The
Berlin State Museums are a group of institutions in
Berlin,
Germany, comprising seventeen museums in five clusters, several research institutes, libraries, and supporting facilities. They are overseen by the
Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and funded by the German federal government in collaboration with Germany's federal states. The central complex on
Museum Island was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1999. By 2007 the Berlin State Museums had grown into the largest complex of museums in Europe.