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  • Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection The most famous pieces of the world's most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian Art are e.g. the bust of Queen Nefertiti, the portrait of Queen Tiy and the famous ‘Berlin Green Head'. The collection of the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection will be presented in the Neues Museum from 17 October 2009.
  • Old National Gallery In the Old National Gallery, the National Gallery displays one of Germany's most important collections of 18th-century art.
  • Collection of Classical Antiquities The Collection of Classical Antiquities presents pieces of art from the Greek and Roman antiquity. It is to be regarded in the Pergamon Museum and in the Altes Museum as well as in the Neues Museum from 17 October 2009.
  • Ethnological Museum The Ethnological Museum at the Dahlem Museums - with it's 500,000 ethnographical, archaeological and cultural-historical objects from Africa, Asia, America, Australia and the South Seas - belongs to be most comprehensive of it's kind.
  • Friedrich Christian Flick Collection The Friedrich Christian Flick Collection comprises around 2,000 works by approx. 150 artists. Focused primarily on the art of the last two decades of the 20th century, it is supplemented continuously by perspectives onto the 21st.
  • Friedrichswerder Church Early 19th century sculptures are being presented by the National Gallery in the Friedrichswerder Church.
  • Old Master Paintings The Old Master Paintings possesses one of the world's finest collections of European art from the 13th to 18th century. It includes masterpieces by artists such as van Eyck, Bruegel, Dürer, Raphael, Tizian, Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer.
  • Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum for contemporary art - Berlin In the Hamburger Bahnhof, the National Gallery exhibits contemporary art with works of world-famous artists - such as Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Anselm Kiefer and Joseph Beuys - from the 'Marx Collection'.
  • Helmut Newton Foundation The Helmut Newton Foundation, situated in the Museum of Photography, presents photos made by Helmut Newton and his wife June, in varying exhibitions.
  • Art Library The Art Library is one of Germany's leading institutions specialized in literature concerning the history of art, containing roughly 400,000 volumes.
  • Museum of Decorative Arts The Museum of Decorative Arts at the Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz shows one of the biggest collections of works of European craftsmanship which range from the Middle Ages to the present.
  • Museum of Decorative Arts (Köpenick) The Museum of Decorative Arts in Köpenick Palace displays interior design from Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo.
  • Museum of Prints and Drawings The Museum of Prints and Drawings is the largest Museum of graphic art in Germany and one of the four most relevant world-wide.
  • Numismatic Collection The Numismatic Collection at Pergamon Museum and Bode-Museum owes it's international renown to the rich diversity as well as the comprehensiveness of its coin series, which range from the beginnings of coinage in the 7th century B.C. in Asia Minor to the coins and medals of the twenty-first century.
  • Museum Berggruen At Museum Berggruen, the National Gallery displays Heinz Berggruen's outstanding collection of modern art, made up of an extensive number of works by Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee and Henri Matisse.
  • Museum of European Cultures The Museum of European Cultures at Dahlem Museums is one of the hugest collections of European ethnographica and Cultural History world-wide. It will be closed to visitors for renovation works from 6 July 2009 to September 2010.
  • Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum at Dahlem Museums combines one of the worlds most significant Collections of art from the indo-asian cultural area, containing art from China, Japan and Korea.
  • Museum of Islamic Art The Museum of Islamic Art, residing in the Pergamon Museum, contains art of Islamic peoples from 8th to 19th century.
  • Museum of Prehistory and Early History The Museum of Prehistory and Early History is one of the largest collections spezializing in the pre- and early history of the Old World. The collection of the Museum of Pre- And Early History is closed and will reopen October 17th 2009 at Neues Museum.
  • National Gallery The collection of the National Gallery is divided betweeen the Old National Gallery, the New National Gallery, the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, the Museum Berggruen, the Collection Scharf-Gerstenberg and the Friedrichswerder Church.
  • New National Gallery The National Gallery in the New National Gallery presents it's collection of 20th century European painting and sculpture, ranging from early modern art to art of the 1960s. During temporary exhibitions, the permanent collection is not on view.
  • Art Libary - Collection of Photography At the Museum of Photography, the Art Library focuses the manifold Areas of the medium Photography at the National Museums in Berlin in a single exhibition centre. Due to the reconstruction of the Kaisersaal, the Museum of Photography will only display the exhibitions of the Helmut Newton Foundation.
  • Collection Scharf-Gerstenberg The National Gallery's 'Collection Scharf-Gerstenberg' is on view in the eastern Stüler building and in the Marstall (stables wing) opposite Charlottenburg Palace. Paintings, sculptures and works on paper are being exhibited on three floors under the title "Surreal Worlds".
  • Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art The Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art in the Bode-Museum is one of Germany's largest collections of sculptures dating from the Middle Ages and later and owns a first-class collection of art works and utility objects from late Antiquity and the Byzantine period.
  • Museum of the Ancient Near East The Museum of the Ancient Near East in the Pergamon Museum ranks alongside the Louvre and the British Museum as one of the world's leading museums of ancient oriental treasures.

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