Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Left
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Centre
Cupid Victorious
Right
Hamburger Bahnhof
Art Galleries
Gemäldegalerie
Berlin's best art museum,
the Gemäldegalerie focuses on
European art of the 13th to 19th
centuries, such as Caravaggio's
Cupid Victorious (above)
, and
works by Dürer, Rembrandt and
Rubens
(see pp34-5).
Neue Nationalgalerie
The National Gallery's collec-
tion includes modern German art
and classics of the 20th century.
It often holds spectacular tempo-
rary exhibitions
.
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Potsdamer Str.
50
•
Map E4
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10am-6pm Tue-Fri, until
10pm Thu, 11am-6pm Sat, Sun
•
Admission charge
Mao
by Warhol, in the Hamburger Bahnhof
Leibl, Max Liebermann and
Arnold Böcklin. The gallery also
has sculptures by Schadow,
Rauch and Reinhold Begas.
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Bodestr. 1-3
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Map J5
•
10am-6pm
Tue-Sun, until 10pm Thu
•
(030) 20 90 55
66
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Admission charge
Alte Nationalgalerie
The Old National Gallery,
built by Friedrich August Stüler in
1866-76 on the Museumsinsel,
has been completely restored.
Today it holds a collection of
19th-century (and mainly Ger-
man) paintings, including works
by Adolf von Menzel, Wilhelm
Hamburger Bahnhof
A “museum of the present
day , the historic Hamburg Sta-
tion houses modern paintings,
installations and multi-media art.
One of its highlights is the Erich
Marx Collection,
with works by
Joseph Beuys. Apart
from famous artists
like Andy Warhol,
Jeff Koons and
Robert Rauschen-
berg, it also owns
works by Anselm
Kiefer, Sandro Chiao
and others.
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Invalidenstr. 50-51
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Map F2
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10am-6pm
Tue-Fri, 11am-6pm Sat,
Sun
•
Admission charge
The Glass of Wine
by Jan Vermeer, in Gemäldegalerie
Neue Nationalgalerie:
www.smb.spk-berlin.de/nng/s.html
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