DEEDS.CALENDAR: The special exhibition for the anniversary “200 Years Museum Island”:Foundation Stone Antiquity. Berlin’s first museum – Museum Island Berlin, Altes Museum | until 03.05.2026

Altes Museum presents the special exhibition for the anniversary “200 years of Museum Island” from July 9, 2025. The history of the world-famous Museum Island began on July 9, 1825, when the foundation stone was laid for the museum designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in Berlin’s Lustgarten. Just five years later, on August 3, 1830, the Altes Museum was opened as the first public museum in Berlin and Prussia. The building with its monumental columned hall quickly developed into a crowd-puller and an important institution for basic archaeological research to this day.

The special exhibition on the upper floor of the building provides exciting insights into the beginnings of the museum and shows a selection of antiquities that were already on display when it opened in 1830.

WHEN?

Opening: Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 7:00 pm

Exhibition dates: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 until Sunday, May 3, 2026

Opening hours: Wed – Sun 10 am – 5 pm

WHERE?

Museum Island Berlin, Altes Museum
Am Lustgarten
10178 Berlin

COST?

Altes Museum
Regular: 14 EUR
Reduced: 7 EUR

Museum Island + Panorama
Regular: 24 EUR
Reduced: 12 EUR

Image above: Blick in die Ausstellungsräume des Alten Museums, ca. 1906/07; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv.