How to avoid waiting in the long lines to get in?
Is it advantageous to by tickets online and if so what is the link?
What parts are closed?

We like to have a late breakfast is there a better time to go to avoid the lines other than early in the morning?

Long lines?

I walked right in when visiting Berlin in December, 2007.

Bought my ticket at the museum. I stayed at Hotel Melia right around the corner on the Friedrichstraße.

There weren't that many people in the museum.

I sat on the steps of the Pergamon Altar.

It is really something to see, along with the Ishtar Gate.

The Gemaldegalerie is another fantastic museum in Berlin. There is a mesmerising Vermeer-Woman with Pearl Necklace-on exhibit.

Thin

The advice above is 100% correct. We found the 3 day Berlin Museum Pass to be excellent value - we bought ours at the ticket booth on Museum Island. No admission lines at any of the museums in early October.
http://www.museumsportal-berlin.de/en/

And because of Thin's recommendation we visited the Gemaldegalerie (Kulturforum) to see this Vermeer. It is wonderful.

tips for avoiding the crowds (and do be aware that much of the museum is presently under renovation):

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic...ms-Berlin.html

http://www.yelp.com/biz/pergamonmuseum-berlin

The Pergamon is wonderful! When I was there in 1995, it was very crowded. I envy Thin's quiet moments on the steps of the Pergamon Altar! If a pass will get you to the front of tyne line, go for it!

Does a pass get you to the front of the line????

Even better - the pass makes the line disappear.
We wandered through museums for three days with no queues.

No lines last May

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mksfca...57623174831107

BillT had asked what parts are closed?
Beginning this fall the wing with the Pergamon Alter will be closed till 2019 for renovations.
Does anyone of any details on this?

I'd like to know about the Pergamon museum closings as I'll be there in the fall and would not want to miss out.

Lastest info is the hall containing the Pergamon Altar will close at the end of September 2014 for about 5 years. Hope you will be able to see it.

TY chincoteague this much I know from the museum's website.
I was hoping to find out if anything other than the altar will be affected by the hall's closing (will smaller parts of the altar or objects be relocated) as we plan to visit in March 2015.

No lines on Sunday 16 June 2013. What an amazing museum!

The Pergamon will be restored in parts until 2025. The north and middle wings are the ones in question, until 2019. This affects the Pergamon altar and the Ishtar Gate. You can still see them till 29 September this year.

The new National Gallery is also being renovated, from 2014 to 2017 and will be closed completely. Some of the works will be displayed in the Hamburg railway station and other locations around the city, but where exactly hasn't been revealed yet.

http://www.bz-berlin.de/bezirk/mitte...le1804920.html

Lavandula