Alte Nationalgalerie

Alte Nationalgalerie
Front façade of the Alte Nationalgalerie
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Established1876 (1876)
LocationMuseum Island, Berlin
Coordinates52°31′15″N 13°23′53″E / 52.52083°N 13.39806°E / 52.52083; 13.39806
TypeArt museum
Public transit accessU: Museumsinsel (U5)
WebsiteAlte Nationalgalerie
Part ofMuseumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
CriteriaCultural: ii, iv
Reference896
Inscription1999 (23rd Session)
Area8.6 ha (21 acres)
Buffer zone22.5 ha (56 acres)

The Alte Nationalgalerie (lit. Old National Gallery) is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany. The gallery was built from 1862 to 1876 by the order of King Frederick William IV of Prussia according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler and Johann Heinrich Strack in Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival styles. The building's outside stair features a memorial to Frederick William IV.[1] Currently, the Alte Nationalgalerie is home to paintings and sculptures of the 19th century and hosts a variety of tourist buses daily.[2] As part of the Museum Island complex, the gallery was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999 for its outstanding architecture and its testimony to the development of museums and galleries as a cultural phenomenon in the late 19th century.[3]

  1. ^ Nationalgalerie & Kolonnaden Archived 12 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Landesdenkmalamt Berlin
  2. ^ "Alte Nationalgalerie". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 30 July 2022.