Museum of Prehistory and Early History

The National Museums in Berlin, housed in historical buildings, constitute a Universal Museum for the preservation, research and mediation of treasures of art and culture of the entire history of humanity. Their collections embrace the areas of European and extra-European art, archaeology and ethnology.

The collection's core focus is European early history, spanning from the Palaeolithic Age to the Middle Ages. Highpoints in the collection include Heinrich Schliemann's Trojan Collection, the discovery of a Neanderthal from Le Moustier, the Berlin Gold Hat, dating from the Bronze Age, and a wealth of funerary objects from the time of the Merovingian dynasty.

The Museum of Prehistory and Early History's exhibition is on display in the Neues Museum on the Museum Island Berlin.