Museum Island: The New Museum

Initially, the New Museum was conceived as a continuation of the Old, since there were so many exhibits that they simply did not fit in one building, but over time the New Museum became an independent part of the Museum Island.

The museum had a large collection of plaster casts, artifacts of Ancient Egypt, Ethnographic collections, as well as various paintings and engravings, but after the war the number of exhibits was significantly replenished, including the pearl of the New Museum - the bust of Queen Nefertiti.

Visitors will be interested to know that the museum is famous not only for its antiquities, but also for the technologies used in the construction of the building. Due to the beginning of the period of industrialization during construction, a steam engine was used for the first time in Berlin, which was used to hammer piles into the ground. From this, the building still has a solid foundation, despite the immediate proximity of the river and washing.