Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin, Berlin

Name: Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin
Address: Berlin, Germany

#514 among attractions in Berlin

Museum, Art museum, Archaeological museum

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The Vorderasiatisches Museum is an archaeological museum in Berlin. It is in the basement of the south wing of the Pergamon Museum and has one of the world's largest collections of Southwest Asian art. 14 halls distributed across 2,000 square meters of exhibition surface display southwest Asian culture spanning six millennia. The exhibits cover a period from the 6th millennium BCE into the time of the Muslim conquests. They originate particularly from today's states of Iraq, Syria and Turkey, with singular finds also from other areas. Starting with the Neolithic finds, the emphasis of the collection is of finds from Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria, as well as northern Syria and eastern Anatolia. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°31'15"N, 13°23'48"E

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Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pergamon Museum, Berlin Cathedral, Bode Museum, Altes Museum.

~120 ftNW
Antiquities and ancient art collections
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~620 ftSE
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~270 ftSE
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Public park with lawns and fountains
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~1060 ftS
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~1100 ftS
Exhibitions tracing German history
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~270 ftSE
Museum, Archaeological museum
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~340 ftE
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~370 ftNW
, Island, Museum
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Which popular attractions are close to Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin?

Nearby attractions include Relief depicting a Roman legionary, Berlin (1 min walk), Grave relief of Publius Aiedius and Aiedia, Berlin (1 min walk), Pergamon Museum, Berlin (1 min walk), Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Berlin (2 min walk).

How to get to Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin by public transport?

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Tram

Georgenstraße/Am Kupfergraben • Lines: 12, M1 (4 min walk)
Am Kupfergraben • Lines: 12, M1 (4 min walk)

Metro

U Museumsinsel • Lines: U5 (7 min walk)
U Friedrichstraße • Lines: U6 (10 min walk)

Train

Berlin Friedrichstraße (11 min walk)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (16 min walk)

Bus

Alexanderplatz • Lines: 002, 057, 065, 070, 125, 1385, 170, 270, 370, N13, N1385, N232, N44, N70 (20 min walk)