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A part of Germany's Museum Island in the city of Berlin, is the grand Bode Museum. The fourth museum to be erected in a segment of Museum Island the Bode Museum was founded 1904. It's rich and extensive collection of art, especially those from the Byzantine, Medieval, and Renaissance eras, is what makes it immensely popular among critics and visitors alike. It was initially named as 'Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum' on the name of a great king of Germany, Emperor Friedrich III. In the year 1956 the name was changed to the Bode Museum as a tribute to Wilhelm von Bode, the museums first curator. One of the other reasons that make this museum extremely noteworthy is its Numismatic collection, which is among the largest collections world over