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• Art Library, Berlin

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kunstbibliothek/home.html
  Founded in 1867, the Art Library ranks among Europe's leading institutions specializing in literature concerning the history of art, graphic design, and printing. Permanent special exhibitions open to the public.

• Bauhaus Archive: Museum of Design

  http://www.bauhaus.de/
  The Bauhaus-Archive Berlin researches, documents and presents the history of the Bauhaus school (1919-1933). Information on building, collections and the original Bauhaus.

• Berlin State Gallery - Berlinische Galerie

  http://www.berlinischegalerie.de/index.php?id=270&L=1
  The Berlinische Galerie is the State of Berlin's permanent collection of art, photography and architecture. Located near the new Jewish Museum, the Gallery displays works of art from Dix, Kirchner, Grosz, Ury, Baselitz as well as collections of photographers such as Erich Salomon and Heinrich Zille. Growing English-language website

• Bröhan Museum of Art Deco, Art Nouveau and Functionalism

  http://www.broehan-museum.de/
  Specializes in Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Functionalism (1889-1939) of international provenance. The collection has two areas of primary interest: decorative arts and painting.

• Centrum Judaicum - New Synagogue, Berlin, Oranienburger Tor

  http://www.cjudaicum.de/
  The permanent exhibition of the "New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum" Foundation traces the history of the building and the lives connected with it. The various displays and documents give an impression of how diverse Jewish life once was, and again is, in the German capital.

• Collection of Classical Antiquities (Pergamon Museum and Old Museum)

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/pergamonmuseum/home.html
  Contains architectural remains, sculptures, vases, inscriptions, mosaics, bronzes and jewellery of the Greek and Roman world in Berlin.

• Daimler Contemporary - Collection of Modern Art

  http://art.daimler.com/
  Information about exhibitions (past and present) in the former 'Weinhaus Huth', plus info about DaimlerChrysler-owned sculptures displayed in the Potsdamer Platz area.

• Deutsche Guggenheim

  http://www.deutsche-guggenheim.de/
  The museum is situated on Unter den Linden in the old and new centre of Berlin. It represents a unique collaboration between Deutsche Bank and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.

• Egyptian Museum

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/aegyptisches-museum-und-papyrussammlung/home.html
  The Egyptian Museum in Berlin owns one of the world's most important collections on Ancient Egypt. It is home to the famous bust of Queen Nefertiti and some 2000 other exhibits.

• Ethnological Museum, Berlin-Dahlem

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/ethnologisches-museum/home.html
  Collects, preserves and researches cultural products of pre-industrial societies. Information on permanent collections covering Africa, America, Asia, and the South as well as the exhibition for children; information on temporary exhibitions and conservation activities.

• F.C. Flick Collection, Berlin

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/hamburger-bahnhof/home.html
  Hosted in the magnificent Hamburger Bahnhof museum complex, the Flick Collection presents modern and contemporary artists, from Giacometti to Richter, from Nauman to Rauch. Website contains information about exhibition and collection; for tourist information see Hamburger Bahnhof website.

• Film Museum Berlin - Deutsche Kinemathek

  http://www.deutsche-kinemathek.de/
  Concise information about the collection of 12500 films, 20000 screenplays and Marlene Dietrich's personal collection, held at this museum at Potsdamer Platz; information about opening hours and travel.

• Georg Kolbe Museum of Figurative Sculpture

  http://www.georg-kolbe-museum.de/
  Georg-Kolbe-Museum is located in the studio-building of the sculptor Georg Kolbe (1877-1947) in Berlin-Westend. The museum contains collections of figurative sculptures of the 20th century.

• Hamburger Bahnhof - "Museum for the Present"

  http://www.museen-berlin.de/hbf/e/s.html
  On 8000 sqm, the former railway station houses the Berlin's most important collection of contemporary art. One wing of the building is devoted to Joseph Beuys, another houses private collector Erich Marx's exhibition of Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Anselm Kiefer and Joseph Beuys.

• Jewish Museum Berlin

  http://www.jmberlin.de/
  Includes info about the history and collection, housed in an avantgarde building by Daniel Libeskind, of the Jewish Museum Berlin. German-Jewish history from the Middle Ages to modern days.

• Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin

  http://www.kaethe-kollwitz.de/
  Description of exhibitions, biography and location for a permanent collection of the works of graphic artist and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945).

• Museum for Pre- and Early History

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/museum-fuer-vor-und-fruehgeschichte/home.html
  Covers the prehistoric cultures of Europe and the Ancient Near East from their beginnings down through the Middle Ages. Information for visitors; events and publications.

• Museum of Ancient Near Eastern Antiquities

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/vorderasiatisches-museum/home.html
  Exhibits an impression of six thousand years of history, culture and art in the ancient Near East including the famous Ishtar Gate.

• Museum of Decorative Arts

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kunstgewerbemuseum/home.html
  The museum possesses one of the world's major collections of European applied art, ranging from post-antiquity to the present and including silks, costumes, tapestries, as well as works in gold, enamel and porcelain.

• Museum of European Cultures

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/museum-europaeischer-kulturen/home.html
  The Museum of Ethnography in Berlin collects and preserves objects of popular culture from the sixteenth century to the present. Established in June 1999 it embraces the merged collections of the Museum of Folklore and the European holdings in the Museum of Ethnology in Berlin.

• Museum of Islamic Art

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst/home.html
  Contains works originating from Spain to India, though the collection's main focus is the Middle East including Egypt and Iran.

• Museum of Musical Instruments, Berlin

  http://www.museum.com/jb/museum?id=139&show=2
  Information about collections and opening hours and some of the 3000 exhibits ranging from Stradivari and Amati to Wurlitzer and Ruckers.

• Online Exhibition Berlin-Mitte: Explorations of an Urban Conversion

  http://uinic.de/berlin-mitte/en/essay-start.html
  This website preserves the different stages of Berlin-Mitte's (on-going) evolution from the time the wall came down in 1989 to its current state as an intellectual, artistic and economic center.

• Schinkel Museum - Friedrichswerder Church

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/friedrichswerdersche-kirche/home.html
  Collection of early 19th century sculptures in the Friedrichswerder Church in Berlin-Mitte.

• Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

  http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen.html
  Portal to Berlin museums with links, descriptions and opening hours.

• The House of World Cultures, Berlin

  http://www.hkw.de/en/index.php
  One of the leading European centres for contemporary art and current developments in world cultures of non-European origin, especially from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

• Vitra Design Museum Berlin

  http://www.design-museum.de/
  Housed in a former industrial building complex, the Vitra Design Museum provides an innovative forum for design and architecture. English-language information on collections, exhibitions and details for visitors.

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