The Jewish Museum Berlin, inaugurated in September 2001, is the largest Jewish museum in Europe. Its main entrance is housed in the Kollegienhaus, a Baroque building constructed in 1735 based on plans by architect Philipp Gerlach. From the Kollegienhaus, visitors descend a black staircase to access the basement level of the museum’s striking modern extension.
Jüdisches Museum Berlin - main entrance
The extension building was designed by Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind and features a titanium-zinc facade, unusually shaped windows and many sharp angles.
Jewish Museum Berlin - Daniel Libeskind extension building
From the basement of the extension building, a long staircase leads to the main exhibition.
staircase ceiling, Libeskind building
main exhibition
The "Holocaust Tower" is a dark, high-ceilinged memorial room in exposed concrete. Daylight enters only through a crack in the ceiling.
Holocaust Tower
The "Garden of Exile" contains 49 six meter high concrete steles on a sloping ground, on top of which oleasters are planted.
Garden of Exile
Garden of Exile
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