Knowra Pergamon Museum Pergamon Museum The Pergamon Museum is a museum on Berlin’s Museum Island, renowned for monumental reconstructions of ancient architecture and collections of antiquities from the Near East and classical world.
Pergamon Altar : A Hellenistic monumental altar from Pergamon, famed for its sculpted frieze depicting the Gigantomachy. Its reconstruction gave the museum its name and one of its defining galleries.
Carl Humann : A German engineer and archaeologist who excavated major ancient sites in Anatolia, including Pergamon. His excavations supplied major works for the museum’s collections.
Pergamon : An ancient Greek city in western Anatolia, renowned for its Hellenistic monuments and powerful kingdom. The city supplied the altar and other works central to the museum’s identity.
Restitution of cultural property : The return of cultural objects to individuals, communities, or countries with claims to their ownership. The museum’s acquired antiquities sit within wider debates over excavation and return.
Ishtar Gate : A ceremonial gate of ancient Babylon, decorated with glazed blue bricks and animal reliefs. The gate is among the museum’s best-known architectural reconstructions.
Wilhelm Dörpfeld : A German archaeologist and architect known for applying architectural analysis to ancient sites, including Pergamon. His work at Pergamon helped document the structures later represented in Berlin.
Babylon : An ancient Mesopotamian city on the Euphrates, capital of a kingdom famed for monumental architecture. The museum’s Ishtar Gate and processional-way displays come from this city.
Cultural heritage protection : Legal and practical efforts to preserve sites, objects, and traditions of cultural significance. The museum’s displays depend on preserving fragile objects and documenting their origins.
Market Gate of Miletus : A monumental Roman-period market gate from Miletus, reconstructed from excavated architectural fragments. Its reconstruction exemplifies the museum’s presentation of ancient buildings at architectural scale.
German excavations at Babylon : Archaeological excavations at Babylon led by German teams in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Finds from these excavations became the basis for the museum’s Babylon displays.
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