This is what I really enjoy. I have been in Istanbul, in Ankara, in Berlin and my next target is Lissabon and if the mother of all conflicts is solved, Jerusalem will be #1 on the list.
Before you go on. If you plan to visit Berlin, definitely go to the Pergamonmuseum in the main building and see the Ishtar Gate and the Market Gate of Miletus, both are mind buggling huge if you put yourself into the shoes of a simple citicen of that time.
The 360° Panorama is in a different building and if you don't have much time, only see the Panorama. If you have time, visit the permanent exhibition first.
Both easily occupy you for a day. On the other side of the isle (you have to leave isle and enter from another bridge) is the Bode Museum with an amazing cafeteria (Not ticket needed) that takes you forward almost two millenia. So enjoy your coffee and cake or sth. solid while pondering what may happened inbedween, the fall of the roman empire and the dark ages, that changed art.
Hi,
before the pandemic I was in Berlin and visited the Pergamonmuseum and the 360° exhibition which left me speechless.
This installation changes from day to night in a Iirc 5 minutes time frame and there is sound.
You hear people, animals and birds, the sound of the city when the sun rises, people go after their work and leisure, celebrating in the evening, guards...
The 360 Panorama is just huge and overshadows easily other exhibitions in the same building.
Before you reach the 360° Panorama there is another exhibition.
Draped statues in changing light © asisi / Tom Schulze
It is basically some statues and light installations that turn on and off following the suns pattern.
For like 20 seconds you get to see the statues in different lighting, like from the sun, and the shadows it creates change the perceived emotions of the statues.
For someone who understands photography this is a no brainer, lighting matters.
But these statues were made and placed like two millenias ago and survived time to show us the greatness of their masters.
You see the rectangle holes where the hands, arms or other parts should be?
These statues were not chiseled from a single block.
They were made by different stonemasons, each probably specialised on a few sets of skills.
Look at this video embedded on https://www.asisi.de/panorama/pergamon.
It shows some of the pieces and installations, mostly the 360° Panorama.