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Berlin's Museum Island in 360 degrees

A virtual visit of three famous exhibition houses on Berlin's Museum Island: Follow DW reporter Elisabeth Yorck von Wartenburg on her tour.

Berlin Museumsinsel - Alte Nationalgalerie
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/Arco Images/Schoening Berlin

The Museum Island is currently being renewed and extended. The new entrance building, called the James-Simon-Gallery, is intended to guide some three million visitors annually to the different museums and is to open in 2019. Meanwhile, you can already visit three of the five museums through this virtual tour of the Alte Nationalgalerie, the Altes Museum and the Neues Museum. It's almost like being there in person: