The Museum Barberini is an art museum at the Old Market Square, Potsdam. It was rebuilt on the site of the Barberini Palace, that was destroyed by bombing in 1945 and demolished afterwards. The construction of the Museum Barberini was started in August 2013 and was completed in December 2016, the official opening to the public was on 23 January 2017. The Guardian refers to the Barberini first in the "top 10 new museum openings in 2017".
Hasso Plattner, founder of software enterprise SAP and
philanthropic patron, funded the Museum Barberini. The charitable
German organization Stadtbild Deutschland awarded the
reconstruction of the Barberini Palace as "Building of the Year
2016".
Collections
The art gallery exhibits Plattner’s collection of artworks of
the former German Democratic Republic, as well as special
exhibitions that range from the Old Masters to contemporary art
with a focus on impressionism, including works of Rodin, Monet and
Edvard Munch. Three temporary exhibitions are planned each year,
with major loan collections from international museums and private
collections.
Gallery
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Bronze sculpture Jahrhundertschritt in the
courtyard
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Interior before the opening
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