The Neues Museum (New Museum), built between 1843 and 1855, is considered an outstanding document of museum building in the 19th century. Since the Altes Museum did not offer enough space shortly after its opening, Friedrich August Stüler was commissioned to build the museum, which opened in 1859.
The interior decoration of the three exhibition floors, such as the famous Kaulbach frescoes in the staircase, was realized by the most important painters of Berlin's late classicism.
Bombing raids in 1943 and 1945 severely damaged the museum. It was not until 1985 that the reconstruction of the wartime ruins began with emergency securing and foundation restoration.
In 1997, the British architect David Chipperfield was commissioned to restore the building. The lost room sequences and volumes were restored without imitating the historical original in detail. The restoration of the facade and the interiors respects the historical traces of the monument.
After more than 60 years, the collections of the Ägyptisches Museum and the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte are reunited in their historically ancestral place.
- Monday closed
- Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
Last entry
30 min. before closing
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
Bodestraße 1, 10178 Berlin
+49 (30) 266 42 42 42
Admission price 12,00 €
Reduced price 6,00 €
Children and young people up to the age of 18 are admitted free of charge.
Exhibitions
Events
Neues Museum
Eins zu Eins – Heute: Neues Museum
zur Sonderausstellung „Abenteuer am Nil“
Neues Museum
Take five – Highlights des Neuen Museums (in Deutsch)
Guided Tour
Neues Museum
Hieroglyphen – Schreiben wie die alten Ägypter
Workshop
Neues Museum
Artist and curator in dialogue
to the special exhibition "The Porcelain Code. One Million by Uli Aigner"
Guided Tour
Neues Museum
Feuer! Eine zündende Idee
Workshop
Neues Museum
Sonnengesang und Nachtmusik
Wandelkonzert im Neuen Museum
Concert, Lecture, talk
Neues Museum
Musik im Alten Ägypten
Guided Tour
Digital
Tickets
Admission price
12,00 €
Reduced price
6,00 €
Children and young people up to the age of 18 are admitted free of charge.
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
- Diaper changing table
Service Telephone
+49 (30) 266 42 42 42
Accessibility
Audio guide in easy language for the Egyptian Museum and the Papyrus Collection
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Audioguides
In German, English, French, Italian, Spanish.
For children and teenager.
For people with learning difficulties.