The rebuilding and restoration of the surviving ruin of the Neues Museum on the Museum Island in Berlin is undoubtedly one of the most significant projects of its kind in Europe. The Museum Island’s designation as a World Heritage Site and the planned restoration programme for this “northern Acropolis” establish the buildings and their collections as a cultural asset The rebuilding design and restoration concept are both subject to a sound intellectual evaluation basis, comparable to highly respected documents such as the ICOMOS charter from Venice. However, such were the special circumstances on the Museum Island that a more far-reaching and refined approach had to be developed to satisfy the requirements. This approach was drawn up in three significant documents: the “Conservation Guidelines” (11 February 1999) with the establishment of the main restoration objectives, and the planning documents: “Restoration Strategy” (16 September 1999) and “Restoration Concept” (20 October 2000), providing proposed restoration approaches for all rooms and building elements. The Neues Museum is a building with four aboveground floors (Levels 1 to 4), consisting of a basement floor (Level 0), the ground floor (Level 1) and three upper floors (Levels 2-4). The display areas for exhibitions from the Egyptian Art Collection and the Collection of Pre- and Early History form the main programme. The central entrance and infrastructure areas with museum shop, visitor cloakroom, cash desks and information facilities are assigned to Level 1. The visitor café is also located on this floor. Level 0 will likewise be used for exhibition purposes and forms a component of the Archaeological Promenade, linking to the north with Pergamonmuseum and to the south with Altes Museum. Maintenance and installation corridors are located on the west, east and north sides in Level –1/0. The underground technical control centre is assigned to the northeast. The historic colonnades will be re-mounted above the east technical corridor and the technical control centre and to the south of the building. Level 4 accommodates workrooms and meeting rooms, social areas for the staff, storage spaces as well as the main ventilation and smoke removal control centres. Contracts will be awarded for services with the following focal points for the rebuilding of Neues Museum: Construction services in structural engineering with high requirements in terms of the quality, care and precision in the craftsmanship. Services in the area of restoration, which due to the aimed for depth of planning are comprehensively, stylistically and almost completely specified, with extremely high requirements in terms of the skills of the restorer. Architectural services for restoration measures on architectural pieces of art, which cannot be completely specified, with extremely high requirements in terms of the artistic/technical skills of the restorer.