Pergamon

Tour of the Pergamon Museum

The cost of 1 hour tour of the Pergamon Museum for a group of 1 to 5 people is 60 euros.

The license is paid separately, its cost is 35 euros.

The Pergamon Museum is located on the Museum Island. Architects Ludwig Hoffmann and Alfred Messel erected the museum building under the main exhibit, the Pergamon Altar.

Today, in the Pergamon Museum, the presented exposition is divided into the Ancient Collection, the Western Asian Museum and the Museum of Islamic Art. Examining the exhibits of the Pergamon Museum, we take a trip to the ancient world, the world of an amazing and beautiful past, where, as today, life was in full swing, people dreamed, fell in love, believed in their gods and worshiped them. We will see the Pergamon altar, the monumental view of which is impressive even today. The bas-reliefs depict the myth "Battle of the gods and Titans". No less striking exhibit of the Pergamon Museum is the gate of the goddess Ishtar. Created to amaze ancient travelers. Having traveled a long way through the desert, under the scorching rays of the sun, exhausted from thirst, the weary traveler fell into the shadow of magnificent, lined with sky-blue tiles, with bas-reliefs of mystical animal gates, symbolizing the vital energy of water and the coolness of the northern wind!

The architectural complex, the gate of the goddess Ishtar, built at the behest of King Nebuchadnezzar in 575 BC, carries many secrets and riddles that have to be solved.

Frieze of Mshatta is the brightest example of early Islamic art. It was created in the VIII century and is a Frieze 5 meters high and 33 meters long. The Pergamon Museum contains a large collection of the Antique Collection, the basis of which was laid by the Prussian Electors in 1698. For 1 hour tour of the Pergamon Museum is not possible to cover everything, I will take your attention to the most interesting and important in this collection of exhibits and tell about them.

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