New National Gallery (Neue Nationalgalerie)
First opened in 1968, the New National Gallery (Neue Nationalgalerie) started undergoing its first major renovation in 2015. We expect it to reopen around the end of 2020. Neue Nationalgalerie belongs to the Kulturforum complex located a little west of Potsdamer Platz.
The architectural style of the building is befitting of its collection of modern art. The upper level is a prominent glass pavilion elevated above the street level and accessible by three flights of stairs. It features a unique contemporary design with a large roof supported by 8 columns, 2 on each side, but none on the corners.
The current renovations have much more to do with bringing the building up to modern standards and safety codes than with altering the original style.
Special events and temporary exhibitions are held in the light-filled glass and steel upper pavilion. The permanent exhibition is housed in the larger exhibition space available in the museum’s lower level.
During your visit, you’ll see renowned paintings and sculptures from classical modernism through to the 1980s.
The permanent exhibition showcases influential art by Twentieth-century masters, moving from cubism and surrealism to American colour field painting. While you are exploring, you come across such acclaimed names as Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Otto Dix, and Morris Louis.
On the west side of the museum, a door leads to an open-air sculpture garden.
Facts For Your Visit
Fee: YesNeue Nationalgalerie Hours:
Opening hours may differ on holidays
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Address: Potsdamer Str. 50, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Phone: 030 266424242
Official Website: Neue Nationalgalerie
Neue Nationalgalerie Reviews
Rated out of 5
Beautiful architecture and strong ongoing exhibitions, but the space was extremely crowded, which disrupted the experience. I wasn’t very impressed by the Gerhard Richter temporary exhibition. The museum shop is great, though. Overall, navigation and signage inside could be much better.
Ugur Civril - in the last week
I was impress with the collection and I felt sorry for rushing around trying to get to Love Vinci Omnia - as I knew I was not moving from it in the next hour - My heart was shattered.
A masterpiece and legacy of art has been borrowed by a private collection in London. I was left devastated, as it’s a personal dream and waited for this moment for a long time, furthermore, you can’t simply risk the biggest gift and love from Caravaggio.
Dylan Zambrano - a week ago
Amazing art with cool descriptions relating to how the different art movements correlated with periods of Cold War. The richters were awesome. Super cool if you’re into modern art but a little pricey. Coffee at cafe is good too. Gift shop underwhelming
Ramesh Narasimhan - 5 months ago
Nefertiti is on display! What a sight. She was beautiful! The art and artifacts are very well distributed. We took 2 hours to visit it. The museum also has a cafe for mainly pastries and drinks.
Milena Vargas - 2 months ago
Very nice building of important meaning in the space of architecutre. But Yoko Ono exhibition was scam... almost no art, a hole in paper..wow... and rest is newspaper and chess so you can try to spend some more time there, otherwise it would take you 5min to go through it all. Disappointing and frustrating.
Tomasz Zawisza - 2 months ago
Directions
How to get to Neue Nationalgalerie by U-Bahn, S-Bahn
Nearest U-Bahn, S-Bahn Line(s): U2, S1, S2, S25,
Nearest U-Bahn, S-Bahn Station(s): U Potsdamer Platz, Berlin Potsdamer Platz Bahnhof
From Potsdamer Platz, walk west along Potsdamer StraBe. After it curves to the south at the Berliner Philhamonie, go right on Scharounstraße. The Neue Nationalgalerie is located in the Kulturforum complex straight ahead. This is about a 10 minute walk.
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