In 1841 king Frederick William IV of Prussia ordered the construction of a new museum on the island in the river Spree near the Prussian palace.Friedrich August Stüler, the appointed architect, designed a monumental neo-classical building, which was erected behind the Royal Museum, now known as the Altes Museum. The new museum was envisaged as an extension to the Royal Museum, with a walkway connecting the two buildings. Nine years later a first section of the museum opened to the public, but it would take until 1859 before the construction of the Neues Museum was fully completed.Today the museum again showcases much of the original collection, including the Egyptian and Papyrus collection and the prehistory and early history collections. In contrast to its original arrangement, the collections are now flowing into each other, giving an overview of the old world from the early history of humankind up to the Middle Ages.The museum's star attraction is the bust of Queen Nefertiti which was discovered in 1912 and dates back to 1360 BC.

Pictures ARE ALLOWED in the whole museum WITH THE EXCEPTION of the Hall where is Nefertiti´s bust