I had one of the best suprises of my trip here - when I was very young I saw a reproduction of Raphael's "Sistine Madonna" in a book and wanted to see it for myself one day (most people know it by the famous cherubs at the bottom - they were even featured on postage stamps a few years ago). When I entered the gift shop to buy a museum guide before going through, I saw the angels on a book cover and thought, "Is the 'Sistine Madonna' here? I thought it must be someplace in Italy..." Sure enough, it was in my guidebook, and when I finally found it in the museum I gazed at it for a long time, taking in every detail.
The museum has other priceless treasures as well: Vermeer's Girl at a Window Reading a Letter, Rembrandt's Rembrandt and Saskia, and Liotard's Chocolate Girl. A ticket to the Galerie and the Rustkammer cost only DM 4 ($2) - quite a bang for your buck!