All Renaissance art & Early modern art museums to visit in Berlin

Experience the artistic revival of the Renaissance and early modern periods at 8 museums in Berlin. These museums showcase masterpieces from a transformative era in art history.

Are you captivated by Renaissance and early modern art? These are the best museums to visit in Berlin:

  1. Gemäldegalerie1

    Gemäldegalerie

     Berlin
    Artworks dating back to the 13th - 18th centuries are on display in the Gemäldegalerie, housed in a fairly modern-looking building. Some of the highlights include works by Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Botticelli. The museum's collections are arranged in a chronological order, making it quite easy to
  2. Köpenick Palace2

    Köpenick Palace

     Berlin
    Köpenick Palace is a unique baroque palace that is surrounded by water. It was built by the Hohenzollern electors of Brandenburg and is located on an island in the Dahme river. This location adds to the charm and beauty of the palace, making it a picturesque spot for visitors.
  3. Bode Museum3

    Bode Museum

     Berlin
    Built in 1904, the Bode Museum is housed in a historical building and holds collections of ancient art, items from the Byzantine and Gothic eras and the world's largest numismatic collection. After being known as the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum up until 1956, the museum was renamed after its curator -
  4. Kupferstichkabinett Berlin4

    Kupferstichkabinett Berlin

     Berlin
    The Kupferstichkabinett, also known as the Museum of Prints and Drawings, is situated in Berlin, Germany. It forms part of the Berlin State Museums and is located in the Kulturforum on Potsdamer Platz. This location is easily accessible and is a significant cultural hub in the city.
  5. Museum of Applied Art5

    Museum of Applied Art

     Berlin
    The Kunstgewerbemuseum is the Museum of Applied Art of Berlin. The headquarters is part of the Kulturforum Berlin and is part of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The museum shows the development of arts and crafts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present. All style periods are represented with
  6. Villa Oppenheim6

    Villa Oppenheim

     Berlin
    The Villa Oppenheim, or Villa Sorgenfrei, is a villa in Berlin that is built in the style of the Renaissance Revival architecture. Built in 1881, it was the summer residence for Margarete Oppenheim and Otto Georg Oppenheim (a German lawyer and member of the Preußisches Obertribunal). Since 2012 Vill
  7. Museum for Architectural Drawing7

    Museum for Architectural Drawing

     Berlin
    The Museum for Architectural Drawing (Museum für Architekturzeichnung) in Berlin is a private museum run by the Tchoban Foundation. Every year, it presents around three to four exhibitions that are compiled from the Tchoban Foundation's collection or borrowed through collaborations with other museum
  8. Museum of Prints and Drawings8

    Museum of Prints and Drawings

     Berlin
    The Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin (Museum of Prints and Drawings) is a prints museum. The collection of graphic works, drawings, engravings, etchings, watercolors, manuscripts, book illustrations and oil sketches, which is considered one of the four most important collections in the world, comprises