Neues Museum (Berlin)

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English: The New Museum (Neues Museum) was established as second museum on the Museum Island in Berlin and first opened to the public in 1855. It was severely damaged by bombing in 1943 and 1945, and important parts of its famous interior decoration were destroyed. The re-opening will take place in 2009.

Deutsch: Das Neue Museum wurde als zweites Museum auf der Berliner Museumsinsel 1855 eröffnet. Durch Bombardierungen 1943 und 1945 wurden wichtige Teile seiner berühmten Innenausstattung zerstört. Die Wiedereröffnung erfolgt 2009.

1 Exterior Views, Plans and Architectural Designs
2 Staircase/Treppenhaus
3 Collection of Nordic Antiquities/Sammlung Nordländischer Altertümer
4 Egyptian Collection/Ägyptischen Abteilung
5 Collection of Plaster Casts/Sammlung der Gipsabgüsse
6 Collection of Prints and Drawings/Kuperstichkabinett und Kunstkammer
7 Miscellaneous

[edit] Exterior Views, Plans and Architectural Designs

View around 1850	Elevation main facade	Details on south-east bay of the main facade	Plan first and second floor
Section northern wing with Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof	Section northern wing - detail	Section southern wing with Greek Courtyard/Griechiscer Hof	Iron constructions and their decorations
Relief (Art instructs Industry and Applied Arts (Die Kunst unterweist Industrie und Kunstgewerbe) in the western pediment by August Kiss	View from Fernsehturm 2008	Die Fassade des Neubaus an der Spreeseite im Frühjahr 2008	Die Fassade des Neubaus an der Spreeseite im Herbst 2009
Westfassade am Kupfergraben im Oktober 2009

[edit] Staircase/Treppenhaus

View staircase around 1850	Longitudinal section	Transverse section	Mural painting Tower of Babel/Der Babelthurm by Wilhelm von Kaulbach
Mural painting Homer and the Greeks/Homer und die Griechen by Wilhelm von Kaulbach	Mural painting The Destruction of Jerusalem/Die Zerstörung Jerusalems by Wilhelm von Kaulbach	Mural painting The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields/Die Hunnenschlacht by Wilhelm von Kaulbach	Mural painting The Crusaders in front of Jerusalem/Die Kreuzfahrer vor Jerusalem by Wilhelm von Kaulbach
Mural painting The Reformation/Die Reformation by Wilhelm von Kaulbach

[edit] Collection of Nordic Antiquities/Sammlung Nordländischer Altertümer

Mural painting Play of the Mermaids and the Fight of the Giants/Spiel der Wassernixen und der Kampf der Riesen by Gustav Heidenreich in the Nordic Room/Nordischer Saal

Mural painting The Norns under the world tree Yggdrasil/Die Nornen unter der Weltesche Yggdrasil by Gustav Heidenreich in the Nordic Room/Nordischer Saal

Ceiling in the Ethnographic Room/Ethnographischer Saal

[edit] Egyptian Collection/Ägyptischen Abteilung

Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof around 1850	Tomb Room/Gräbersaal around 1850	Ceiling painting in the Mythologic Room/Mythologischer Saal	Mural painting the Temple at Abu Simbel/Der Felsentempel von Abu Simbel by Max Schmidt in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof
Mural painting The Temple of Hathor at Dendera/Der Hathortempel zu Dendera by Carl Graeb in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof	Mural painting The Temple at Gerf Hussein/Der Tempel zu Gerf Hussein by Wilhelm Schirmer in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof	Mural painting The Temple at Karnak/Der Tempel zu Karnak by Eduard Pape in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof	Mural painting The Outer-Court ot the Temple of Edfu/Der Vorhof des Tempels von Edfu by Eduard Biermann in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof
Mural painting The Island of Philae/Die Insel Philae by Eduard Biermann in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof	Mural painting The Memnon Statues at Thebes/Die Memnonstatuen zu Theben by Wilhelm Schirmer in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof	Mural painting The Pyramids of Meroe/Die Pyramiden von Meroe by Max Schmidt in the Egyptian Courtyard/Ägyptischer Hof	Damages in the Egyptian Courtyard in 1949

[edit] Collection of Plaster Casts/Sammlung der Gipsabgüsse

Greek Room/Griechischer Saal around 1850	Mural painting The Acropolis at Athens/Die Akropolis von Athen by Carl Graeb in the Greek Room/Griechischer Saal	Wall and ceiling Laocoön Cabinet/Laokoonkabinett	Celeing Apollo Room/Apollosaal
Section Northern Cupola Room/Nordkuppelsaal	Mural painting Heracles captures the Ceryneian Hind/Herkules bezwingt die goldbekrönte Hirschkuh von Kerynea by Adolf Schmidt in the Northern Cupola room/Nordkuppelsaal	Nordkuppelsaal\|Mural painting Bellerophon kills the Chimera/Bellerophon tötet die Chimäre in the Northern Cupola room/Nordkuppelsaal	Nordkuppelsaal\|Mural painting Theseus kills the Minotaur/Theseus tötet den Minotaurus in the Northern Cupola room/Nordkuppelsaal
Niobidensaal	Niobidensaal	Section Roman Room/Römischer Saal	Ceiling Roman Room/Römischer Saal
Mural painting Imperial Palaces and Circus maximus at Rome/Kaiserpaläste und Circus maximus in Rom by Eduard Pape in the Roman Room	Roman Room in 1939	Ceiling Room for Mediaeval Work of Art/Saal für Kunstwerke des Mittelalters	Section Southern Cupola Room/Südkuppelsaal
Southern Cupola Room/Südkuppelsaal around 1850	The destroyed Southern Cupola Room/Südkuppelsaal 1984	Modern Room/Moderner Saal around 1850	Wall Modern Room/Moderner Saal
Connection to Old Museum/Altes Museum