Berlin Attractions
Ishtar Gate © rictor-and-david/151247206
Pergamon Museum
This huge museum has three main departments, the Antiquity
Collection, Islamic Art Museum and the Middle East Museum that
house parts of reconstructed monumental buildings transported from
original excavation sites from ancient lands. The Antiquity
Collection contains the Pergamon Altar from the second century BC,
as well as the Market Gate of Miletus from Roman antiquity. The
main attraction in the Islamic Art Museum is the Mshatta
façade originating from a Jordanian desert palace, while the
Middle East Museum boasts the Ishtar Gare and the Procession Way of
Babylon, as well as the throne room façade of Nebuchadnezzar
II.
Address: Am Kupfergraben 5, Museum Island;
Website: www.smb.spk-berlin.de;
Telephone: (0)30 2090 5577;
Transport: U-Bahn and S-Bahn to Friedrichstrasse; tram M1, M4, M5, M6, or 12; bus 100, 200 or 147;
Opening time: Daily 9am to 6pm, until 10pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday;
Admission: €8 (adults), free for children under 16
