Neues Museum
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Key facts
- Location
- Museum Island , Berlin
- Type
- Archaeology museum
- Public transit access
- U : Museumsinsel ( )
- Website
- www .smb .museum /en /museums-institutions /neues-museum /home /
- Part of
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
- Criteria
- Cultural: ii, iv
- Inscription
- 1999 (23rd Session )
- Area
- 8.6 ha (21 acres)
- Buffer zone
- 22.5 ha (56 acres)
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The Neues Museum ( German pronunciation: [ˈnɔʏəs muˈzeːʊm], New Museum) is a listed building on the Museum Island of Berlin. Built from 1843 to 1855 by order of King Frederick William IV of Prussia in Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival styles, it is considered as the major work of Friedrich August Stüler. After suffering damage in World War II and decay in East Germany, it was restored from 1999 to 2009 by David Chipperfield. Currently, the Neues Museum is home to the Egyptian Museum (Ägyptisches Museum), the Papyrus Museum (Berlin Papyrus Collection), the Museum for Pre- and Early History (Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte) and parts of the Antikensammlung. As part of the Museum Island complex, the museum was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999 because of its outstanding architecture and testimony to the evolution of museums as a cultural phenomenon.
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1855 establishments in Prussia1855 establishments in the German ConfederationArchaeological museums in GermanyCommons link from WikidataDavid Chipperfield buildingsEgyptological collections in GermanyFrederick William IV of PrussiaMuseum IslandMuseums established in 1855Museums of ancient Greece in GermanyMuseums of ancient Rome in Germany