Berlin’s Pergamon Museum has rejected calls to return the giant altar to its place of origin. Visitors look at the frescos and the Pergamon altar in the altar room at Pergamon Museum in Berlin, ...

The Berlin institution with a spectacular, but disputed, centerpiece closes next week for a refurbishment that won’t be complete until 2037. By Thomas Rogers Reporting from Berlin Even wrapped in ...

The estimated cost of renovation and expansion of Berlin’s Pergamon Museum has almost doubled to €477 million ($526 million) above the initial estimate of €261 million ($288 million) due to unforeseen ...

After the death of Alexander the Great, a eunuch named Philetaerus established the ancient Greek city of Pergamon a major center of power.

A friend from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization once told me that his organization’s famous World Heritage List generally excludes museums. I suppose this may have ...

BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin's museums authority says one of the city's best-known cultural treasures, the 2nd-century B.C. Pergamon Altar, will be shut to visitors for up to five years from September for ...

A costly and lengthy renovation project in Berlin's most visited museum has turned into another construction nightmare. The monumental Pergamon Altar will move into a temporary exhibition in the ...

Visitors can explore every nook and cranny of the famous Pergamon Altar from the comfort of their own home, thanks to a project by the Frauenhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research. The ...