Pergamon Museum

Pergamon Museum
Pergamonmuseum
	Entrance area
Established	1930
Location	Museum Island, Berlin, Germany
Coordinates	52°31′16″N 13°23′46″E / 52.52111°N 13.39611°E
Type	Archaeology museum
Public transit access	U: Museumsinsel ()
Website	smb.museum/pergamonmuseum
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iv
Reference	896
Inscription	1999 (23rd Session)
Area	8.6 ha (21 acres)
Buffer zone	22.5 ha (56 acres)

The Pergamon Museum (German: Pergamonmuseum; pronounced [ˈpɛʁ.ɡa.mɔn.muˌzeː.ʊm] ^ⓘ) is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany. It was built from 1910 to 1930 by order of Emperor Wilhelm II and according to plans by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann in Stripped Classicism style.^[1] As part of the Museum Island complex, the Pergamon Museum was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999 because of its architecture and testimony to the evolution of museums as architectural and social phenomena.^[2]

Prior to its closing in 2023, the Pergamon Museum was home to the Antikensammlung, including the famous Pergamon Altar, the Vorderasiatisches Museum and the Museum für Islamische Kunst.

In October 2023, the museum was completely closed for visitors, and is expected to remain mostly closed for 14 to 20 years – until 2037 to 2043 – for the execution of comprehensive renovation works. Its North Wing is expected to reopen in 2027.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Pergamonmuseum Archived 19 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Landesdenkmalamt Berlin
^ "Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^ Field, Sophie (19 October 2023). "Pergamon Museum to close for 14-year-long renovation". Exberliner. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
^ Cunningham, Ed (27 June 2023). "One of Berlin's biggest museums is closing for 14(!) years". Time Out Worldwide. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
^ "Pergamonmuseum: Öffnet das Berliner Prestigeprojekt erst 2043 wieder?". Der Spiegel (in German). 1 December 2023. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[1] Pergamonmuseum Archived 19 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Landesdenkmalamt Berlin

[unesco-2] "Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

[:0-3] Field, Sophie (19 October 2023). "Pergamon Museum to close for 14-year-long renovation". Exberliner. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

[:1-4] Cunningham, Ed (27 June 2023). "One of Berlin's biggest museums is closing for 14(!) years". Time Out Worldwide. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

[:2-5] "Pergamonmuseum: Öffnet das Berliner Prestigeprojekt erst 2043 wieder?". Der Spiegel (in German). 1 December 2023. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

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