Altes Museum: Entry Ticket

As you approach the Altes Museum, the first thing that strikes you is the facade: 18 graceful, ionic columns rising from a broad flight of steps, crowned by a triangular pediment honoring art, wisdom & antiquity. Inside, daylight pours into the Pantheon-style rotunda, casting soft shadows on white marble statuary. Rooms unfold like chapters of history—on the ground floor, feel the weight of ancient myths in Greek stone; upstairs, wander into Roman portraiture and Etruscan urns, exploring functions of ritual, power, and daily life. Everywhere you turn, you see craftsmanship—delicate jewelry, painted vases, ancient glassware—and above it all, Schinkel’s masterful architecture holds the story together.

You Will Experience

• Walk through history: Ground floor galleries showcase exquisite Greek statues, vase-paintings, terracotta works & mythic scenes.

• Treasures of Etruria & Rome: Upstairs, marvel at urns, clay tablets from Capua, the “Throne Goddess” of Taranto, portraits of Caesar & Cleopatra, plus the famous Hildesheim silver.

• The Münzkabinett (Coin Cabinet): Over 1,300 ancient coins across two millennia, exploring trade, power & currency through beautifully preserved metal.

• Architecture as showpiece: Feel the grandeur of Schinkel’s design—the sweeping staircase, the airy rotunda, the fluted ionic columns. The building itself is part of the exhibit.

• “Berlin Goddess” & Praying Boy: Ancient icons that reveal the artistic flair and religious culture of archaic Greece