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BERLIN inaugurated a new addition to its UNESCO-listed Museum Island recently, after a construction delay lasting several years and at costs that were twice the budgeted sum.
Keys to the James Simon Gallery were finally handed over to Berlin’s museum authorities, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
Designed by British star architect David Chipperfield, the 4,600-square- meter building will be a one-stop entry to the group of five museums on the island.
Besides housing a common ticketing point for the museums, the gallery also features a space for temporary exhibitions, a bookstore, an auditorium and a cafe.
It will be opened to the public from July next year.
Michael Eissenhauer, director of Germany’s public museums, called the new building a “gift from the sky.”
But some Berliners have mocked it as the “world’s most expensive cloak room” as building costs exploded to 134 million euros (US$151 million), close to twice the budgeted 71 million euros.
An UNESCO World Heritage site, the Museum Island is home to precious artefacts including a legendary bust of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti and Babylon’s Ishtar Gate.
The group of museums in the heart of Berlin attracts 2.5 million visitors a year.
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