200 years of museum island: Berlin celebrates with a large anniversary program!

200 years of museum island: Berlin celebrates with a large anniversary program!

Museumsinsel, Berlin, Deutschland - In 2025, the Museum Island in Berlin will celebrate an important anniversary-its 200th anniversary. The Prussian Cultural Ownership Foundation (SPK) has announced a variety of events and activities that are to take place over a period of five years until 2030. This was officially announced after the first stone of the old museum was laid on July 9, 1825 by the well -known architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The ruling mayor Kai Wegner took over the patronage for the celebrations, while Hermann Parzinger, President of the SPK, emphasizes that the program is focused on cultural education, especially for Berlin school classes that are supposed to visit the museum island, such as The Berliner Zeitung reported.

diverse programs and exhibitions

The highlights of the anniversary program include several special exhibitions that are presented in 2025. The architecture and history of the old museum is explored under the title "Case Stone Antiquity. Berlin's first museum". In addition, the exhibition "Myths in Stein. Göbeklitepe and the world of the last hunters" is on the program, which gives an insight into the antique UNESCO World Heritage Site, while the old National Gallery will show the "Scharf Collection" with works by renowned artists such as Goya and Monet. In addition, the reopening of the colonnaden bar and the UFA film nights are announced, the classic films in the open air show, such as of the Prussian cultural property foundation .

The entire program aims to attract visitors from near and far and at the same time the historical roots of the museum island - an interaction of impressive architecture and incredible collection goods that have survived many generations since their opening. The museum island, an early 19th century masterpiece, is architecture of outstanding architects such as Schinkel and its successors and remains a central place for art and culture in Germany