Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Former name
Königliche Museen (Royal Museums)
Established1823 (1823)
LocationBerlin, Germany
Websitesmb.museum
James Simon Gallery on Museum Island, with the Neues Museum behind

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums) are a group of institutions in Berlin, Germany, comprising seventeen museums in five clusters; several research institutes; libraries; and supporting facilities. They are overseen by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and funded by the German federal government in collaboration with Germany's federal states. The central complex on Museum Island was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1999. By 2007, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin had grown into the largest complex of museums in Europe.[1] The museum was originally founded by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia in 1823 as the Königliche Museen (Royal Museums).[2]

The director-general of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is Michael Eissenhauer.

Museum locations

Mitte

Tiergarten/Moabit

Charlottenburg

Dahlem

Köpenick Palace

Berlin State Library

  • Two locations, Haus Unter den Linden and Haus Potsdamer Straße, are open to the public; various others are not.

Research institutes

See also

References

  1. Langels, Otto: "Constitutional Reality: 50 years of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation", in German, Deutschlandradio, 25 July 2007
  2. "Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: History". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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