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Berlin’s Museum Island to Celebrate 200th Anniversary with Weekend Festival

SPK’s inaugural Inselfest ushers in a five-year program spotlighting the island’s architectural heritage alongside its cultural collections

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Overview

  • The Inselfest festival opens Friday, May 30, and runs through Sunday across Berlin’s Museum Island
  • An open-air stage has been set up in the Colonnade Courtyard between the New Museum and the Old National Gallery
  • Nearly 70 free guided tours will offer insights into the site’s architecture and history as a UNESCO World Heritage site
  • Visitors can purchase a €14 day ticket to access all historic museum buildings and current special exhibitions
  • Over the next five years, SPK will present themed exhibitions and events as part of its bicentennial commemorations