the Pergamon Museum the exhibition areas Ancient Architectures, Islamic Cultures and Near East can be seen. Due to renovation, the Pergamon Altar is currently not accessible. For originals from Pergamon, please book a ticket for Pergamon Museum. The Panorama.
Please refer to the information bundled on this page to plan your visit.
- 1. January 12:00 - 18:00
- 8. March 10:00 - 18:00
- 1. May 10:00 - 18:00
- 3. October 10:00 - 18:00
- 24. December closed
- 25. December 10:00 - 18:00
- 26. December 10:00 - 18:00
- 31. December 10:00 - 14:00
Am Kupfergraben 5, 10117 Berlin
+49 (30) 266 42 42 42
Admission price 12,00 €
Pergamon Museum. Area map Museum Island incl. panorama: € 19.00
Reduced price 6,00 €
Area ticket Museum Island: 9,50 €
Exhibitions
Events
Pergamonmuseum
Take five – Highlights des Pergamonmuseums (in Deutsch)
Guided Tour
Kolonnadenhof
Out to the studio! Actions for families. Today: Museum Island
Workshop
Haus Bastian - Centre for Cultural Education
Mittwochs: Zeichnen!
Workshop
Pergamonmuseum
Take five – Highlights of the Pergamonmuseum (in English)
Guided Tour
Pergamonmuseum
By far the best! at the Pergamon Museum
The Berlin Carpet Collection
Guided Tour
Pergamonmuseum
Aus Vielfalt entstanden
Lecture, talk
Digital
COLLECTION ONLINE
Online collections database SMB-digital
COLLECTION ONLINE
Works in the Google Art Project
Tickets
Admission price
12,00 €
Pergamon Museum. Area map Museum Island incl. panorama: € 19.00
Reduced price
6,00 €
Area ticket Museum Island: 9,50 €
Yearly ticket
Click here for information about Yearly ticket.
Member of Museumspass Berlin
Booking Telephone
+49 (30) 266 42 42 42
Services
- Museum Shop
- Cafe
Service Telephone
+49 (30) 266 42 42 42
Accessibility
Please note that due to a technical malfunction, the elevator is out of service until further notice.
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