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A gathering place of German cultural heritage imbued with the philosophy of the Kingdom of Prussia
A public art museum symbolizing the culture of unified Berlin

The Berlin State Gallery is a public art museum where centuries of German cultural heritage are gathered and systematically displayed.

In 1998, the Berlin State Gallery, located in the Kunstforum district of Berlin, brought together German cultural heritage from the Cold War-era collections of East Germany's Bode Museum and West Germany's Dahlem Museum.
With the rise of the Electors in 1675, Berlin received an influx of Orange heritage and Dutch paintings, and the collections of the Golden Age were reunited with the addition of Renaissance and Baroque works by Frederick the Great, who was fascinated by art.


The collection, which has been systematically and innovatively reformed to include philosophical values, includes masterpieces by artists such as Rembrandt, the painter of light, Rubens, the Northern European master, and Correggio, who represents the golden age of the Italian Renaissance, as well as Caravaggio, Vermeer, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and Dürer.
Furthermore, painters such as Giotto, van Eyck, Watteau, Holbein, Botticelli, and Petrus Christus are names that further solidify and enrich the collection, befitting the status of the Berlin State Gallery.
Here you can see historical works such as Rembrandt's Man in a Golden Helmet, which became a symbol of the Berlin Museum, and Caravaggio's Cupid Victorious, which captures the love of human intelligence and ethics.


The composition of the collection, which ranges from 13th-century Italian paintings to 18th-century British, French, and German paintings, combines the educational function and systematic structure envisioned at the time of the establishment of the Berlin State Gallery, creating an ideal structure for the public to benefit from the cultural heritage preserved by the nation.


The Berlin State Gallery, which embodies the ideals of the Kingdom of Prussia and aims to innovate culture and educate the public, is a meaningful space symbolizing the unified culture of Berlin that has developed since the end of the Cold War.