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July 12, 2019

Berlin opening new addition on Museum Island

By GEIR MOULSON
Associated Press

Designed by British architect David Chipperfield, the James Simon Gallery opens to the public Saturday.

BERLIN — Berlin is opening a new addition to its Museum Island complex, a stylish entrance building described by officials as a milestone in a long-term effort to renovate the neoclassical ensemble that is home to treasures such as Babylon's Ishtar Gate and a famous bust of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti.


 
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