Museums

After lunch we had some free time to explore what we wanted to see, and I chose to go with several others to see the Pergamonmuseum and the Altes Museum. The Pergamonmuseum is famous for its display of the Pergamon Altar from 170 BC (see it below). It is quite a spectacular collection of ancient works, though the display of the Market Gate of Miletus was closed for construction work.

The Altes Museum (Old Museum) is famous because it houses the Nefertiti. This famous work is in just about every world history textbook ever created. This piece is over 2000 years old, and is still in great shape. It was great to see this artwork, along with many other great works.

Finally, one more thing we saw today, and had seen several times before, was the Victory Column. This great column and gold statue was created in 1873 after several victories in wars against France, Denmark, and Austria.