The Alte Nationalgalerie is the parent building of the Nationalgalerie, whose collection is today also distributed among the Neue Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, Friedrichswerdersche Kirche, Museum Berggruen and the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection.
The idea of creating a free space for art and science in the center of Berlin between the City Palace, the Cathedral and the University dates back to Frederick William IV. The basic architectural idea of today's Old National Gallery - a high, antique temple building - also originated with the king himself. The plans were later concretized by Schinkel's student Friedrich August Stüler, who had previously designed the Neues Museum. After Stüler's death, Johann Heinrich Strack, also a student of Schinkel, completed the museum.
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