Pergamon Museum
The Pergamon Museum—Pergamonmuseum—is one of the Museum Island buildings built for a single purpose: to house the archaeology and monumental art being brought into Germany in the early 20th century. Construction began in 1910 and the building was completed over time until 1930, commissioned by Emperor Wilhelm II and designed by Alfred Messel with Ludwig Hoffmann in a stripped-classical style. Before its closure, it held three major collections on one campus: the Antikensammlung, the Vorderasiatisches Museum, and the Museum für Islamische Kunst, including the famous Pergamon Altar. That mix of ancient architecture, German post-antiquity art, and Middle Eastern and Islamic art reflected plans set in motion after the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum opened in 1904, when it became clear the earlier museum was too small for the expanding finds. …
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