The city is adorned throughout with numerous statues of military heroes, the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great, the master creation of Rauch, being the most remarkable. Next in importance is that of the Great Elector, all im pressive work by Schluter, and among more recent works are the equestrian statue of Fred erick William Ill., by Wolff. and the imposing national monuments to Emperor William 1. and to Prince Bismarck. Among the other public monuments the Column of Victory on the KiInigs Platz, commemorating the great victories in the campaigns of 1866 and 1870-71, is the most conspicuous. On the Sehlossbriicke I pal ace-bridge), the handsomest of the 50 bridges in Berlin, the eight marble groups of heroic size, illustrative of a warrior's life, are worthy of no tice; so are the five statues of Prussian generals, by Rauch, adorning the square before the Opera House, and the Luther Monument on the Neue Markt. Of art treasures the Old Museum con tains besides the Gallery of Antiquities. includ ing the Pergamenian Sculptures, an almost un equaled collection of sculptures of the Christian epoch. while its picture gallery is remarkable for its representative character, containing ad mirable specimens of almost every epoch and school of painting; the Cabinet of Coins is also remarkably varied and complete. In the New
Musemn there is a comprehensive and valuable collection of casts: of importance also are the Egyptian Museum in this building, scarcely equaled by any similar collection, the Cabinet of Engravings, and the Antiquarium. The upper wall of the superb staircase, which occupies the centre of the building, is adorned with the fa mous six mural paintings by Kaulbach, repre senting the chief episodes in the history of man kind. The National Gallery contains over 700 paintings and more than 100 sculptures by mod ern German artists. Other collections of inter est are found in the Ethnological and Art Industrial .)Insetnns; in the Picture Gal lery, containing a series of choice works by modern French and German masters, and in the Hohenzollern :Museum.
The educational institutions of Berlin are numerous and of a high order. Among the higher institutions of learning, in addition to the University of Berlin (see article), are the Academy of Architecture. with nearly 2000 students and over 300 teachers, the Royal Academy of Milling Engineering, the Military Academy, the Artillery and Engineering School, the Royal School of Agriculture, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Veterinary School, Royal School of Music, School of Oriental Languages, etc.