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A masterplan for a "Sanctuary for Art and Science"

After more than 40 years in power, Friedrich Wilhelm III died on 7 June 1840. The Crown Prince had waited a long time to finally be able to initiate all the building projects in which he hopes to manifest his conservative concept of Prussia and history for eternity.

Probably the most important of these projects was the remodelling of the entire northern Spree island behind Schinkel's museum, which had opened in 1830, into a "quiet, richly endowed sanctuary for art and science". In 1840, Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1795-1861) commissioned Ignaz v. Olfers (1793-1871), Director General of the Royal Museums, to develop a concept for this.

Instead of Schinkel, who had suffered several strokes in September 1840 and was facing death with impaired vision and speech, his pupil Friedrich August Stüler (1800-1865) was involved in the design. In June 1841, Stüler and Olfers presented their masterplan. Two of the proposed buildings were actually realised - the Neues Museum and the Nationalgalerie.

A masterplan for a "Sanctuary for Art and Science"

After more than 40 years in power, Friedrich Wilhelm III died on 7 June 1840. The Crown Prince had waited a long time to finally be able to initiate all the building projects in which he hopes to manifest his conservative concept of Prussia and history for eternity.

Probably the most important of these projects was the remodelling of the entire northern Spree island behind Schinkel's museum, which had opened in 1830, into a "quiet, richly endowed sanctuary for art and science". In 1840, Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1795-1861) commissioned Ignaz v. Olfers (1793-1871), Director General of the Royal Museums, to develop a concept for this.

Instead of Schinkel, who had suffered several strokes in September 1840 and was facing death with impaired vision and speech, his pupil Friedrich August Stüler (1800-1865) was involved in the design. In June 1841, Stüler and Olfers presented their masterplan. Two of the proposed buildings were actually realised - the Neues Museum and the Nationalgalerie.

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