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Berlin is truly a city for museum lovers. With more than 150 museums to choose from, this metropolis offers an array of world-renowned art museums, historical museums, and unique cultural museums you won't find anywhere else.

A natural place to start for art is Museum Island, a unique area situated between the Spree and Kupfergraben Rivers. Museum Island is home to several of Berlin's -- and some of the world's -- finest museums, including the phenomenal Pergamon Museum, where tourists flock to experience ancient and spectacular monuments such as the Pergamon Altar, the Ishtar Gate of Babylon, and the market gate of Miletus. Including masterpieces by Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir, the nearby Old National Gallery offers an impressive collection of German and French Impressionists.

Berlin is an ever-changing city. Through this capital's many rebuilding efforts since World War II, important museums have emerged alongside historical buildings including the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate, as landmark glimpses into this city's rich and complicated past. Besides political and historical attractions such as the House at Checkpoint Charlie and Memorial to the Berlin Wall, one of Berlin's most popular sights is the Jewish Museum, which exhibits more than 2,000 years of German-Jewish history.

For those looking for something different, many other museums celebrate the people, arts, and culture of this great city -- from the family-friendly Puppet Theatre Museum to the hugely popular adult-themed Beate Uhse Erotik-Museum in Charlottenburg. Kreuzberg is home to the Schwules Museum, a one-of-a-kind museum that offers a look into the history of gays in Berlin and the struggle of the gay community under the Nazi regime. With more than 30,000 German and foreign silent movies alone, the Berlin Film Museum is a great place for film buffs to explore, and for an interesting overview of Berlin, The Story of Berlin lets visitors experience the city's 800-year history through films, photos, and sounds.