Hallo liebe Leser!!!!…read more See at this place famous paintings from Pablo Picasso, which are worldwide known as Milestones of modern art!!! :) (See at my pictures here). :) Nun also die letzte Chance nochmals die Ausstellung mit Thomas Scheibitz zu besuchen, denn sie endet am 02.02.2020!!! Mein erster Besuch vor vier Jahren verlief nicht so gut: Ich habe mich schon sehr geärgert, denn ich wollte eigentlich das ja von außen Recht schön aussehnde Museum gerne besuchen, aber ich kam nicht rein, weil man mich nicht ließ. Die Türsteherpolitik war da sehr hart. Ich wollte ja meine Tasche und meinen Schirm an der Garderobe abgeben, aber trotzdem hätte ich unbedingt auch meine Jacke abgeben müssen mit allen Wertsachen drinnen, und das wollte ich nicht machen. Ich hatte da nicht ausreichend Vertrauen dafür. Man hat das damit begründet, dass das ja eine Staatliche Ausstellung sei. Jedenfalls war ich in Deutschland und in ganz Europa schon in zahlreichen staatlichen Museen und habe derlei noch niemals erlebt. 2020 ist es aber nun leider öfter schon so!!! Ich habe mir das dann vor vier Jahren noch nicht angeschaut, bzw. anschauen können und wollte daher nur einen Stern vergeben. Ich machte aus der Not eine Tugend und schaute mir dann halt an jenem Tag das Schloss Charlottenburg, Neuer Flügel an !!! Mein neuer Besuch dann im Dezember 2019 klappte aber: Nun also zweiter Anlauf, und diesmal kam ich rein, darum also möchte ich Euch ein paar der schönen und durchaus ansehnlichen modernen Bilder von Thomas Scheibitz, Paul Klee und Pablo Picasso präsentieren, die ich hier zur Weinachtszeit 2019 fotografiert habe!!! Nun sind alle Fotos hier oben, und ich habe das Museum besichtigt, sowohl den vorderen Bau, siehe erstes Foto von mir, als auch den hinteren Bau, den man durch einen gläsernen Gang erreicht. In der Zeit wurde es dunkel. Zuvor und danach war ich gegenüber beim Weihnachtsmarkt dort. Zum Museumseintritt gehört noch das zweite Museum gegenüber, dazu gleich noch was von mir, denn da war ich auch, und mit berlinpass war alles umsonst, aber doch nicht umsonst, da sehenswert!!! :) Im Museum gegenüber ist auch das Café drinnen!!! :) Gruß vom ww.:) Nun also doch 4 Sterne hier von mir!!! ;)

Just OK museum. Art was displayed in haphazard, boring manner in boxy rooms, with little…read moreexplanation.

My favorite museum on the island. It has the famous gates that are a must see. It sold out for…read morethe day and there was a line at opening so get your tickets ahead online and put them in your smartphone wallet. They have a nice cafe with some good cakes and pastries. I recommend packing a picnic since the food options are limited in the area.

This is the most popular museum on the island, but I was not bowled over considering the wait. BIG…read moreHINT reserve your ticket time slot ahead of time. Even if you buy a multi-pass you still have to reserve a time of visit. The big appeal is the Roman entryway/Courtyard and castle facade. Sometimes you have to see for yourself what all the hype is about. One of the wings is closed and some of the Greek sculptures are on display at a separate building.

Here are some tips as this museum is surprisingly massive/overwhelming…read more 1. They offer student discounts even without ID. 2. For additional 5€ they have audio guides. You can do the museum without an audio guide I guess if you want to stand around and read endlessly or if you're already very familiar with this particular history. But the guides offer quick 1-3min explanations of select physical pieces. 3. If you really have time to kill, they have an additional exhibit on more current events on the floor leading to the bathrooms. 4. Chairs are all around for you to rest and you'll need it lol. 5. You need to exist threw the gift shop, of course. But you'll need to return the audio guides at the entrance so leaving and going back where you came from outside. Seems like an oversight that should be corrected.

I drove my rental car through Checkpoint Charlie several times in the early 1980's passing to the…read moreother side to hang out with friends I'd made on my first visit to East Berlin. The lines were sometimes long, and always slow...the East German guards searched the car on the way in for contraband they didn't want entering and then later that day when leaving passing mirrors underneath the car to make sure you weren't smuggling out a friend. The guards were always somber, stern and strict so it was always fun to try to get them to smile, typically without success. It's interesting now to see the area all opened up as it used to be a zig-zag maze of road blocks to keep the cars from moving too fast and busting through. The Galerie does a great job of showing what it was like back in the day!

This is, in my experience, one of the finest museums I've visited. Allocating a full day, with a…read morebreak for lunch/Mittagessen, is reasonable and advisable. Exhibit design is as good as the Metropolitan in NYC or the V&A in London. These designs convey information in a way that uses a museum experience in a way that distinguishes this form of knowledge transfer from simple reading, while avoiding being pedantic. The building is an architectural experience unto itself. BONUS free admission TIP We ate lunch at Umami Mitte, Friedrichstraße 30, 10969, https://umami-restaurants.de/, a few minutes away from the museum. It is very good to excellent, with pleasant outdoor tables, in appropriate weather.

This was a powerful, immersive, informative, interesting, and inspiring experience. I feel like the…read morebest way to tolerance is to learn. If you choose to ignore, you will continue to be ignorant. In these trying times in America and throughout the world it is important to learn from history and be aware so it doesn't repeat itself. While in Berlin we went to this museum to learn more about the Jewish diaspora in Germany. My knowledge of the Jewish experience is from the United States perspective and for me it was important to hear, read, and see the story from a country that played a significant part in the history of the Jewish people. The museum traces the history of the cultural, social, political, and influence of the Jewish people in Germany and throughout the world. It is not only a museum, it is an art gallery, and the architecture of the building is somewhat unassuming from the outside. Through photographs, religious objects, newspapers, letters, and artwork it is an immersive space that appeals to your humanity. From their progression throughout history to the persecution in the holocaust this museum is a powerful testament to the resilience of the Jewish people. With the the atrocities that they endured in Germany it is a strong reminder that we must be empathetic allies. My wife and I really appreciated this museum and feel like many should visit cultural museums wherever they may be.

Small but worth going to even if just to pop in for hour or so to see in person esp given how…read morepertinent the motivations of her work are again in todays world The location is also nice & -the last time I was there at least- quiet & calm

Of all the museums in Berlin - and that's a whole lot of museums - my friend had this one on her…read morelist. It's a small, private museum that I'd heard nothing about. My guidebook also didn't play it up as a must-see so I went with tempered expectations and what I discovered was a perfect bookend to the experience of touring Berlin. Set in West Berlin, on a charming Paris-esque street, the intimate (though multi-story) Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum features works by this Berlin artist so closely associated with the Berlin-during-wartime experience. After you've seen all of the war-related memorials, toured the nearby concentration camp (Sachsenhausen), and drank in the whole divided city thing come here. Kathe Kollwitz was a politically radical artist in Prenzlauer Berg who tragically lost her son to war and later her grandson, to more war. In the process, she became a Pacifist, something she described as the most difficult thing one can ever do. Through her art, Kollwitz continually questioned the senselessness of mothers offering their sons to the war machine and their unspeakable grief at the consequences. She found no comfort - only tragedy - in the corruptness of the then popular message that it is honorable to sacrifice your life for your country. Frequent themes of Kollwitz' work include mothers trying to protect their children and parents grieving over the loss of their children. One of her most powerful works is a self-portrait of she and her husband crushed with grief at the loss of their son. Her work profoundly captures the trauma, senselessness, and evils of war. Come to the Kathe Kollwitz Museum, on this peaceful, graffiti-free street, for a bit of reflection on the tragedy of war. Kollwitz' iconic works might move you towards Pacifism or tears or both. Kollwitz' work is also the sole feature of Berlin's WWII Neue Wache Memorial featuring a mother cradling her dead son in her arms. If this sculpture moves you in any way, a visit to the Kathe-Kollwitz Museum should be high on your list. Kathe Kollwitz was an incredible artist with a powerful message that I can get behind: Never Again War. While in Berlin, make time for this special, powerful, under-the-radar museum.

Went to one of my all time favorite exhibitions here. Really unique work and a beautiful…read morespace. Highly recommend!

Postfuhramt, Exhibition Centre for Photography…read more Postfuhramt building was constructed in the 18751881 by Wilhelm Tuckermann according to the plans of Carl Schwatlo. It was seriously damaged during the Second World War and partially restored in the years 1973-1989. From the year 1997 it has been used as the exhibition centre. And that's what it is now the Exhibition Centre for Photography. The gallery hosts various exhibitions that oten change. The content as well as the quality of the works exposed might be different. You might be lucky to find there great pictures of famous or unknown photograpers or you might be disappointed. The good thing is that there is enough room for several exhibitions at the same time which provides you with a good chance to see at least something that you would like. The interior of the Postfuhramt is not what you expect to see keeping in mind its pretty clean facade. The peeling walls provocatively exposing layers of the paint they where wearing for last decades, crumbling stucco, and worn-out doors create a scary and enchanting background for photograps. At the second glance the biggest exhibition room proves to be a former sport hall with one of the hoops still fixed to the wall. I guess you have to be quite a pervert to see the beauty of this collapsing block of history but I swear I loved it! Definitely worth a visit.

The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church was heavily bombed towards the end of war. What's left, is a…read moreliving memorial to the violence and destruction that the allies wrought upon this city. This church was a casualty but also a focal point for Berliners to rebuild. Sadly, when it comes to churches, everyone has their own opinion... which is why today, the ruins stand as a testimony to the destruction of the Second World War. But! The citizens did build a beautiful Kirche next to the ruins. The discussions are ongoing, on the next phase of the rebuild. Some eighty-five years after the end of the fighting. See the many, many photos of both the New, and old Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche. The new octagon sanctuary is magnificent! May I suggest you plan your visit around enjoying its beauty, splendor and peaceful solitude. You'll thank me later.

This is a review of the buildings and their setting alone; I'm not reviewing the church as a…read moreworshiping, political, or theological body. If you visit Berlin, you must visit the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. The old church was built in the 1890s and largely destroyed by Allied bombing in 1943 during World War II. Like St. Nicholas Church in Hamburg, the ruins of the old church have been preserved as both a memorial and a statement against war and its devastating effects on society. Locally, it's referred to as The Hollow Tooth. The ruins are striking from a distance--especially the damaged spire--but they have removed the other parts of the church at very right angles so that when you're standing right next it, it doesn't feel like the result of bombing but, rather, construction. The new church's horrid bell tower and main building itself being right next to the old church (on either side) doesn't help either. Inside the old church, there are informational panels about the history and destruction of the church. There are also three important artifacts: a damaged statue and two crosses. The statue is of Jesus, and it used to be on the main altar of the church before it was destroyed. The first cross is made of nails that came directly from the roof of Coventry Cathedral in England, which was damaged by German bombing in 1940; there's so much symbology, both secular and religious, in the fact that the German damage to a British church became a gift of peace to a German church damaged by British bombs. The second cross is an icon donated by the Russian Orthodox Church, also highly theologically charged, as Soviet forces obliterated large eastern portions of the city (and raped scores of German women) during the Battle of Berlin, which ended the war in Europe but also led to the partition of the city between east and west and further untold suffering of its civilian population; in my mind, this cross is less an expression of pure solidarity among nations and more solidarity among different sects of Christianity, as the Soviet Union was officially an atheist country that was virulently and violently anti-religious, and it actively repressed the Russian Orthodox Church and all other churches. (One of my great uncles [probably technically a cousin] was a Jesuit priest who survived being sent to the labor camps in Siberia.) From the outside, the new church is only interesting because of its scale. A totally random visitor might ask Why did they build such a huge boxy glass thing right next to this old ruin, and what's inside? When I first went inside, though, it was one of the most striking transitions I've ever experienced, and I've been to many churches. The stained-glass windows comprise these tiny square panes, which you can see from the outside but which look like plain glass blocks rather than beautiful liturgical art. And maybe that's the point; Jesus didn't come as a conquering king but as the child of a poor family. What looks ugly and plain from the outside is breathtaking inside. It's a good reminder for all of us, especially those of educated in Jesuit institutions, to find God in all things, no matter how off-putting or insignificant-seeming. The floor tile is also beautiful and really well done. Almost everything about the interior of the new church is interesting at first and even better when you've spent some time looking at it. The old and new churches have a prominent location on the Kurfürstendamm, a huge street with lots of shops in Breitscheidplatz, south of the world-famous zoo. When the city was still divided, this was Berlin's city center, but within all of reunited Berlin, it's part of the Zoo Quarter, which is in the western part of the city. It still feels important, but I can imagine that especially at the height of the Cold War the damaged church spire was a constant reminder of what could happen again at any moment. As it's easy to imagine, damaged buildings require a great deal of maintenance so that they don't collapse completely. In another sign of former enemies reconciling, one of the champions of raising money to maintain the old church's structural integrity was Charles Jeffrey Gray, a former British bomber pilot who flew bombing raids over Berlin during World War II.