The Pergamon Museum in Berlin houses reconstructed monumental buildings from Turkey, including the Pergamon Altar and the Market Gate of Miletus. It took 20 years to construct the museum from 1910 to 1930. Some parts of the collection remain in Russia despite an agreement for their return, blocked by Russian laws. The museum suffered damage in World War 2 but many artifacts were stored safely or walled in for protection.

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The Pergamon Museum is situated on
the Museum Island in Berlin and was
constructed in twenty years, from 1910 to
1930. The Pergamon houses original-sized,
Pergamon Altar
reconstructed monumental buildings such as
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the Pergamon Altar, the Market Gate of Miletus, all consisting of parts transported
from Turkey. There is controversy over the legitimacy of the acquisition of the collection. It was suggested
that the collection should be returned to Turkey (original country of the excavations).
The museum is subdivided into the antiquity collection, the Middle East museum, and the museum of
Islamic art. The museum is visited by approximately 850,000 people every year, making it the most visited
art museum in Germany. The Pergamon Museum was severely damaged during the air attack of Berlin at the
end of the Second World War. Many of the display objects were stored in safe places, and some of the large
pieces were walled in for protection. In 1945, the Red Army collected all of the loose
museum items, either as war booty or, ostensibly, to rescue them from looting and fires
then raging in Berlin. Not until 1958 were most of the objects returned to East Germany.
Significant parts of the collection remain in Russia. Some are
currently stored in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and the
Hermitage in Saint Petersburg. The return of these items has
been arranged in a treaty between Germany and Russia but, as
of June 2003, is blocked by Russian restitution laws.
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Music: Bach-Brandenburg Concerto No.1