The Berggruen Museum collection of modern art is housed in a listed building by architect Friedrich August Stülerin Charlottenburg-Berlin.
The Berggruen Museum collection of modern art is housed in a listed building by architect Friedrich August Stülerin Charlottenburg-Berlin. It is one of two twin buildings opposite the Charlottenburg Palace commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. They took eight years to build and were completed in 1859. The architect, Friedrich August Stüler, designed the buildings in the Neoclassical style and they were each crowned with a large cupola. The buildings originally housed the officer barracks of the Gardes du Corps. The buildings were severely damaged during WW2 and subsequently restored after the war. The Antikensammlung moved into the western building in 1960. After the fall of the Berlin wall the collection was returned to the Museumsinsel Berlin and the building was offered to Heinz Berggruen, gallerist and private collector, to exhibit his collection. The works were initially on a ten-year loan to the State Museum (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin). In the year 2000, the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage) bought the collection for the Nationalgalerie. The Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg collection is located in the twin building and the collection also belongs to the Nationalgalerie A glass corridor now connects the two historical buildings.
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Location: Spandauer Damm,Berlin,Germany
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