The Altes Museum on Museum Island in Berlin was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel for King Frederick William III of Prussia. The lead says it was built between 1825 and 1830, while the body says construction began in 1825, finished in 1828 and the museum was inaugurated on August 3, 1830. It was renamed the Altes Museum in 1845.
The article calls the style German Neoclassical architecture. The front portico has eighteen Ionic columns. It gives no materials or dimensions. The building was used for Nazi-era propaganda and was badly damaged near the end of World War II when a tank truck exploded in front of it.
It was restored from 1951 to 1966. It houses the Antikensammlung and parts of the Münzkabinett, and special exhibitions are on the second floor. The article gives no hours or ticket details.
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