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Byzantine mosaic icon of Christ the Merciful

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Bode-MuseumMitte

Late Antique and Byzantine Art

Now showingPermanent collectionTicketed — see website

Germany's leading collection of late antique and Byzantine art: icons, mosaics, ivories and everyday objects from the eastern Mediterranean world.

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On now All of October 2026

Also at Bode-Museum

Ai Weiwei at the Bode-Museum5 May 2027 – 4 June 2028
Collection Intervention on the 250th anniversary of U. S. IndependenceFrom 4 July 2026
The Portrait of the German Chancellor: First Unveiling of the Official Portrait of Former Chancellor Angela Merkel1 July 2026 – 3 January 2027

On now nearby

Adolf Erman, founder of the Egyptian Dictionary project, c. 1900

100 Years of the Dictionary of the Egyptian Language

Neues Museum

Rendering of the round celestial image from Dendera

Destiny in the Stars: The Beginnings of the Zodiac

Neues Museum

Rendering of Michael Müller's Dioscuri installation in the staircase hall

Dioscuri – The Given Day

Neues Museum

All exhibitions in Berlin this month Coming up in November

Nearby

The Pergamonmuseum on Museum Island seen from the Spree, Berlin

Pergamonmuseum

Exterior of the Neues Museum on Bodestraße, Museum Island, Berlin

Neues Museum

History3 min walk

The temple-fronted facade of the Alte Nationalgalerie on Museum Island, Berlin

Alte Nationalgalerie

Architecture3 min walk

The Altes Museum's colonnade of eighteen Ionic columns facing the Lustgarten on Museum Island, Berlin

Altes Museum

Architecture5 min walk

Image credits

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Late Antique and Byzantine Art© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst/ Jörg P. Anders
100 Years of the Dictionary of the Egyptian Language© Ägyptisches Wörterbuch
Destiny in the Stars: The Beginnings of the Zodiac© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Foto: Sandra Steiß
Dioscuri – The Given Day© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Rendering: Studio Michael Müller
Bode-MuseumThomas Wolf / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
PergamonmuseumHerrAdams / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Neues MuseumFred Romero / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Alte NationalgalerieManfred Brückels / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Altes MuseumJean-Pierre Dalbéra / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

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