BERGGRUEN MUSEUM, Museum Berggruen
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Language: English / USA
Hi, my name’s Jill, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the Berggruen Museum.
The Berggruen Museum is one of Germany’s most important modern art museums.
It was created in 1996, when the art collector and dealer Heinz Berggruen left his collection to the city of Berlin. When he died in 2007, his heirs pledged to maintain and enrich the splendid collection.
As you can see, there is nothing modern about the building itself. It was built between 1851 and 1859 by Friedrich August Stüler as barracks for officers of the Royal Guard. The building next to it houses another interesting museum, the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, which has a collection of Surrealist art featuring works by, amongst others, Dalì, Magritte, Ernst and Dubuffet....