{"id":908891,"date":"2026-05-28T13:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/at-last-berlins-pergamon-museum-has-a-partial-reopening-date\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:18:06","slug":"at-last-berlins-pergamon-museum-has-a-partial-reopening-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/at-last-berlins-pergamon-museum-has-a-partial-reopening-date\/","title":{"rendered":"At Last, Berlin\u2019s Pergamon Museum Has A (Partial) Reopening Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div>\n<p>\n                <bsp-timestamp data-timestamp=\"1777903589000\" data-recent-thresholdinhours=\"1\"><br \/>\n                    <template data-date-tpl>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]<\/template><br \/>\n                    <span data-date>\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n                <\/bsp-timestamp>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <bsp-page-actions><\/p>\n<p>    <\/bsp-page-actions><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>BERLIN (AP) \u2014 Berlin\u2019s <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/germany-berlin-pergamon-museum-liam-gillick-renovation-56cca5b52f0ff073e080d197789df485\">Pergamon Museum<\/a><\/span>, traditionally one of the German capital\u2019s top tourist attractions, will reopen next year after the first part of a painstaking restoration effort that has kept its centerpiece out of the public eye for more than a decade. <\/p>\n<p>The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which oversees many of Berlin\u2019s museums, announced Monday that the museum will reopen on June 4, 2027. <\/p>\n<p>The museum\u2019s centerpiece is the 2nd-century B.C. Pergamon Altar. Decorated with a marble frieze, it was built between 197 and 156 B.C. in what is now Bergama, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The Pergamon Museum has been closed altogether since October 2023. The part of the building containing the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dbb77302e8a3447190773ec57b888aef\">Pergamon Altar<\/a><\/span> has been closed for far longer, since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Some parts will remain closed for work even after next year\u2019s reopening, notably the wing containing Babylon\u2019s Ishtar Gate. The museum is slated to reopen fully in 2037.<\/p>\n<p>The museum is being restored as part of a long-term plan to overhaul the neoclassical Museum Island complex, which was built between 1830 and 1930 and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of the island were badly damaged during World War II, and cash-strapped communist East Germany never fully restored it. Work on three of the five museums has already been completed and a new entrance building for the complex, the James Simon Gallery, was opened in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> AP<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/germany-berlin-pergamon-museum-reopening-2027-altar-961443688a26ce54414a2857b3e95c3d\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] \u00a0 BERLIN (AP) \u2014 Berlin\u2019s Pergamon Museum , traditionally one of the German capital\u2019s top tourist attractions, will reopen next year after the first part of a painstaking restoration effort that has kept its centerpiece out of the public eye for more than a decade. 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