Bust of Nefertiti in Neues Museum Photo: Arkadiy Etumyan
If you go to travel to Berlin Until April 2013, you have the opportunity to visit the exceptional Nefertiti exhibition at the Neues Museum.
In a city where there are more than one hundred museums, those that focus on the so-called Museum island They are, without a doubt, those that have a greater attraction for visitors because in them you can see a very important collection of objects and art of Antiquity.
In this regard, in the Pergamo museum you find great architectural gems like the Altar of Pergamum wave Ishtar Gate of Babylon. But if what most attracts you is Egyptian art, it’s at Neues Museum (New museum) Where you should go
Reopened in October 2009, after its reconstruction after having been destroyed in World War II, the Neues Museum has become a egyptian art museum, where a papyrus collectionbut it is also a museum dedicated to prehistory.
No doubt the piece Berlin Neues Museum icon is the bust of Nefertiti, to which this exhibition that commemorates the one hundred years of its discovery, December 6, 1912.
The Nefertiti exhibition It is presented under the title In Amarna's light, and shows objects never seen by visitors so far. In it the figure of Nefertiti is presented in the historical and cultural context of the time in which he lived in Ancient Egypt.
Amarna is what the ruins of the ancient city of Akhetaton were called, and during the excavations carried out between 1912 and 1913 almost 10,000 objects were collected, of which 5,000 are currently in Berlin.
The exposition represents the discovery of the bust of Nefertiti in the workshop of the Egyptian craftsman Thutmose. It exhibits about 400 objects, including 50 loans from other institutions, such as the British museum, he Louvre or the New York Metropolitan Museum.
The Visiting hours of the Nefertiti exhibition at the Neues museum in Berlin they are, every day of the week, from 10 am to 6 pm, except Thursdays, which the museum closes at 8 pm.
The ticket prices They are 14 euros, with a reduced rate of 7 euros for students, disabled and unemployed people. Admission is free for children under 18 years.
If you want to sign up for a guided visit, the additional price is 3 euros.
In anticipation of the queues there may be, it is advisable to purchase tickets online to visit the Nefertiti exhibition (purchase tickets for visits here until January 13, 2013).
