Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg

The Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection is an art museum in Berlin's Charlottenburg district that has presented works from French Romanticism through Surrealism since 2008. As part of the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the museum houses a private collection of paintings, prints, and sculptures that belongs to the Stiftung Sammlung Dieter Scharf in memory of Otto Gerstenberg. Otto Gerstenberg was a prominent Berlin art collector in the early 20th century, and his grandson Dieter Scharf used the prints passed down to him as the foundation for his own collection. It focuses heavily on Symbolism and Surrealism and includes works by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte, and Pablo Picasso.

The museum is housed in the eastern Stüler Building on Schloßstraße, a historic complex from the mid-19th century that originally served as officers' barracks. After extensive renovation and redesign, the space was adapted for use as a museum. Here you'll find a thematically coordinated exhibition that connects to the collection in the Museum Berggruen across the street. In addition, until the new wing of the Pergamon Museum is completed, you can see ancient Egyptian artifacts such as the Kalabsha Gate and columns from the Temple of Sahure, which were previously displayed in the Egyptian Museum.