Museum Island Berlin in the heart of the city is a crowd puller for numerous visitors from all over the world. This is the cradle of today's Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums), which display their outstanding collections on the millennia-old history of art and culture in Europe and the Mediterranean region in the incomparable ensemble of buildings. In 1999 UNESCO declared the Museum Island Berlin a World Heritage Site.
Big anniversary: 200 years of Museum Island Berlin
The foundation stone for Karl Friedrich Schinkel's Altes Museum was laid on July 9, 1825 - and the success story of Museum Island began. To mark the 200th anniversary, the SPK and the collections located on the “island” will be staging the unique Museumsquartier from summer 2025 - with exhibitions, events, open-air exhibitions, concerts, cinema evenings and activities for everyone.
