Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
The Bode Museum on Museum Island
Former name
Königliche Museen (Royal Museums)
Established1823 (1823)
LocationBerlin, Germany
Websitesmb.museum
James Simon Gallery on Museum Island, with the Neues Museum behind
Humboldt Forum
Kulturforum
Dahlem Museums
Köpenick Palace

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums) are a group of institutions in Berlin, Germany, comprising seventeen museums in five clusters; several research institutes; libraries; and supporting facilities. They are overseen by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and funded by the German federal government in collaboration with Germany's federal states. The central complex on Museum Island was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1999. By 2007, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin had grown into the largest complex of museums in Europe.[1] The museum was originally founded by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia in 1823 as the Königliche Museen (Royal Museums).[2]

The director-general of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin is Floretine Dietrich.

  1. ^ Langels, Otto: "Constitutional Reality: 50 years of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation", in German, Deutschlandradio, 25 July 2007
  2. ^ "Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: History". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Retrieved 10 April 2022.