Berlin’s Neues Museum announces re-opening
After more than 60 years in ruins, the Neues Museum (New Museum) on Berlin’s Museum Island is scheduled to re-open its doors on October 16, 2009. The re-opening completes the decade long, 200 million Euro restoration project, marking the third major milestone in the overall restoration of the five renowned museums that make up the UNESCO world heritage site, Museum Island.
The Neues Museum will once again house the archaeological collections of the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, the Museum of Pre- and Early History, as well as works from the Collection of Classical Antiquities. The most prominent feature of the exhibit, the bust of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, described as “the world’s most beautiful woman,” will be centrally and prominently displayed in the north cupola of the building. The bust was first exhibited at the Neues Museum in 1924 and evacuated from the structure in 1939. Additional artifacts including the burial chambers of Metjen, Merib and Manofer will also be available to view as free-standing elements.
After the re-opening of the Old National Gallery in 2001 and the Bode Museum in 2006, the Neues Museum will be the third fully restored museum building on Museum Island. This latest re-opening signifies the first time in over 70 years that all five museums on the island will be open to the public.
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