Bridges Museum
The Brücke Museum, or *Brücke-Museum*, opened in 1967 and anchors Berlin’s story of German Expressionism by holding the world’s largest collection of works by members of Die Brücke—“The Bridge.” Founded in 1905 in Dresden, the movement sought a direct, modern kind of artistic force, and the museum’s holdings reflect that urgency: around 400 paintings and sculptures plus several thousand drawings, watercolours and prints. Its collection history also traces the moral and legal aftermath of Nazi persecution. In 2006, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Berlin Street Scene (1913)—displayed here since 1980—was returned to heirs of the Jewish family who owned it before World War II. …
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