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Pergamon Museum is part of Museum Island and was constructed from 1910 to 1930, by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann. The museum is subdivided to the Middle East collection and Museum of Islamic Art. Pergamon houses original-sized reconstructed buildings such as the Permaon Altar and Market Gate of Miletus, all consisting of original parts transported from Turkey. There excist a controversy over the legitimacy of the collection and was suggested that should be returned to country of the excavations.
After WW II a good part of the collection has been transfered to Russia, partly returned to East Germany in 1858 but still, a significant part of the collection remain in Russia even today.

Address: Bodestraße, Berlin-Mitte
Directions: U-Bahn: Friedrichstraße