The Bode-Museum, the fourth museum to be built as part of Berlin’s Museum Island, was completed in 1904 and named in honour of its first director, Wilhelm von Bode. Designed by court architect Ernst von Ihne under Kaiser Wilhelm II, the museum was designed in a baroque-revival style, its spectacular interior featuring high, domed ceilings with intricate cornicing.

Originally intended as a museum for Renaissance art, the museum’s collection features works of art from the middle ages to the 18th century. Of particular interest are the halls devoted to the Italian Renaissance with the glazed terracottas by Luca della Robbia and other masterworks from Donatello, Desiderio da Settignano and works from the German late Gothic school. The Bode museum is best known for its Byzantine art collection and the coin cabinet. There are over 150 paintings to be seen with a particularly strong presence of Roman and Byzantine works from the 3rd to the 15th century A.D. from regions from the Mediterranean basin ranging from Byzantine Constantinople, Greece and the Balkans to north African countries and Russia’s iconographic art.


Opening Hours
Open from Wednesday to Friday 10:00 - 17:00 and Saturday & Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
Closed Monday & Tuesday

Entrance Fees
Entry is complimentary with the Berlin Museum Pass, included as part of your Kirker holiday.