Pergamon Museum, Berlin - Germany 4K Travel Channel

The Pergamon Museum is part of the museum ensemble on the Museum Island in Berlin. Original initiator of this unique art collection was King Frederick William III of Prussia. In 1810, he issued the instruction to create a public art collection here. However, this museum scene gained in importance by Wilhelm of Bode under Emperor Wilhelm II, when Bode 1890 became a president of the Royal Museums in Berlin. Bode excellently understood to gather and coordinate private collectors and patrons so that an influential art scene emerged in Berlin. By his activity, the Berlin museums became one of the most important museum complexes worldwide. Today you can visit the Old and New Museum, the Pergamon Museum, the Old National Gallery and the Bode Museum on the island. From 2017, the James Simon Gallery will be added. It will serve at the same time as central entrance building of the Museum Island. In the Pergamon Museum architecture and Greek and Roman sculptures are exhibited. Furthermore it contains the