The Cast Collection of Ancient Sculpture at Freie Universität Berlin comprises around 2100 casts of Greek and Roman sculptures. It is used for university teaching and research and, as a museum, is also intended to make the sculptures of antiquity accessible to the general public. The collection continues the tradition of the famous cast collection founded in 1696, which was on display in the 19th century in the 'Neues Museum' on Berlin's Museum Island and most recently from 1921 to 1944 in the Friedrich Wilhelm University with around 2500 casts. This old collection was largely destroyed in 1950/51.

The cast collection was reopened in 1988 opposite Charlottenburg Palace in the immediate vicinity of the former Egyptian Museum - now the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection. The reconstruction was only possible thanks to the cooperation of the Institute for Classical Archaeology at the Free University of Berlin, the State Museums of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Senate Administration.

Today's exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of the history and manifestations of Greek and Roman sculpture. The chronological arc extends from the Cycladic culture of the 3rd millennium BC to geometric and archaic sculpture, from Classical and Hellenistic sculpture to the sculpture of the Roman and Byzantine empires up to around 500 AD. Selected pieces from other ancient cultures in the Mediterranean region complement the collection.

Regular exhibitions by contemporary artists as well as lectures and theater performances also broaden the view of antiquity.