Altes Museum: An architecturally assisted educational experience
The Altes Museum (German for old museum), was built between 1823 and 1830 and designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and considered one of the first and most prominent examples of neoclassical architecture, featuring references throughout to the Greco-Roman style. Schinkel pursued Humboldt’s conception of the museum as an educational institution for the public and is one of the first museums to share this thought typology. Located in Berlin, Germany, it was the beginning of a complex of structures forming the famous ‘Museum Island’.
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Altes Museum Essay.pdf by Alexander J. Pollard