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Bode-Museum, previously Kaiser Friedrich-Museum
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After extensive general renovations from 1997 to 2005, the Bode Museum was reopened magnificently in October 2006 as the location of the Skulpturensammlung (Sculpture Collection) and the Museum für Byzantinische Kunst (Museum of Byzantine Art). These are supplemented with works from the Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings) with certain similarities to Bode's concept. The Numismatic Collection, which is housed in the base level, is presented in its own exhibition rooms in the upper level.
In mid 1997 the architecture association of Heinz Tesar (Vienna) and Christoph Fischer (Berlin) was commissioned with the planning for general repairs of the Bode-Museum. The general renovations, which naturally included installation of state of the art building, safety and sanitary technology, also encompassed full restoration, suitable for a historical monument, of the museum construction itself, which was 100 years old. Numerous decorative elements which had been destroyed by the war and reconstructed afterwards were renewed. In addition, the Kleine Kuppel (little cupola) was lowered to create a connection of the Bode Museum to the new Archaeological Promenade, which will eventually lead under the railway route into a large exhibition room and continue in the base level of the North Wing of the Pergamon Museum.
