Berlin Museums, New Museum
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On this tour, I will tell you about the founding of the Museum Island and take a tour of two of them: the Old National Gallery and the New Museum. The Old National Gallery features nineteenth-century art, German and French schools.
You will see masterpieces of such authors as Adolf von Menzel, Max Lieberman, Paul Cezanne, Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet. Moreover, I will tell you about Hitler’s favorite artist – Böcklin, you will see Hitler’s favorite painting, written by him, as well as other works of this master. The gallery also has unique sculptures, including the famous “Queen of Hearts” plastic by Louise and her sister Frederica. And also the masterpieces of Rheingold Begas.
In the New Museum I will introduce you to the history of ancient Egypt, you will see real mummies, tombs, the book of the dead. And, of course, the bust of Queen Nefertiti – “beautiful beauty came” in Greek. Legend has it that Egypt has never seen such a beautiful woman, her face was called perfect, her portrait adorned temples throughout the country. In 1912, German archaeologists found a bust in an Egyptian workshop, and since then Nefertiti has become "the most beautiful woman in Berlin." To see the 3,500-year-old bust, people from all over the world flock to the German capital. Come and see the most beautiful woman in Egypt.