Museum Tour
Old National Gallery
Alte Nationalgalerie
Bodestraße 1-3
10178 Berlin
When Friedrich August Stüler designed a temple of art on a pedestal of stone for the Old National Gallery, he took a sketch by Wilhelm IV from 1841 into account. Although the interior boasted a luxurious staircase, Stüler added a massive flight of steps to the outside of the building. He died as construction was getting under way in 1866 and responsibility for implementation was taken over by Johann Heinrich Strack. The museum was opened in 1876.
Severe damage to the structure was temporarily repaired after the war. Complete renovation was therefore called for. Under the direction of hgMerz and the Gruppe 80, the New National Gallery was the first of the museums to be restored on the Museum Island.
The historic structure was preserved wherever possible and necessary alterations such as the installation of modern exhibition technology and the extension of the exhibition space undertaken.
Thanks to these new areas, works from the former Gallery of the Romantic at Schloss Charlottenburg can be shown today in the Old National Gallery. They add to the broad spectrum of 19th century sculptures and works of art, including those by Caspar David Friedrich, Johann Gottfried Schadow, Carl Blechen, Adolph Menzel, Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne and Lovis Corinth.
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Images:
Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Landesarchiv Berlin
Landesarchiv Berlin / Barbara Esch-Marowski (2)
Landesarchiv Berlin / Stefane Jacob
Landesarchiv Berlin / Barbara Esch-Marowski (2)
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