Antikensammlung
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The riches of the Collection of Classical Antiquities, one of the largest in the world for ancient Greek, Etruscan and Roman art, are distributed among three museums on the Berlin Museumsinsel:
Greek and roman architecture in monumental 1:1 reconstructions can be admired in the three central halls of the Pergamonmuseum. They will remain there in future for visitors taking the main circuit to experience. The main focus here is the Great Altar of Pergamon, while in the neighbouring hall with Roman architecture the Market Gate of Miletus is of particular interest.
The Altes Museum, which is the germ cell of the Museumsinsel, presents the heart of the collection distributed over two floors: antique sculptures, vases, terracottas, bronzes, gold and silver jewellery, gemstones, cameos and glass. One of the most extensive collections of Etruscan art and culture outside Italy has been on display again since 2010 after years of storage.
Not least, the Collection of Classical Antiquities has enriched the presentations of the Egyptian Museum and the Museum of Prehistory and Early History, opened in October 2009 in the Neues Museum, with the addition of important archaeological object groups: The main focus here is provided by finds from Cyprus and from the provinces of the Roman Empire. In the central staircase and in the rooms of the Archaelogical Promenade on Level 0, too, there are important items, many of which derive from the major excavations of the collection in Asia Minor (Miletus, Magnesia on the Maeander).
