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upwards of 600 rooms; the facade towards the Neue Friedrich-Str.
is 240 yds. in length. Fine staircase.
The Neue Friedrich-Strasse ends to the S. at the Waisen-
Brilcke, which affords to the S. a survey of the channels of the
Spree encircling Alt-Kblln. Near it to the left is the pier of the
steamboats on the Upper Spree (p. 24) and the Jannowitz-Brilclce
Station of the Stadtbahn (PI. R, 28; p. 12). Beyond the Waisen-
Brilcke is the Marklsohe Platz (PL R, 28), with a handsome Foun¬
tain by Brunow (1897), bearing the figure of a woman washing. On
the S. side in the Wall-Str. (comp. p. 47) is the —
*Markische Provinzial-Museum of the city of Berlin,
erected in 1901-7 by L. Hoffmann. Borrowing suggestions from
various mediaeval structures (both sacred and profane) in the Mark
of Brandenburg, the architect has applied them to a number of
different buildings, the whole forming an irregular but highly effec¬
tive group, dominated by a tower of massive construction. Adm., see
p. 40. Guide (190«) 10 pf.
On the Main Floor is a large domed Gothic hall containing the larger
antiquities, among which may be mentioned a wooden figure of a bishop,
a Madonna in sandstone (both of the 14t!i cent.), and several altars with
wood-carvings of the 15th and 16th centuries. The other rooms contain
the Xatural History Collection (including many biological groups), the
library (also manuscripts and paintings) and a section for local statistics.
— The Upper Floor contains a lecture room and the collections relating
to the History of Civilization, in 14 sections: weapons, history of the
town and the province, old maps and views of Berlin, trade and industry,
ornaments and fashions, domestic and agricultural implements, chamber
of torture, ecclesiastical antiquities, etc. — The Sunk Floor contains the
Prehistoric Collection (king's tomb from Seddin in the Prignitz) and the
GOritz-Liibeck Library of 40,000 vols., comprising numerous original
editions of German poems and books relating to Berlin, engravings, etc.
Beyond are the last two relics of the old fortified town of Berlin
(comp. p. 47), viz. a part of the town wall, and the 'Wusterhausener
Bar' (comp. the inscription), which was removed hither from its
original site. Opposite the Museum to the E. rises the Landes-
Versicherungs-Ans/alt ('insurance office'), by Messel. — To the S.
of the Museum, at the beginning of the Kbpenicker-Str. (PL R, 28),
a marble statue of Schulze-Delilzsch (d. 1883), founder of the
co-operative system in Germany, by Arnoldt, was unveiled in 1899.
The bronze groups on the pedestal represent the alliance of in¬
dustrial and field labour, and a woman of the working-class teach¬
ing her son.
In the S. part of the Kloster-Strasse (PL R, 26), which still
preserves its quaint appearance, on the right (No. 36), is the —
Museum of German National Costumes and Domes¬
tic Industries (PL R, 26), an extensive and valuable collection
founded in 1889 by private munificence and handed over to the
government in 1904. The collection suffers from inadequate accom¬
modation. Adm., see p. 38. Guide (1908) 30 pf.