Newly opened, this beautiful gallery pays tribute to James Simon who contributed massively to Museum Island. The New building serves as an entrance to the museums, ticketing center, Cafe, centralized giftshop, exhibition space and auditorium. The entrance is beautiful with the minimalist architecture with beautiful views from inside. Organized plenty of lockers for usage during your visit.

This beautiful building will be a unique addition to museum island. Named after one of berlin's most prolific benefactors. A very fitting tribute indeed to a very great man Update July 2019. Having attended the opening as a guest I was blown away by the attention to detail, a perfect occasion to honour James Simon my great grandfather.

I’ve just walked around the gallery and the modern design surprised me a lot because it’s so gorgeous, beautiful and bright. I didn’t see inner design and the exhibition inside but I think it’ll be a good place to sunbathe and take a rest while visiting Berlin

(Translated by Google) Visually, the columns are very nice. But the front building in front of the Spree is very unattractive. Just a wall. Also hides the beautiful view of the New Museum. What this building looks like in 10 years ... for me an extension that has failed. James Simon doesn't do it justice. (Original) Optisch sind die Säulen ja ganz nett. Aber der Frontbau vor der Spree ist sehr unschön. Einfach nur eine Wand. Verdeckt zusätzlich die schöne Sicht auf das Neue Museum. Wie dieser Bau in 10Jahren aussieht... für mich missratener Anbau. James Simon nicht gerecht.

Beautiful, minimalistic and restraint piece of contemporary architecture in the “Museum Insel” by architect David Chipperfield. The building serves as the new entrance to the museum complex with visitors services. It echoes classical architecture with its long balaustrades and the entrance stairway as if it was a new Acropolis propylaeum.

Hier findet gerade eine interessante und einmalige Usbekistan-Ausstellung statt, die unbedingt einen Besuch wert ist. Erst recht, falls man zufällig am ersten Sonntag des Monats in Berlin sein sollte, da dann sämtliche Eintritte frei sind. Leider ist die Ausschilderung nicht gerade optimal geraten, so dass man einige unfreiwillige Extrarunden einrechnen muss.

Informativ, derzeit findet eine Sonderausstellung statt über Usbekistan.

Wunderbare Schliemann Ausstellung! So schön und mit Liebe gemacht, herzlichen Dank dafür! Die Mitarbeiter in Räume könnte auch netter werden. Erstmal war ich durch Schreien des Mitarbeiters von meinem Schliemann-Vertiefung aufgewacht, da er andere Besucherin sehr laut beigebracht hat, wie sie eigene Kinder betreuen muss. Andere Zeit lass andere Mitarbeiter andere Besucherin nicht in Raum zurückkehren, da sie die Ausstellung schon verlassen habe. Sie stand da aber deutlich im Ausgang. Erziehungsmaßnahmen für die Mitarbeiter in Räume sind streng erforderlich! Sie arbeiten doch in einem Museum! (der Mitarbeiter an der Kasse war aber klasse, super-nett und super-hilfsbereit)

Outstanding architecture! It's worth visiting this gallery. There is no admission. There are some smal exhibitions and a museum shop that you can visit which costs you around 15 minutes.

(Translated by Google) But there is not much to see. Buy tickets here. (Original) Viel zu sehen gibt es aber nicht. Tickets hier kaufen.

(Translated by Google) Designed by David Chipperfield, the motif of the Greek temple. Too many people (Original) 데이비드 치퍼필드가 설계, 그리스 신전을 모티브로 기획. 사람이 너무 많다.

(Translated by Google) A relatively new place in Berlin, the coffee on the Museum Island in the James Simon Gallery. It makes you feel a little bit like tapping your toes in the big wide world. (Original) Ein relativ neuer Ort in Berlin, das Kaffee auf der Museumsinsel in der James-Simon-Galerie. Man fühlt sich dort ein bisschen so, als würde man der großen weiten Welt gerade an die Zehen fassen.

(Translated by Google) To Gallery I can not say anything yet, but the staircase is great! Especially at night ? The modern architecture fits perfectly into the classicist style of the Museum Island - that's world class! Does not conserve, but continues to write and develop, integrates and yet succeeds independently and independently! Alone therefore the James Simon Gallery is worth a visit. Chapeau the architect (s)! (Original) Zur Galerie kann ich noch nichts sagen, aber die Treppe ist toll! Vor allem Nachts ? Die knackmoderne Architektur passt sich aufs feinste in den klassizistischen Stil der Museumsinsel ein - das ist Weltklasse! Konserviert nicht, sondern schreibt und entwickelt fort, integriert sich und ist doch selbst- und eigenständig gelungen! Alleine schon darum ist die James-Simon-Galerie einen Besuch wert. Chapeau dem/den Architekten!

Great comtemporary architecture that feels at home between majestic buildings from over 2 centuries ago. The project and functions are very interesting. A must see for any architecture enthusiast that visits the Museum Island of Berlin. Would recommend this place!

(Translated by Google) Great building. Friendly staff. Unfortunately, a bad visitor guidance system. (Original) Tolles Gebäude. Freundliches Personal. Leider ein schlechtes Besucherleitsystem.

(Translated by Google) New access to Museumsinsel museums designed by David Chipperfield. (Original) Novo acesso aos museus da Museumsinsel projetado por David Chipperfield.

It's not a gallery, as one might think. It's just a building connecting Pergamon and Neues Museum. Not worth a visit.

You should visit this museum as soon as it reopens!!

(Translated by Google) Connecting the Museum Island! The great view of Chipperfield's new building was from the Humboldt Box at the new city palace (my photo). The museum buildings - starting from Schinkel with what is now the "Old Museum" to the "Bode Museum" by Ernst von Ihne as a conclusion, are thereby connected and developed as a European cultural heritage, which is followed by the Humboldt Forum for non-European cultures : the Humboldt brothers would have been happy! (Original) Verbindungsbau der Museums-Insel! Den super Blick auf Chipperfields Neubau hatte man von der Humboldt-Box am neuen Stadtschloss aus (mein Foto). Die Museumsbauten – begonnen von Schinkel mit dem heute „Alten Museum“ bis zum „Bode-Museum“ von Ernst von Ihne als Abschluss werden hierdurch verbunden und erschlossen als europäisch geprägtes Kultur-Erbe, an welches sich das Humboldt-Forum für die außereuropäischen Kulturen anschließt: die Humboldt-Brüder hätten sich gefreut!

This pretentious, impractical building has been so badly thought out and is run in so inept and unfriendly a manner that you wonder if you have not been transported to some post-communist dictatorship and you keep instinctively looking for the golden monumental statue of its great leader. The only good thing that can be said about the guards is that they do not have machine guns. As to temporary exhibitions, these take place in some kind of cramped, unmarked and unsignalled closet lost somewhere in the building. The bookshop, if you manage to find it, is well stocked and worth a visit.

absolutely horrendous customer service. I must say I was shocked to wait over 30 minutes for a ticket because only one kiosk was operating. The ticket that I had wanted ran out, so I kindly asked to buy just one. The staff gave me a ticket for a museum I did not ask for. He then said he could not change it and only gave me my money back after I raised my voice and was frankly close to tears. Horrendous, honestly. Literally ruined my day.

Came to Berlin to see the Queen! ✌🏻😎 Nice and very quiet. Enjoyed it very much

This is inside the Neues Museum, or at least you can enter from here. Just check the Neues Museum review and it's practically the same marvelous attraction.

New entrance building connecting the Neues Museum and the Pergamom Museum. Very cold architecture, bad details (lamps at the stairs sides) and worse furniture selection (see the umbrellas in the terrace) although big budget. Very disappointing.

Entrance to the New Museum and future entrance to the Pergamon Museum. Has a cafe with a nice view onto the river.

James Simon Gallery is a prosperous museum/ gallery. It’s quite pretty from the inside or outside. I went to the “Iran” Exhibition, which I enjoyed. Though, there could have been more explanations for people who are not very familiar with the topic. I would have wished to see a logical timeline or something like that, in order to keep up with the given information.

Sind heute über die James-Simon-Galerie in das Neue Museum gegangen. Die Schließfächer in der J-S-G sind direkt neben den sanitären Einrichtungen. Der Geruch dort war heute fast schon unerträglich. Das gehört unbedingt technisch mit entsprechender Abluft gelöst, denn das ist definitiv mehr als peinlich. Auch das Personal war heute auffällig unfreundlich. So wurde einer Besucherin bei der Treppe zum Neuen Museum dermaßen lautstark nachgerufen, dass alle sich dort erst mal umdrehten, weil jeder dachte, das gilt jetzt mir. Offensichtlich war aber eine Besucherin gemeint, die nicht das richtige Eintrittsticket hatte. Aber dann gehe ich doch zu dieser Person hin und kläre es direkt mit ihr in einer unaufdringlichen Art und Weise. Dieses Benehmen war und ist für eine Weltstadt einfach unwürdig. Auch die vorhandenen Sprachkenntnisse der Angestellten, waren eher Mittelmaß. Da erwarte ich auch als Berliner, trotz den bekannten Personalproblemen, mehr Professionalität.

There was an exhibition about Uzbekistan. Quite interesting but not spectacular. The gallery itself has some big exhibition rooms but it also offers entrance to 'Neues Museum ' and 'Pergamoon'. That can be convenient to beat the ques at their official entry points.

Naja, bin letzte Woche zum ersten Male nach der Fertigstellung dort gewesen. Architektonisch so lala, gibt schlimmeres. Bedeckt aber vollkommen die Fassade vom Neuen Museum und ist daher eigentlich vollkommen über. Früher war man architektonisch leider immer schon schlauer, man schaue sich den Vorgängerbau an, der das Museum nicht versteckt.

(Translated by Google) A great gallery on Museum Island and a great motif. ——————————————— Instagram: davidkrauseofficial.de (Original) Eine tolle Galerie auf der Museumsinsel und ein tolles Motiv. ——————————————— Instagram: davidkrauseofficial.de

Finest Art , amazing view , wow architecture. Close to Pergamon museum and Berlin Cathedral ,a must visit . If you walking there you cant miss it ..

(Translated by Google) Nicely done worth a visit (Original) Schön gemacht ein besuch wert

Great location, nice and silent but also picturesque.

(Translated by Google) Successful architectural integration into the existing building ensembles (Original) Gelungene architektonische Eifügung in die vorhandenen Bauensembles

(Translated by Google) From there you have access to all the museums in the area. Modern, simple architecture. (Original) Από εκεί έχεις την πρόσβαση σε όλα τα μουσεία της περιοχής . Σύγχρονη, λιτή αρχιτεκτονική.

Beautiful building! Went to the Iranian exhibition - the rooms were really not well ventilated (air was clammy) and we kept being followed by the guard, which annoyed and distracted us. One wall with ceramics could've had better lighting. The expo was nice overall!

(Translated by Google) Excellent restaurant for a relaxed summary (Original) Vorzügliches Restaurant für ein entspanntes Resümee

nice place to leave your backpack for free with small closets u need 1 euro or 2 euro coin for that (not for suitcases), and a very clean free toilettes.

(Translated by Google) Closed, never opened (Original) 关门了，一直没开门

(Translated by Google) A nice modern entrance to the Museum Island Berlin. (Original) Ein schöner moderner Eingang zu der Museumsinsel Berlin.

altogether a great experience, very interesting and you could spend the entire day there since the building is huge and again many interesting things to see BUT the staff was partially very rude. the first man approached me in a very insensitive tone and told me that i’d have to wrap my jumper around my hips. i just didn’t understand what difference it made if i don’t wear it on my shoulders but instead wrapped around my hip(?) so i asked him nicely what the logic behind all that was. he answered: “well first it looks ugly when you wear it on your shoulders like that” WHO TF do u think you are my man to tell me how to dress????? “second of all that’s just the rules if you don’t want to follow them go in, you’ll be sent away anyway.” and you know i don’t have a problem following rules AS LONG AS YOU TALK TO ME IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER but this man was just extremely rude. museum and gallery were amazing tho.

(Translated by Google) Where's the foresight? Unfortunately, planning often lacks foresight and thus a look into the future. This applies to infrastructure such as roads and a specific airport. On a rainy Sunday, it is immediately noticeable that the building's capacity is insufficient. People crowd in the entrance area and the many too narrow aisles of the lockers. The queue was uncoordinated and there was no digital information at all. People waited 3 hours at the ticket counter without indicating on the information board that everything was already almost sold out, which could be inquired at a information counter that was much too small. We got coffee for € 4 in the café from unskilled and overworked waiters who were served after we got a seat. (Original) Wo ist die Weitsicht? In Planungen fehlt leider oft die Weitsicht und damit der Blick in die Zukunft. Das gilt für Infrastruktur wie Straßen und auch einen bestimmten Flughafen. Auch hier fällt an einem regnerischen Sonntag sofort auf, dass die Kapazität des Gebäudes nicht ausreicht. Menschen drängen sich in Massen im Eingangsbereich und den viele zu engen Gängen der Schließfächer. Die Warteschlange war unkoordiniert und es fehlte komplett an digitalen Informationen. Menschen warteten 3 Stunden am Ticketschalter, ohne dass auf der Informationstafel Hinzuweisen, das bereits alles so gut wie ausverkauft war, was man an einem viel zu kleinen Informationsschalter erfragen konnte. Wir haben noch einen Kaffee für 4€ im Café von ungelernten und überforderten Kellnern der serviert bekommen, nachdem wir einen Platz ergatterten.

(Translated by Google) Impressive architecture (Original) Beeindruckende Architektur

You are not allowed to enter museums if you buy the "museum island ticket " - it's a waste of money and tourists trap ticket. Buy separate tickets to separate museums.

Cool addition to the Museumsinsel. If you are planning to visit the island, whethe yiu got your tickets online or not, you can directly come here and receive plenty useful info, eat/drink at the lovely cafe, use toilets, lockers or the cloak room. Within you have access to Neues museum and Pregamon museum. Also a very nice/big shop, with plenty of books related to wxhibitions/history/cultures and art. Also there was a special extra exhibition when I visited, check them out too!

The air is horrid, but otherwise, it's cool. As long as u don't lean on a wall, the guard hate that .

Nice and new exhibition place in town

Very well layed out. It contains a nice cafe, public toilets and a shop you should miss if you are interested in gift shopping. Also there is knowledgeable information staff and ticket booths for Neue und Pergamon Museum. They also placed an auditorium inside to host special events such as readings or presentations.

Amazing architecture on the famous UNESCO world heritage site Museumsinsel. It is designed as central hub to reach surrounding museums sub-terrestrial.

It was Berlun Festival of Lights , and the show was very nice

Lovely chicken salad but very long wait to pay the bill. Silly system of only being able to pay your bill with your waiter. He kept being distracted with large groups and we had to wait for over 15 minutes to pay so we could leave. Really inefficient system.

A lot of walking , but nice art.

(Translated by Google) A new MUST in the capital! (Original) Ein neues MUSS in der Hauptstadt!

(Translated by Google) Highly recommended (Original) Sehr empfehlenswert

Superb architecture! Saw an awesome exhibition on plaster there, I loved it

(Translated by Google) The new building is just fantastic (Original) Das neue Gebäude ist einfach fantastisch

(Translated by Google) Cu 29 and the architecture. Great! (Original) Cu 29 und die Architektur. Toll!

(Translated by Google) Congratulations, dear friends (Original) Herzlichen Glückwunsch lieber Freundeskreis

(Translated by Google) Was crowded long queue but the cafe was great (Original) War überfüllt langes Anstehen aber das Cafe war Klasse

(Translated by Google) Coffee was delicious, unfortunately I was not in the gallery (Original) Kaffee war lecker, in der Galerie war ich leider nicht

(Translated by Google) It is a modern architecture in and for a context of the past (Original) È un'architettura moderna in e per un contesto del passato

(Translated by Google) Cool gallery. Nice outside. Cool outdoor exhibition-free (Original) Coole Galerie. Draußen schön. Coole Ausstellung draußen-kostenlos

(Translated by Google) Essential, expensive, many people in summer (Original) Imprescindible, caro, mucha gente en verano

(Translated by Google) Already made impressive. (Original) Schon imposant gemacht.

The museum and exhibition were expectacular and amazing but the service at the cafe Shop at the James Simon Gallery specially by one member in particular was dreadful. She approached us on a patronising manner without any greetings, mentioning she spoke Spanish and she could understand us. She told us we had to have patience because the cafe was very busy, when we asked her for an empty glass to share a bottle of water she said that this was Not a Mcdonalds and wouldnt give us another glass and her general demeanor was despective. We did complain to the manager which was very helpful, nice and understandable.

Chipperfield

(Translated by Google) It is interesting if you are interested in culture and engineering (Original) Ist interessant wenn man sich etwas für Kultur und Ingenieurskunst interessiert

(Translated by Google) Class! (Original) Klasse!

(Translated by Google) Okay, a bit disappointing after 10 years of construction. But not everything is finished yet. (Original) Okay, etwas enttäuschend nach gefühlt 10 Jahren Bauzeit. Aber noch ist ja nicht alles fertig.

Beautiful building and gallery. Stumbled soon it after going around lust garden. Avoid evening times, it's a lil bit crowded.

(Translated by Google) Worth seeing (Original) Sehenswert

(Translated by Google) Looks good and has great exhibitions. (Original) Sieht gut aus und hat tolle Ausstellungen.

Finest art of architecture

It was great experience, i visit it twice a year

don't miss the cafe!