Bode Museum, Entrance Hall (2008, Berlin)

This is what you experience the moment you enter into the museum. The emperor is featured on the horse.
Information: 21 years had passed since the opening of the national gallery in 1876 before the next foundation stone was laid on the museum island. There had, in fact, been an architectural competition as early as 1882, but the results were considered inadequate. Finally Ernst Ihne was commissioned to design the Emperor Friedrich Museum, now known as the Bode­museum. The neo-baroque building is majestically reflected in the water of the two arms of the Spree at the point where they re-unite. The dome, which is above a hall of honour in the interior, is at its most dominant in this exposed position. The entrance is in the rounded end of the building and is reached via the two bridges. The three-wing ­exterior is much more complex in the interior and has a total of five open courtyards.

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