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Berlin's Neues Museum, built in 1855 and closed before World War II, has emerged -- at last -- from its historic slumber. The architect handed over the keys on Thursday to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which owns many of the German capital's most-famous museums and collections and will start months of work to prepare for the museum's grand opening in autumn 2009. For now the building is empty, but this weekend 30,000 people will have a chance to look inside the structure.
"The Neues Museum has finally awoken from its coma," Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit said. "This is a great day for culture in the whole world."
