Museum Island, Berlin

One of the main reasons why I was quite excited to see Berlin was because it has one of the best museums in the world, holding some of the most impressive exhibitions, especially Egyptian works of art. The Egyptian artificats had been moved this year from the Stuelebau in the Charlottenburg, back to the Museum Island into the Alten Museum. The highlight of this is the Armana collection with Queen Nefertiti as the star attraction. She did not disappoint, the model bust of Nefertiti had her own room, surrounded by glass, allowing you to walk around her and view her at all angles. Another really amazing piece of work there was the "Berlin Green Head", the fine detailing and the lifelike expression it contains is quite astounding.

Museum Island which is in the Mitte district, holds about 5 major museums, and is currently going through a lot of reconstruction, a few of the museums have been closed as they try and update the buildings and rearrange exhibits. Bode Museum and the National Gallery were not open when I was there that day. Bode
is still a wonderful building to look at though, with it jutting out at the end of the island with the Spree river going by. This part of Berlin has some great architecture, so I spent a few hours wandering around taking pictures.