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Bode-Museum

Berlin · Official site
The Bode Museum, formerly called the Emperor Frederick Museum, is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin. It was built from 1898 to 1904 by order of German Emperor William II according to plans by Ernst von Ihne in Baroque Revival style. The building's front square featured a memorial to German Emperor Frederick III, which was destroyed by the East German authorities. Currently, the Bode-Museum is home to the Skulpturensammlung, the Museum für Byzantinische Kunst and the Münzkabinett. As part of the Museum Island complex, the Bode-Museum was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999 because of its outstanding architecture and testimony to the development of museums as a cultural phenomenon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

On view

Photography Tells Sculpture

Photography Tells Sculpture

16 Jul 2026 — 4 Oct 2026

Sculptures today are encountered more often in photographs than in person. This exhibition explores how photography shapes, mediates, and transforms our perception of three-dimensional art.

Collection Intervention at the Coin Cabinet for the 250th Anniversary of American Independence

Collection Intervention at the Coin Cabinet for the 250th Anniversary of American Independence

4 Jul 2026 — 31 Dec 2050

The Coin Cabinet marks the 250th anniversary of US independence with two special display cases featuring selected coins — a focused intervention within the permanent collection.

The Portrait of the Federal Chancellor. First Presentation of the Official Portrait of Former Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel

The Portrait of the Federal Chancellor. First Presentation of the Official Portrait of Former Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel

1 Jul 2026 — 4 Oct 2026

Painter Jérémie Queyras has created the official portrait of Angela Merkel, who shaped German politics for 16 years. The work is on public view at the Bode-Museum until October.

The Pazzi Conspiracy: Power, Violence and Art in Renaissance Florence

The Pazzi Conspiracy: Power, Violence and Art in Renaissance Florence

24 Oct 2025 — 20 Sep 2026

Art and intrigue behind Florence's deadliest conspiracy

The Baptismal Font of Siena. History, Restoration and Reinstallation of a Plaster Model

The Baptismal Font of Siena. History, Restoration and Reinstallation of a Plaster Model

20 Oct 2024 — 31 Dec 2050

History and restoration of Siena's Baptismal Font plaster model.

Plain Speaking. On the History of the Bode-Museum

Plain Speaking. On the History of the Bode-Museum

18 Nov 2020 — 31 Dec 2050

The Bode-Museum explores its own history for the first time.

Sculpture and Painting, 13th–18th Century

Sculpture and Painting, 13th–18th Century

until 31 Dec 2050

Centuries of European sculpture and painting on Museum Island

Coins and Medals

Coins and Medals

until 31 Dec 2050

500,000 numismatic treasures from antiquity to today

Late Antique and Byzantine Art

Late Antique and Byzantine Art

until 31 Dec 2050

Germany's top Byzantine art collection, 3rd–15th century