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    Museums in Germany

    The Altes Museum

    The Altes Museum (German for Old Museum) is a museum building on

    Museum Island in Berlin, Germany. Its built between 1823 and 1830 by

    the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

    The Altes Museum was originally constructed to house all of the city's

    collections of fine arts. However, since 1904, the museum has housed

    the Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities). Since 1998

    the Collection of Classical Antiquities has displayed its Greek

    collection, including the treasury, on the ground floor of the Altes

    Museum

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    The Altes Museum was designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in

    1999.

    Germanic National Museum ( Germanisches

    Nationalmuseum)

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    The Germanisches Nationalmuseum is a museum in Nuremberg,

    Germany. Its found in 1852 by a group of individuals led by the

    Franconian baron, Hans von und zu Aufsess.

    It houses a large collection of items relating to German culture and art

    extending from prehistoric times through to the present day. This

    museum holds of about 1.2 million objects. The Germanic NationalMuseum is Germany's largest museum of cultural history.

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    Berlin

    Energy

    Museum( Energie-

    Museum

    Berlin )

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    The Energy Museum is devoted to energy production and the

    technology surrounding it, specifically electrical engineering. The

    museum is run entirely by volunteers via the supporting friends

    association.

    It was decommissioned in 1994 when Berlin was connected to the West

    German network. Displayed over several floors in a 2000 square metre

    exhibition space, the collection covers the areas of power station

    technology, district heating, switchgear, network technology,

    transformers, shielding methods, measuring and regulation technology,

    radio technology, communication, lighting, and applications

    technology.

    Wallraf-Richartz Museum

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    The Wallraf-Richartz-Museum is one of the three major museums in

    Cologne, Germany. It houses an art gallery with a collection of fine art

    from the medieval period to the early twentieth century.

    The museum dates back to the year 1824, when the comprehensive

    collection of medieval art from Franz Ferdinand Wallraf came to the city

    of Cologne by inheritance. The first building was donated by Johann

    Heinrich Richartz, and the museum was opened in 1861.

    Made by:

    B. Hasan