Home to no less than five major exhibition buildings, Berlin Museum Island is one of the most important museum complexes in the world, combining unique archaeological collections and 19th century art. Collections that were split up during the Cold War period are now reunited on Berlin Museum Island.

Discover art history in the heart of Berlin
Berlin's Museum Island is situated right in the heart of the city. Listed as a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO, the impressive complex grew over a period of one hundred years and consists of five important museums. Remarkable archaeological collections and 19th century art can be found in the Old Museum, New Museum, the Old National Gallery, Bode Museum and Pergamon Museum. Unmissable exhibits include the Pergamon Altar of Zeus and the bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti.

Berlin is also a city of museums, housing cultural treasures from all over the world, including the Pergamon altar, the bust of Nefertiti ("Berlin's most beautiful woman"), and works by great masters past and present. This once-divided city brings visitors face to face with history in the 175 museums that are its custodians of history, art and knowledge. A new gallery scene, which has sprung up in the Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg districts, is causing quite a stir in the international art world.

From light entertainment to classical opera: eight great symphony orchestras, including the famous Berlin Philharmonic, and three great opera houses shape the city's musical life. Berlin's desire to entertain and be entertained is a longstanding tradition bound up with the city's legendary "Roaring Twenties". Today Berlin is experiencing something of a light entertainment revival.