Pergamonmuseum

26/10/2022

Photos from The Silk Road Cultural Belt's post

17/10/2022

We gather in front of the Ishtar Gate for Utopia & Rumi: Concert of the Chor des Callias-Ensembles!

The ancient Silk Road has connected people across all borders since the Bronze Age. Ideas traveled with the trade goods of the caravans, and music and poetry created a bond between people. The Ishtar Gate from Babylon, reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum, marks a starting point of this Silk Road. Here, on October 22, texts by the Persian poet Rumi will meet choral music by Arvo Pärt, Morten Lauridsen, John Tavener, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Josef Rheinberger.

When? Saturday, 22. October 2022, 19.30
Get your tickets here: https://shop.smb.museum/#/product/event/108204

07/10/2022

In:complete

Die Ausstellung "In:complete - Zerstört, zerteilt, ergänzt" von 25 Museumsassistent*innen ist endlich eröffnet! 🥳Unvollendete, zerstörte und restaurierte Objekte aus 23 verschiedenen Museen und Sammlungen der SPK und SMB sind ausgestellt. 📣Sie können die Ausstellung bis zum 15. Januar in der Kunstbibliothek besuchen, Di-Fr 10-18 Uhr und Sa-So 11-18 Uhr.

Mehr Info unter: https://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail/incomplete/?fbclid=IwAR3OYmtgmwLW-_WdkelhOnOpiqyrmnHyPXb9sdGRz7IkAmDMk5aVOeUBT_M

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The exhibition "In:complete - Destroyed, divided, complemented" by 25 curatorial assistants is finally open! 🥳Unfinished, destroyed and restored objects from 23 different museums and collections of the SPK and SMB are on display. 📣You can visit the exhibition until January 15 in the Kunstbibliothek, Tue-Fri 10am-6pm and Sat-Sun 11am-6pm.

More here: https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/incomplete/?fbclid=IwAR3OYmtgmwLW-_WdkelhOnOpiqyrmnHyPXb9sdGRz7IkAmDMk5aVOeUBT_M

Die sammlungsübergreifende Ausstellung „In:complete“ präsentiert Kunstwerke unterschiedlicher Epochen und Gattungen.

29/09/2022

Pergamonmuseum updated their business hours.

Pergamonmuseum updated their business hours.

27/09/2022

Where are these objects going? 🤔 It looks like they've found a new home at the Kunstbibliothek for a while! 😮Our curatorial assistants are hard at work on the upcoming special exhibition "In:complete - Destroyed, Divided, Complemented", which will feature objects from museums and collections of the Staatlichen Museen in Berlin and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. We look forward to welcoming you soon! 🥳

18/09/2022

"What fascinates me most about the bowl is that the artist dared to disregard the iconography of the time. That he said: 'I don't need any flowers, I don't need any other ornamentation; I concentrate on the blessing, on the script, on the calligraphy and work only with the contrast'. [...] For the time, that must have been a relatively brave designer who said, 'No, we'll do it the plain way.'"

Michael Buchholz, typographer and guard at the Museum für Islamische Kunst

Find more of our staff and their favorite art works in the exhibition intervention "Every Day at the Museum. Guards present their favorite works" (17.06.22 - 2.10.22), which stretches across the Altes Museum, the Gemäldegalerie, the Museum Europäischer Kulturen, the Neues Museum, the Pergamonmuseum and the Schloss Köpenick.

Michael Buchholz vor einer Schale, Iran, 10./11. Jahrhundert, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Islamische Kunst / Valerie Schmidt

„Mich fasziniert an der Schale vor allen Dingen, dass sich der Künstler getraut hat über die damalige Ikonographie hinwegzusetzen. Dass er gesagt hat: ‚Ich brauche keine Blümchen, ich brauche keinen sonstigen Zierrat; ich konzentriere mich auf meinen Segenswunsch, also auf die Schrift, auf die Kalligrafie und arbeite nur mit dem Kontrast.‘ […] Für die damalige Zeit muss das ein relativ mutiger Gestalter gewesen sein, der gesagt hat: ‚Nein, wir machen es so auf die schlichte Art.‘“

Michael Buchholz, gelernter Typograph und Aufsichtsleiter im Museum für Islamische Kunst

Mehr Aufsichten und ihre Lieblingswerke findet ihr in der Ausstellungsintervention “Jeden Tag im Museum. Aufsichten präsentieren ihre Lieblingswerke” (17.06.22 - 2.10.22), die sich über das Altes Museum, die Gemäldegalerie, das Museum Europäischer Kulturen, das Neues Museum, das Pergamonmuseum bis zum Schloss Köpenick erstreckt.

Michael Buchholz vor einer Schale, Iran, 10./11. Jahrhundert, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Islamische Kunst / Valerie Schmidt

16/09/2022

Mystische Begegnungen

https://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail/mystische-begegnungen/

Heute eröffnet die Sonderpräsentation „Mystische Begegnungen. Sufis, Könige und Yogini in der indischen Miniaturmalerei“ in unserem Buchkunstkabinett! 🎉

Dort könnt ihr das Asket*innentum der verschiedenen Religionen auf dem indischen Subkontinent vom 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert kennenlernen. Die kulturelle und religiöse Vielfalt der Asket*innen, Sufis und Yoginis wird anhand ausgewählter Beispiele aus den Albumblättern indischer Miniaturmalerei anschaulich gemacht.

Sonderpräsentation im Pergamonmuseum: Asketentum der verschiedenen Religionen auf dem indischen Subkontinent vom 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert

11/09/2022

"To me it definitely looks like a tower of steps, like a miniature of it, and it is declared here as a scroll seal. It doesn't look like a rolling seal to me because it's not a cylinder. How should I roll the thing? What is it? Is it a stamp, is there perhaps a symbol of Marduk underneath? Is it merchandising? 3000 year old merchandising? That's why it's my favourite piece, because it raises questions and doesn't fit in here at all - in my opinion. And because it's also so beautifully small."

Volkmar Gauger, guard at the Pergamonmuseum

Find more of our staff and their favorite art works in the exhibition intervention "Every Day at the Museum. Guards present their favorite works" (17.06.22 - 2.10.22), which stretches across the Altes Museum, the Gemäldegalerie, the Museum Europäischer Kulturen, the Neues Museum, the Pergamonmuseum and the Schloss Köpenick.

Volkmar Gauger vor einem Siegelstein in Form einer vierstufigen Pyramide, Assur, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum / Valerie Schmidt

„Für mich sieht es auf jeden Fall aus wie ein Stufenturm, wie eine Miniatur davon, und es ist ja hier als Rollsiegel deklariert. Es sieht für mich nicht aus wie ein Rollsiegel, weil es kein Zylinder ist. Wie sollte ich das Teil abrollen? Was ist es? Ist es ein Stempel, ist unten drunter vielleicht ein Symbol von Marduk? Ist das Merchandising? 3000 Jahre altes Merchandising? Von daher ist es mein Lieblingsstück, weil es Fragen aufwirft und hier gar nicht reinpasst – wie ich finde. Und weil es auch so schön klein ist.“

Volkmar Gauger, Aufsicht im Pergamonmuseum

Mehr Aufsichten und ihre Lieblingswerke findet ihr in der Ausstellungsintervention “Jeden Tag im Museum. Aufsichten präsentieren ihre Lieblingswerke” (17.06.22 - 2.10.22), die sich über das Altes Museum, die Gemäldegalerie, das Museum Europäischer Kulturen, das Neues Museum, das Pergamonmuseum bis zum Schloss Köpenick erstreckt.

Volkmar Gauger vor einem Siegelstein in Form einer vierstufigen Pyramide, Assur, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum / Valerie Schmidt

06/09/2022

Iran. Kunst und Kultur aus fünf Jahrtausenden

Das Museum für Islamische Kunst im Pergamonmuseum und die Londoner Sarikhani Foundation veröffentlichen online mit „Inside – Music & Performance – Reflections of an Exhibition“ einen eigens produzierten Dokumentarfilm zur großen gemeinsamen Sonderausstellung „Iran. Kunst und Kultur aus fünf Jahrtausenden“, die bis März 2022 in der James-Simon-Galerie zu sehen war.

Neben Impressionen aus der Ausstellung und Interviews mit den Macher*innen folgt der Film von Pujan Shakupa und Stefan Stark den Künstlerinnen Klara Oehler, Elshan Ghasimi und LLewellyn Reichman, die mit modernem Tanz, Live-Musik und einer Performance verschiedene Blickwinkel auf den Iran und seine Geschichte präsentieren.

„Inside – Music & Performance – Reflections of an Exhibition“ lässt auf ästhetische Art Kunst, Musik und Performance miteinander verschmelzen und gibt zugleich Einblicke in das kuratorische Konzept der Ausstellung. Mit einem Mix aus Darbietungen und Wortbeiträgen brechen die Filmemacher das vielfältige Spektrum der Kulturgeschichte Irans auf und öffnen dieses für ein breites Publikum.

Das Konzept des Filmes entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit DUATRECORDS. Unterstützt wurde die Produktion von Freunde des Museums für Islamische Kunst im Pergamonmuseum e.V..

➡ Link zum Film: https://www.smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst/ausstellungen/detail/iran-kunst-und-kultur-aus-fuenf-jahrtausenden/

360 Objekte aus fünf Jahrtausenden präsentieren ein facettenreiches Kaleidoskop der Kunst des Iran

04/09/2022

"This patchwork carpet was sewn together because it was destroyed by the bombing in 1945. I find it very impressive that this old lady, who can also be seen at the bottom of the panel, patched up the carpet with needle and thread - in other words, she didn't use any chemical agents, as is often done nowadays, or knotted it under a microscope, i.e. restored it."

Thomas Burghardt, guard at the Pergamonmuseum

Find more of our staff and their favorite art works in the exhibition intervention "Every Day at the Museum. Guards present their favorite works" (17.06.22 - 2.10.22), which stretches across the Altes Museum, the Gemäldegalerie, the Museum Europäischer Kulturen, the Neues Museum, the Pergamonmuseum and the Schloss Köpenick.

Thomas Burghardt vor Tier-Teppich-Fragment, Iran, 1. Hälfte 16. Jh. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Islamische Kunst / Valerie Schmidt

„Dieser Flickenteppich wurde zusammengenäht, weil er durch den Bombenangriff 1945 zerstört wurde. Ich finde es sehr beeindruckend, dass diese alte Dame, die man auch hier unten auf der Tafel sieht, den Teppich mit Nadel und Faden zusammenflickt hat – sprich keine, wie es heutzutage oft gemacht wird, chemischen Mittel verwendet hat oder unterm Mikroskop geknüpft, also restauriert, hat.“

Thomas Burghardt, Aufsicht im Pergamonmuseum

Mehr Aufsichten und ihre Lieblingswerke findet ihr in der Ausstellungsintervention “Jeden Tag im Museum. Aufsichten präsentieren ihre Lieblingswerke” (17.06.22 - 2.10.22), die sich über das Altes Museum, die Gemäldegalerie, das Museum Europäischer Kulturen, das Neues Museum, das Pergamonmuseum bis zum Schloss Köpenick erstreckt.

Thomas Burghardt vor Tier-Teppich-Fragment, Iran, 1. Hälfte 16. Jh. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Islamische Kunst / Valerie Schmidt

28/08/2022

"We have wonderful objects that are of course much larger, more imposing, perhaps also more valuable. But sometimes there are the little things of everyday life that delight you or perhaps make you think. And that's why the two little clay pigs standing there in the display case, which date back to the eighth century, are the little champions. You just have to love them. They are, after all, the little everyday things. What would generations after us say if they found our everyday objects and sometime in 4-500 years picked up such an old plastic bag: The plastic bag from King Rewe...."

Hartmut Peters, guard at the Pergamonmuseum

Find more of our staff and their favorite art works in the exhibition intervention "Every Day at the Museum. Guards present their favorite works" (17.06.22 - 2.10.22), which stretches across the Altes Museum, the Gemäldegalerie, the Museum Europäischer Kulturen, the Neues Museum, the Pergamonmuseum and the Schloss Köpenick.

Hartmut Peters vor einem Doppelgefäß in der Form zweier Schweinchen, 8./7. Jahrhundert v. Chr. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum / Valerie Schmidt

„Wir haben ja wunderbare Objekte, die natürlich weitaus größer, imposanter sind, vielleicht auch wertvoller. Aber es gibt manchmal die kleinen Dinge des Alltags, die einen dann erfreuen oder vielleicht zum Denken anregen. Und deshalb sind die beiden kleinen Tonschweinchen, die dort in der Vitrine stehen, die aus dem achten Jahrhundert stammen, die kleinen Champions. Man muss sie einfach lieb haben. Es sind ja auch die kleinen Alltagsdinge. Was würden Generationen nach uns sagen, wenn sie unsere Alltagsgegenstände finden und irgendwann mal in 4-500 Jahren so eine alte Plastiktüte aufheben: Die Plastiktüte von König Rewe....“

Hartmut Peters, Aufsicht im Pergamonmuseum

Mehr Aufsichten und ihre Lieblingswerke findet ihr in der Ausstellungsintervention “Jeden Tag im Museum. Aufsichten präsentieren ihre Lieblingswerke” (17.06.22 - 2.10.22), die sich über das Altes Museum, die Gemäldegalerie, das Museum Europäischer Kulturen, das Neues Museum, das Pergamonmuseum bis zum Schloss Köpenick erstreckt.

Hartmut Peters vor einem Doppelgefäß in der Form zweier Schweinchen, 8./7. Jahrhundert v. Chr. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum / Valerie Schmidt

26/08/2022

Today is International Dog Day 🐕🐩🦮 Our furry friends have been loyal companions to us throughout history. Share with us photos of your puppers on the Museum Island in the comments🐶

Lapis lazuli cylinder seal with an adoration scene and prayer text from Babylon (Iraq), 14-13th centuries BCE, Kassite Period. VA 06935, Vorderasiatisches Museum. 📸 Olaf M. Teßmer.

Terracotta dog figurine from Tell Halaf (Syria). Vorderasiatisches Museum. 📸 Olaf M. Teßmer.

22/08/2022

Lecture Announcement: „Pergamon und seine vielschichtige Kulturlandschaft“ – DAİstanbul

Prof. Dr Felix Pirson will report on the UNESCO World Heritage Site Pergamon with his lecture „Pergamon und seine vielschichtige Kulturlandschaft“ on 25 August at 18:00 (CEST).

You can register for the event at the following link (event will be in German: https://live.dainst.org/events/pergamon/

https://www.dainst.blog/daistanbul_blog/2022/08/16/lecture-announcement-pergamon-und-seine-vielschichtige-kulturlandschaft/

Lecture Announcement: „Pergamon und seine vielschichtige Kulturlandschaft“ 16. August 202216. August 2022 DAI Istanbul On 16 November 1972, the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, in short the World Heritage Convention, was decided by the UNESCO Gener...

18/08/2022

A veeery big highlight in our museum: the Ishtar Gate! 💙 Almost 15 meters high and 26 meters wide to be exact. The gate is a reconstruction of a Babylonian city gate of King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) in present-day Iraq and is part of the great Processional Way. The coloured glazed bricks of the complex show various animals, such as lions, bulls and also a few mythical creatures from Mesopotamian mythology.

View of the Ischtar Gate © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum / David von Becker

A veeery big highlight in our museum: the Ishtar Gate! 💙 Almost 15 meters high and 26 meters wide to be exact. The gate is a reconstruction of a Babylonian city gate of King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BCE) in present-day Iraq and is part of the great Processional Way. The coloured glazed bricks of the complex show various animals, such as lions, bulls and also a few mythical creatures from Mesopotamian mythology.

View of the Ischtar Gate © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum / David von Becker

08/08/2022

Myer and Remy were the first users of the family activity book and they approve! You can find the activity book in English and German at the entrance to the Pergamon Museum galleries. Don’t forget your pencils ✏️📘

Photos: Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper

28/07/2022

The school is out and so is our family activity book! The activity book follows the dragon Mushushu 🐉in the galleries on the first floor and shares some exciting facts about ancient Mesopotamian peoples, their objects, and their culture.

You can find the English and German versions and pencils at the entrance of the Pergamon Museum. Let us know what you think!

Illustrations by Hannah M. Herrick. Created by the Vorderasiatisches Museum with the generous support of the Freunde der Antike auf der Museuminsel Berlin.

15/07/2022

Mark your calendars for 21.7! 📅 And come to the guided tour of the Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama by the artist Yadegar Asisi himself.

13/07/2022

The summer is always busy with research 🔬 🔍💻📚Researchers from all over the world visit us to study collections and objects on display and in storage.

12/07/2022

Our curators and conservators work hard to stabilize and maintain the preservation state of the ancient objects on display. are essential to the safe and effective display of these objects, but they are often hidden from view. This month, we are celebrating the work that goes on behind the scenes to create mounts to support our objects. Show your support 🤓 by following !

📸 Vorderasiatisches Museum curator and conservator placing objects on their mounts during the display case cleaning. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin- Vorderasiatisches Museum. Photo: Olaf M. Teßmer.

08/07/2022

🔎 What actually happens behind the scenes at the museum? The exhibition "Samarra Revisited. New Perspectives on the Excavation Photographs from the Palaces of the Caliphoffers" offers a deeply personal insight into the work carried out in museums.

🎞 Using historical photographs from the museum archive taken between 1911 and 1913 in Samarra, Iraq, staff from the Museum für Islamische Kunst will report on their diverse work with finds from different archaeological excavations.

📝 Ernst Herzfeld: Balkuwara, Zimmer 19, 1911.
Museum für Islamische Kunst, digital print, glass negative.
© Photo: Museum für Islamische Kunst der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photographer: Zinaida Ebden.

04/07/2022

Hardly anyone spends as much time with the objects on display at the museum as our security staff! Every single day, they welcome visitors, answer questions, and develop relationships with the objects in the exhibits. Mr. Peters is amazed by the vessel in the form of two piglets from ancient Assur. He says:

"We have wonderful objects that are, of course, far larger, more imposing, perhaps more valuable. But there are sometimes the little things of everyday life that delight you or make you think. And that's why the clay piglets standing there in the display case, which date back to the eighth century BCE, are to me little champions. You just love them. They are the little everyday things. What would generations after us say if they found our everyday objects sometime in 500 years, maybe picked up an old plastic bag: ‘The plastic bag from King Rewe’…"

Read more about the reflections of our security staff here: https://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail/jeden-tag-im-museum/

30/06/2022

Nebuchadnezzar Under Socialism

If you have not seen our temporary exhibit “Nebuchadnezzar Under Socialism,” we have good news: It is extended until January! Are you curious to learn about the GDR history of the Vorderasiatisches Museum, the only branch of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin that was located exclusively in East Berlin? What kinds of activities were going on in the museum? What was the role of the museum in East German society? Explore the fascinating archival materials, photographs, videos, and the ancient objects that were returned from the Soviet Union.

https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/vorderasiatisches-museum/exhibitions/detail/nebuchadnezzar-under-socialism/

The occasion for the exhibition is the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the Berlin museums on 1 January 2022.

24/06/2022

💙💛 Look at these colorful recreations of the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way of Babylon by the talented students of the Padre Symphoriano Kopf Municipal School in Brazil! Thank you teacher Adolfo Emanuel for sharing these pictures with us.

The ancient world was full of vibrant colors, often imbued with specific meanings. Yet due to material alterations over time and the effects of burial, the original coloring of artworks can change or even disappear. Follow along with this month as we explore the .

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21/06/2022

It´s 🎶👩🏼‍🎤🧑🏼‍🎤! People of ancient western Asia loved music and chants. Musical performances were an integral part of everyday life, rituals, royal celebrations, victory feasts and banquets. Original music instruments are rarely preserved due to the materials they were made of (wood, leather, etc.), but representations of musicians with drums, flute, harp, lute or lyre are often found. You can see them in our display case “Cheering is the foundation of the town” 😉!

03/06/2022

Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama

Off to Pergamon! Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama takes you right to the heart of the ancient metropolis: the 360° panorama, designed by the artist Yadegar Asisi, shows you the life in Pergamon around 129 A.D. Experience the most important works of our Antikensammlung from a new, unusual perspective in Asisi's artistic interpretation. 💫 Everyone missing the Pergamon Altar a lot, can visit it at Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama digitally, by the way. 🤓 Who of you have been there?

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Auf nach Pergamon! Im Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama seid ihr mittendrin in der antiken Metropole: das 360° Panorama, konzipiert vom Künstler Yadegar Asisi (asisi), zeigt euch das Leben in Pergamon um 129 n. Chr. Erlebt die wichtigsten Werke unserer Antikensammlung in Asisis künstlerischer Interpretation von einer ganz neuen, ungewohnten Seite. 💫 Alle, die den Pergamonaltar schon zu sehr vermissen, können ihn im Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama übrigens digital entdecken. 🤓 Wer von euch war schon mal dort?



Video: asisi

30/05/2022

👧🧒👦Our children audioguide is out!

🎧Listen to the story of Ashtar and Annika as they learn about
ancient Mesopotamia, Uruk, and Gilgamesh. Make sure to follow the footsteps of dragon Mushhushshu, who will guide you through the audioguide stops 🐾🐉

Children audioguides are available at the information desk in the Pergamonmuseum. Please note that the children audioguide is called "Vorderasiatisches Museum" and is currently only in German.

©Artwork by Hannah Herrick.

27/05/2022

Liebe in Zeiten von Robotern und KI | Talk zu „Ich bin dein Mensch“ | Science meets Fiction

💭 Can machines replace humans? And are humanoid robots 🤖 a good substitute when it comes to love and relationships? These and other questions are answered in the talk about the movie “Ich bin dein Mensch” by Maria Schrader, now available on YouTube! The talk and scenes from the movie were filmed in the Pergamonmuseum – check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ_JTqVUVkM

In diesem Talk diskutieren Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg, Prof. Barbara Helwing , Prof. Iyad Rahwan und Cedric Engels über den Einsatz künstlicher Intelligen...

25/05/2022

We are still thrilled about our event "Museum, open up! History meets the present", which took place last Friday. In a lively discussion, our museum experts talked about new approaches to Islamic art and what roles museums can and should play in today's society.

Thank you so much, Alwaleed Philanthropies for sharing our vision and for the great collaboration over the past four years. We look forward to stepping with you into the future with many more beautiful projects to come!

24/05/2022

This month’s is all about architecture 🏰 🏛

We want to highlight these two winged lamassus, divine beings placed at the doorways to protect the palace and the king. Did you know the lamassus in our Assyrian Palace Room Gallery are plaster copies?

The lamassu on the left is a copy bought from London in the 19th century. The original of this lamassu was unearthed in 1847 in Kalhu (Nimrud/Iraq) and was brought to London in 1852. The copy on the right was made in 1930 using the copy that was already in Berlin. They mirror each other, but you can spot one difference: the second copy does not have a cuneiform inscription.

What do you think of architectural copies in museums?

Read more about the Vorderasiatisches Museum copies here: https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2022/04/plaster-reproductions-berlin-state-museum

Vorderasiatisches Museum lamassu copies: VAG 25, VAG 1041 © Photo: Vorderasiatisches Museum der Staatlichen Museenzu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photographer: Olaf M. Teßmer.
British Museum lamassu originals: BM. 118801, BM. 118802.

17/05/2022

Pergamonmuseum updated their website address.

Pergamonmuseum updated their website address.

16/05/2022

🕊 Today is the UN’s International Day of Living Together in Peace. Reconciliation between countries and accepting differences are key for creating long lasting peaceful relations. People of ancient western Asia were well aware of this. In the 13th century BCE, ancient Egyptians and Hittites signed a peace treaty to end an almost 200 yearlong conflict fought for the control of the lands of the eastern Mediterranean. In the text, Egyptians and Hittites pledged alliance to each other and renounced further hostilities. This international peace treaty is the earliest known document of this kind. Today, a copy of it is displayed at the UN Headquarters in New York.

📸 Fragmentary clay tablet with Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty
Clay, Hittite period, ca. 1300 BCE
Hattusa (Boğazkale, Turkey), division of finds
VAT 06207
© Foto: Vorderasiatisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photographer: Olaf M. Teßmer.

06/05/2022

🎉May 6 marks an important anniversary for our museum! On this day in 1899, the Vorderasiatische Abteilung (Department of the Ancient Near East) of the Royal Museums of Berlin was founded. The aim was to conserve and exhibit ancient Near Eastern antiquities, which from the 18th century had entered different collections in Berlin through the antiquarian market or excavations.
🏛The plan of such a museum became concrete only in 1899 when German excavators discovered the Ishtar Gate and the Procession Street in Babylon. Since its foundation, the Vorderasiatische Abteilung, now Vorderasiatisches Museum (Museum of the Ancient Near East) of the Pergamonmuseum, has been closely tied to archaeological excavations and research in the Near East, especially at Babylon and Assur. Find out more about our history on our website! https://www.smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/vorderasiatisches-museum/sammeln-forschen/sammlung/

📸 Certificate of appointment of Dr. Friedrich Delitzsch as Director of the Department of the Ancient Near East of the Royal Museums in Berlin, May 6 1899. Zentralarchiv, SMB. (N. Crüsemann, 2000, in "Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin. Geschichte und Geschichten zum hundertjährigen Bestehen", p. 1)