Museum Berggruen

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

How to get here

S41, S42, S46 Westend
U7 Richard-Wagner-Platz
U2 Sophie-Charlotte-Platz
Bus 109, 309, M45 Schloss Charlottenburg

Informations about accessibility

Short Facts

Built
1851-1859 as an officers’ barracks by Friedrich August Stüler
Opened
in 1960 as the home of the Collection of Antiquities (West) of the Berlin State Museums
Re-opened
in 1996 as the exhibition space for the collection of the art dealer Heinz Berggruen
Exhibition space
1 300 m²
What to see
numerous works by Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee, as well as paintings by other Cubists, sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, Cut-Outs by Henri Matisse and African sculptures
Definitely don’t miss
Giacometti’s ‘Standing Woman III’ in the rotunda, Picasso’s ‘The Yellow Sweater’ from 1939
Extra
the special historic frames which Heinz Berggruen sought out for the works of classical modernism

EVENTS AT THIS LOCATION

Gallery