Gemäldegalerie
Local name: Gemäldegalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Located in Berlin, Berlin, Stadt Coordinates: 52°30′31″ N 13°21′53″ E
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Elevation
- 39 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- BER Berlin Brandenburg Airport19 km
- LEJ Leipzig/Halle Airport144 km
About Gemäldegalerie
Gemäldegalerie is a museum. Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt.
The Gemäldegalerie (German pronunciation: [ɡəˈmɛːldəɡaləˌʁiː], lit. 'Painting Gallery') is an art museum in Berlin, Germany, and the museum where the main selection of paintings belonging to the Berlin State Museums (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) is displayed. It was first opened in 1830, and the current building was completed in 1998. It is located in the Kulturforum museum district west of Potsdamer Platz. It holds one of the world's leading collections of European paintings from the 13th to the 18th centuries.
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At a glance
- Built
- 1830
- Opened
- 1830
- Architect
- Hilmer & Sattler und Albrecht, Heinz Hilmer, Christoph Sattler
- Official website
- smb.museum
Source: Wikidata
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Climate of Gemäldegalerie
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: May–September.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 44 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 24°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- June (63 mm)
- Driest month
- February (35 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 3° | 4° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 19° | 13° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 10° | 6° | 2° | 0° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 44 | 35 | 41 | 37 | 54 | 63 | 58 | 56 | 45 | 39 | 44 | 56 |
Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September
How to get to Gemäldegalerie
The nearest airport is Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), 19 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Berlin, 4 km to the northeast.
Airports
- Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) Berlin 19 kmsoutheast
- Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 144 kmsouthwest
- Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 155 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Berlin Population: 3.4M 4 kmnortheast
- Potsdam Population: 184.8K 24 kmsouthwest
- Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 125 kmwest
- Leipzig Population: 505K 147 kmsouthwest
- Halle Population: 237.9K 149 kmsouthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Gemäldegalerie
Within 100 km: 518 historic and cultural sites, 1,845 natural sites, 1,655 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km484 places
- Schlachtensee Lake 12 kmSW
- Valentinswerder Island 11 kmNW
- Scharfenberg Island 11 kmNW
- Dahme River River 16 kmSE
25–60 km1,362 places
- Mittelbruch Island 54 kmW
- Werder Island 59 kmNW
- Insel im Bützsee Island 48 kmNW
- Köhninge Island 48 kmW
60–100 km2,172 places
- Strandbad Beach 69 kmNE
- Buhnenwerder Island 62 kmW
- Der Raatz Island 61 kmN
- Großer Horst Island 85 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
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New National Gallery Museum, Berlin0.3 km SE
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Siegessäule Landmark, Berlin1.2 km NW -
Bellevue Palace Historic site, Berlin1.3 km NW
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German Museum of Technology Berlin Museum, Berlin1.4 km SE -
Museum of Decorative Arts Museum, Berlin0.2 km NE
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Musikinstrumenten Museum Museum, Berlin0.5 km NE
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Berlin Zoological Garden Attraction, Berlin1.9 km W -
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, Berlin2.3 km N
Nearest towns and villages
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Berlin City, Berlin3.6 km NE -
Schöneberg Neighbourhood, Berlin1.8 km SW -
Moabit Neighbourhood, Berlin2.6 km NW -
Tiergarten Neighbourhood, Berlin0.9 km N
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