Between Neue Wache at the splendour boulevard Unter den Linden andthe Schlossbr�cke is the Zeughaus situated; Berlin's biggest and most important baroque building.
Once built by order of Elector Friedrich III 1695 as arsenal it is now home to the German History Museum.

A permanent exhibition will inform about 2000 years of German history from the middle of 2006.

The new additional exhibition hall for changing exhibitions behind the Zeughaus by I.M. Pei is part of the museum since 2004.An underground passageway connectsZeughaus and Pei building. The exhibition hall can take different sized exhibitions on 2.700 square metres.

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The Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei became famous through the glass pyramid of the Paris Louvre. I. M. Pei, once model pupil ofWalter Gropius and admirer ofSchinkel, created in Berlin with the recreation of the German History Museum and extension building his master piece.An architectonical master work. The spiral staircase marks the entry and creates new relations between the Schinkel buildings Neue Wache andtheOld Museum, forgesa link between the classicism Berlin and the classic modern.

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A glass foyer with the glass staircase, in darkness a shining attraction that offers fascinating insights and views. During the day the glass facade mirrors the historical buildings of the Forum Fridericianum with the opera and the Neue Wache.

Inside transparency, open staircases and crossings, elegant materials - French limestone, North-American granite, steel, noble woods, architectural concrete and bend big glasses. It is one of the most magnificent and successful buildings of star architect I.M. Pei in the middle of Berlin.

Image Copyright: Gisela Pape

Address:
Deutsches Historisches Museum
Unter den Linden 2
10117 Berlin

030 20304 – 0

www.dhm.de

Changing Exhibitions:

Ausstellungshalle von I.M.Pei
Hinter dem Gießhaus 3
10117 Berlin

Transport Links:
S1, S2, S25 Unter den Linden,
S1, S2, S3, S5, S7, S9, S25 Hackescher Markt or Friedrichstraße
U2 - Hausvogteiplatz U6 - Französische Straße
to Kupfergraben
100, 147, 157, 200, 257, 348, TXL, N5

Opening Times:
daily 10am to 6pm täglich

Admission fee: see Homepage