The New Museum (Neues Museum) in Berlin, part of the Unesco World Heritage Museum Island, built by Andreas Schlüter in 1856 was heavily destroyed in World War II.
After 40 years being a ruin it is now renovated in an extraordinary way by David Chipperfield. About 4.000 visitors a day are fascinated by the Nofretete (Nefertiti) bust, the Greek and Aegyptian collection and the respectful restoration of the only museum with an original interior of the German Historism in the 19th century. The New Museum finally opened  on 16th October 2009.
The reconstruction of the New Museum is only a part of the general renewal of the Museum Island. In 2010 David Chipperfield will add a contemporary entrance building: The James Simon Gallery. Here will start the new underground „archeologic pathway“,  which will connect the four museums with a distinct thematic approach to each institution.
The first new building in the neighbourhood of the island by Chipperfield was the Art Gallery „Am Kupfergraben“, finished in 2007.
„Ticket B - Architectural Guided Tours in Berlin“ offers from now on special tours to the urban development of the Museum Island with short inside visits in parts of the museums in cooperation with the Foundation „Preussischer Kulturbesitz“.

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