Visit the Pergamonmuseum Before It Closes in October 2023
News from 03/27/2023
Beginning October 23, 2023, the Pergamonmuseum on Berlin's Museum Island will be completely closed for basic renovation and repair as part of the Museum Island Master Plan. It will reopen in the spring of 2027.
Beginning October 23, 2023, the Pergamonmuseum (Pergamon Museum) on Berlin's Museum Island will be completely closed to visitors. The closure is needed to continue basic renovation and repair as part of the Museum Island Master Plan. The north wing and the central section of the building are scheduled to open in the spring of 2027, giving visitors access to the Museum für Islamische Kunst (Museum of Islamic Art) and the Pergamon Altar.
The museum collections will continue to be visible to the public throughout the closure period. In the coming years, large sculptures and important objects from the Pergamonmuseum will be exhibited at the Pergamon Panorama, in the immediate vicinity of Museum Island. The Vorderasiatisches Museum (Museum of the Ancient Near East) is preparing a new exhibition for that site. In addition, the museum is planning to send prominent, individual objects as ambassadors to other museums in Berlin and around the world. For example, an intervention in the Hamburger Bahnhof and a thematic collaboration with the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) are anticipated; preparations are also underway for a joint project with the Louvre. Starting in the winter of 2023–24, the current (and henceforth historical) permanent exhibition of the Vorderasiatisches Museum will also be accessible online as a virtual tour.
During the closure, the Museum für Islamische Kunst will move out of its current rooms on the upper floor of the south wing and set up its new, innovative permanent exhibition on both floors of the north wing. During this period, the exhibits, some of which are permanently installed, will not only be dismantled and reassembled at the new location, but also restored, such as the Mshatta façade, the Aleppo Room and the Alhambra Cupola.
Links for Additional Information
- Pressemitteilung: „Freigabe der Mittel für zweiten Bauabschnitt: Grundinstandsetzung geht im Südflügel weiter – Museen bleiben trotz Schließung weiterhin präsent“ (27.3.2023)
- Interview zur Vollsanierung im SPKmagazin
- Masterplan Museumsinsel
- Pergamonmuseum
- Bauvorhaben der SPK
- Presseseite des BBR
- Informationen zu Bauabschnitt A
- Informationen zu Bauabschnitt B