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Neues Museum vs Museum Island
Both are recommended by professional travelers. On balance, Neues Museum is preferred by most writers compared to Museumsinsel. Neues Museum is ranked #4 in Berlin with accolades from 6 sources such as Michelin Guide, Let's Go and Lonely Planet.
Neues Museum
Travel + Leisure
Time Out
Let's Go
Michelin Guide
Afar Magazine
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Bodestrasse 1-3, 10178 Berlin
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Travel + Leisure
"After 12 years of painstaking work, the Neoclassical structure reopens with one of the world’s top collections of Egyptian art and a singular beauty, the bust of Nefertiti."
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Time Out
"Finally reopened in 2009 after extensive remodelling by the British architect David Chipperfield, this stunning building now houses the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection."
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Let's Go
"Oddly enough, the Neues Museum (literally “New Museum”) houses the old. Tourists don’t just visit this place because it’s on Museum Island—its collection earned it a spot among the stars."
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"The museum is now home to the Museum of Pre- and Protohistory and the Egyptian Museum. In ruins prior to Reunification, the museum's richly decorated interior has been restored."
Afar Magazine
"both the building and its inspiring contents are well worth the visit. "
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Museum Island
Fodor's
Michelin Guide
U.S. News & World Report
Bodestrasse 1-3, 10117 Berlin
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Fodor's
"On the site of one of Berlin's two original settlements, this unique complex of five state museums, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an absolute must."
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"One of the richest art collections in the world."
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U.S. News & World Report
3.0
"Museumsinsel (or Museum Island) is the name given to a clump of five museums, the Baroque-style Berliner Dom cathedral and large gardens clustered on a tiny island in the River Spree."
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