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Ten reasons or ten excuses?
Image via Wikipedia An article in Heritage Key by Bija Knowles lists the “10 Reasons Why the Bust of Nefertiti Should Stay in the Neues Museum“. The title is not only enraging, but actually doesn’t do justice to its content, which presents favorable counter arguments on this polemic issue. Egypt is now an independent nation with... »
Bust of Nefertiti returns to newly restored Neues Museum
The ancient Egyptian bust of Queen Nefertiti has been moved back to the Berlin museum which exhibited it before the Second World War, culture officials said Monday. The Neues Museum where it was exhibited was wrecked when the Red Army invaded Berlin in 1945, but the limestone bust had been placed two years previously in... »
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... »
First look: Neues Museum in Berlin
The Neues Museum is Germany’s equivalent of the Louvre. It will house Berlin’s Egyptian collection, including the famous bust of Queen Nefertiti. Built between 1841 and 1859, the Neues Museum was left to decay after suffering bomb damage in World War II. Chipperfield’s approach to conserve everything that remained without replicating what was destroyed, filling... »
