Right in the Mitte district on the site of the old city of Colln is an island in the middle of the Spree. This geographically terrain reminds of the Île de la Cité in Paris except that instead of royal palaces, there are museum palaces. Five to be exact. The Museum Island, or Museumsinsel is a @UNESCO World Heritage Site... More 

This is a fabulous place to visit just looking at the architecture of the buildings never mind the contents! The Pergamon is the best in my opinion, there are around 160 museums in Berlin but that's the best. It has the Ishtar Gate and Roman Market Square. The Neues museum has the bust of Nefertiti which is also splendid. You... More 

This is certainly a world class museum with excellent exhibits. It is overwhelming however with century after century of brutality, violence and oppression. It makes one despair of being human. It was worth it just to go to the I M Pei addition, which was transformational.

So convenient to have so many great museums together. We only went to pergamon and neus and they were phenomenal. The other three from what I've heard are okay but not quite as good as these two.

Came in the summer of 2016 and this place had many buildings under renovations and structural repairs. There were diversions to the museums some of which were confusing juxtaposed to existing street signs that had not been changed. You can spend an entire day here visiting one museum after another and there is a pass you can buy that lets... More 

Was amazing to hear about the history of this island and see the grouping of museum and historical buildings. The columns on the island have bullet holes from the "Siege of Berlin" at the end of WWII.

Art and historical places in a very quite lovely place in the great city. Tourists guide are available with translated flyers.