# Alte Nationalgalerie

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Alte Nationalgalerie stands on Berlin’s Museum Island, presenting nineteenth-century art inside a monumental museum building. Its façade combines Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival forms. Built between 1862 and 1876, the museum follows designs by Friedrich August Stüler and Johann Heinrich Strack. A Roman temple likeness crowns the structure, while an exterior staircase carries a memorial to King Frederick William IV of Prussia.

Inside, paintings and sculptures trace Neoclassical, Romantic and Impressionist movements across the nineteenth century. Banker Johann Heinrich Wagener donated 262 paintings in 1861, establishing the collection’s foundation. Caspar David Friedrich, Édouard Manet and Johann Gottfried Schadow represent its range through landscapes, Impressionist works and sculpture. French Impressionist art entered the collection through directors including Hugo von Tschudi, extending its focus beyond Germany.

Architecture and museum history earned the building UNESCO World Heritage status in 1999. Museum Island connects it with the Pergamon Museum and the Neues Museum. Wheelchair access makes the galleries available to visitors with mobility needs. One striking detail remains Schadow’s Prinzessinnengruppe, a double statue portraying Prussian princesses Louise and Frederica.

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