Top 25 museums in Munich

Every modern city is proud of its sights, cares about their safety, and is engaged in development. Among them, a special place is given to museums of different thematic focus. Often, excursion groups line up to quickly find out what is hidden behind the mysterious walls. Munich museums are hard to count, visit all in a short time. Even in spite of the fact that the city has a real museum quarter (Kunstareal), full of wonderful places that store unique exhibits. Many of them were discovered during the Renaissance (Old Pinakothek). Now the Museums of Munich are considered the property of not only the city, Bavaria, but the whole world.

German Museum

The decision to create the largest museum in the world for natural science and technology was taken at the initiative of Oscar von Miller in 1855. Only in 1903, the construction of a special building on the island of the Izyar River began. The main building houses the bulk of the exhibits and the library. The first exposition of elements of the Bavarian physics and mathematics collection was presented to visitors in 1906. Gradually, technical masterpieces of various fields of science took the leading place among the list of museum exhibits.

Lunar rovers, ships, airplanes, a nuclear reactor, computers of different times look like real ones. Interesting planetarium, DNA laboratory and much more. The world's largest collection of technical elements contains about 100 thousand items. The expositions of the museum, consisting of objects invented in 50 scientific fields, are unique popularizers of science. Museum address: Museumsinsel 1, 80538 Munich. Open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. The cost of a ticket for adults is 12 €, children from 6 years old, students, schoolchildren 4 €. You can get there by metro, bus, tram.

Toy Museum

The museum is located in Munich's central square, Marienplatz. All 4 floors of the Old Town Hall were filled with the main collection of toys from the family of the writer I. Steiger. Another part of the collection consists of toys brought from all over the world. A visit to this museum is a joyful event for children and adults. Already on the first floor they are greeted in a businesslike way by old dolls made of wood, porcelain, and wax. Almost 100 types of Barbie dolls. Among them are samples made in 1959, with a complete set of their clothes. Toys from different periods are collected in small cozy rooms of the old building.

Some of them are 300 years old. These are plush, paper, pewter, lead toys made from bird feathers. The (miraculously preserved) collection of the war years from bread toys looks impressive. In the museum, you can learn the history of the creation of toys from different world manufacturers (for example, the famous Teddy bears, a Russian doll of 1830). Watch documentaries, real patterns used for making by many toy manufacturers.

On the second floor, there are expositions dedicated to technical toys. These are old steam locomotives, railways, models of ships, airships, planes, cars, interesting educational games. Near the ticket office there is a museum shop where you can buy reproductions of old toys, postcards, and books for children. Museum address: 15 Marienplatz. It is open to visitors every day from 10 to 17.30 hours. The ticket costs 4 € for adults, 1 € for children.

Pinakothek of modernity

One of the famous museums in the world is located in a modern, original building, built on the site of the Turkish barracks, which planned the construction of the university buildings. Under the dome of the building, born of the ideas of the architect Braunfels in 2002, there are 4 museums with exhibits of various fields of art:

• Architectural Museum of the Technical University of Munich. The museum fund is the richest in Germany and has about 500 thousand sketches, drawings of architectural elements, created by over 700 architects. Almost 100 thousand models, sketches, photographs are shown in permanent, temporary exhibitions, computer animations;
• Bavarian State Painting Collection. The collection of contemporary art is represented by works of all major trends: expressionism, fauvism, cubism, surrealism and others;
• State Museum of Applied Arts. The new collection is the world's first design museum. Almost 80,000 exhibits consist of computer models of furniture, cars, mobile phones, tablets, jewelry, shoes, clothes. Of interest is a historical excursion into the world of things around a person;
• State graphic collection. The collection contains 350 thousand engravings, 50 thousand drawings made from the 15th century to the present by famous masters of the world.

Located at: Barer Straße 40. The museum is open from 10 am to 6 pm. The entrance ticket is 10 €.

Bavarian national museum

The treasury of Bavaria with a gold fund created by representatives of the Wittelsbach dynasty consists of the world's masterpieces of painting. The museum has been operating since 1855 and was initially housed in the royal palace. A special building for the museum was built in 1899 by the architect Gabriel von Seidl. Until now, an equestrian statue of the famous Prince Leopold adorns the entrance to the original museum building. Among the huge expositions of the museum there are unusual stained glass windows, masterpieces of decorative and applied art made of porcelain, silver, gold, faience, and ivory.

The world's largest collection of nativity scenes. Amazing sculptural creations of craftsmen from Bavaria, Germany are located on the 1st floor of the building. Among them are the pride of the country (the work of an unknown master) "The Zeon Madonna", the works of Tietz, Troger, Hubert Gerhard, Johann Straub, the precious sculptural heritage of Germany. The collections are housed in halls united by the time periods of their appearance. Museum address: Prinzregenten strasse, 3. Open from 10 to 20 hours. Day off on Monday. The ticket price is 7 €. Children under 16 can visit the museum free of charge.

Bavarian Archaeological Museum

He began his activity much earlier before the announcement of official status in 1855. The building housed interesting archaeological finds found during excavations in historical sites of the Neolithic, Bronze Age. Now they are presented in five museum departments. These are household items of ancient people, jewelry, weapons, clothing, cult accessories, toys for children. The fund is represented by five sections.

The section "Numismatics" presents a rare collection of coins. The expositions of the "Epoch of the Celts" hall tell about the life of the most powerful tribe in Europe (Galatians, Britons, Gauls, Celts). The museum often hosts temporary exhibitions, meetings with professional restorers, specialists in charge of excavations, who are on the staff of the museum. Museum address: Lerchenfeldstrasse 2. Opening hours from 9.30 am to 5 pm. The ticket price is 3 €.

Museum of the Five Continents

The second largest museum in the city was created thanks to the representatives of the Wittelsbach dynasty. The collection of outlandish objects brought from different continents of the planet has gradually grown to a large size. It includes only original art, religious, household items in the form of original products, divided into six sections. For example, you can separately see an interesting exhibition of oriental calligraphy samples in the form of ancient books and scrolls.

Mysterious jewelry of the Indians, their clothes, products made of bone, silver are presented in the "North America" ​​section. The African department introduces ancient masks, weapons, adornments to the population of the continent. In the Asia section you can see a real statue of Buddha, Krishna, Vishnu. Museum address: Maximilianstrasse, 42. Open from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm.Day off on Monday. The ticket costs 5 €. On Sunday the price is 1 €.

BMW Museum

The modern, original building houses the BMW Welt multifunctional center, the main headquarters and museum of the famous company. Since 1972, for the opening day of the Olympics, a building in the form of a four-cylinder engine has been commissioned, which has become a famous landmark of the city. The architectural complex includes a building in the form of a bowl, covered with the company emblem (residents call it a bowl for soup). The museum contains models of cars, motorcycles, engines of the famous BMW brand. Among them are samples of the first products of the company - propellers for aircraft.

Sedans, coupes, roadsters, the first motorcycles, the Isetta small car. It was called a "bubble" and had the shape of an egg. Beautiful presentation model of the BMW M Roadster featured in the James Bond film. Here you can get acquainted with new directions in the development of technology: the creation of hydrogen engines for cars. Museum address: Am Olympiapark 2. The museum is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm. The entrance fee is 10 €. There are interesting excursions to the production, museum. Their cost is 22 €.

Museum of Egyptian Art

In June 2013, the interesting Munich Museum opened in a new spacious building. There was an opportunity to present precious exhibits in thematic halls. The museum received its official status in 1970. The fund of the museum began to form with the collection of the Bavarian Duke of Bavaria Albrecht V based on the collections of sculptures, statues of Egypt and neighboring countries belonging to the 16th century. Now the museum has about 8000 exhibits.

The new building provides a room for conferences, symposia, screenings of films that tell about the secrets of Egyptian art of all times. Interesting exhibitions are regularly held along with permanent exhibitions. Museum address: Gabelsbergerstr. 35. Open from 9 am to 9 pm. The entrance ticket is 5 €. Along with the ticket, visitors are given a modern audio guide device to help them learn about the history of the exhibits.

Munich City Museum

The main museum of the city was founded by the archivist of the city in 1888 and occupies an area on the territory of an old building, erected in 1500 and for a long time served as an arsenal. An additional building was built next to it in 1977 in the form of a copy of medieval stables. The administration of the museum is located in the old house of Ignaz Gunther. The fund of the museum includes priceless collections of objects of applied art, sculptures, furniture, photographs, portraits, clothes, masterpieces of graphics, painting. They are placed among six permanent exhibitions, temporary exhibitions.

The collection of musical instruments includes almost 6 thousand different types. The "Puppet Theater" exposition consists of puppets covering an area of ​​2.000 m²... Almost 30,000 portraits are housed in the museum's galleries. On the ground floor of the building, you can see the famous figures of "Moorish dancers" created in 1480 for the Old Town Hall dance hall. It contains original sculptures from the bronze plague column of Marienplatz, an old shield of Munich, a wooden model of the city. Museum address: Sankt-Jakobs-Platz 1. Open from 10 am to 6 pm.

Paleontological Museum

The first exhibition of the museum, telling about the history of life on earth, opened in 1843. It includes exhibits at the University of Munich and found during archaeological excavations in Bavaria. Fossils of animals and plants from different eras are placed on special stands. The original building of the museum was used for the needs of the College of Arts and Crafts. This is reflected in the interesting design of the façade, which includes motifs from various crafts. The main exhibition hall is under the glass vault of a beautiful arcade. Now the museum's funds contain 1.7 million items of geology, paleobotany, invertebrates, mammals, fish, birds.

Among them, the pride of the museum is the skeleton of an almost fabulous giant, the animal Gomphoterius. He looked like an elephant, with two pairs of tusks, he walked through the swamps, near the local lakes. In the main hall, there are models of a pterosaur, a big-horned deer, a plateosaurus, a pestosuchus, a dinornis, a bradiosaurus. The Department of Anthropology makes it possible to compare the skulls of animals that precede humans. Museum address: Richard-Wagner-Straße 10. Open from 10 am to 6 pm. The ticket price is 5 €.

Brandhorst Museum

Well-known collectors of modern paintings, spouses Annette and Udo Branhorsta (owners of the famous chemical company Henkel) donated a family collection of paintings to the city. On its basis, the fund of the future museum was formed. The new building was opened in 2009. Galleries with paintings are located in spacious halls under a transparent roof. There are special seating areas with comfortable furniture. This allows you to spend a long time in the museum.

Of the 700 paintings donated by the family, only 160 are on display in the permanent exhibition. Many masterpieces are oversized. Among the exhibited works you can see works of the period of classical modernism, creations born after 1945. These are paintings by Boyce, Hirst, Polke, Warhop, Twombly, and other masters. Museum address: Theresienstraße 35a. Open daily from 10 am to 4 pm. The ticket price is 7 €. Monday is a day off.

Museum "Man and Nature"

In the northern part of the Nymphenburg palace complex, a museum has been operating since 1990, where you can get acquainted with interesting exhibitions telling about the history of the planet, the evolutionary paths of its development. Find out what the earth's crust consists of from a rich collection of minerals. How the solar system works, looking at a large panorama. What animals roamed the wilderness millions of years ago. Eight areas of science are presented in specific departments.

Scientific research is designed in the form of interesting installations with interactive images, audio, video programs. Numerous exhibitions of fossils, stuffed animals. There is a real Mesosaurus skeleton right at the entrance. The evolution of plants and animals is represented not by dry scientific factors, but in the form of an interesting living journey into the natural world. Open from 8 am to 5 pm. The ticket price is 3 €.

State antique collection

Interesting exhibitions of antique art objects made by Greeks, Romans, Etruscans in the period between the third millennium and 400 BC are presented in the antique collection. It is located in a temple-type building, erected specifically for exhibits in 1848. The basis of the museum fund was the Wittelsbach collection of ceramic objects found during excavations in the city of Wulci. Here you can see antique items made of gold, silver, ceramics, terracotta, glass. The collection of Greek vases is considered the largest in the world.

They depict figures from myths, legends of ancient life. The pride of the antique collection is the Greek gold crown from Armento (made in the 4th century BC). Cologne Goblet (dated 400 BC and donated to Louis I) He was fond of collecting antique art. Address of the State Antique Collection: Munchen, Konigsplatz. The ticket price is 6 €. Works from 10 to 20 hours.

German Hunting and Fisheries Museum

In different eras, people were engaged in hunting, fishing. For this, he invented special devices and weapons. The museum, located in the building of the old Augustinian church, has a large and interesting collection of such items. The interior walls of the museum are decorated with paintings. Among them are works by Pisanello, Rubens, Snyders. These are plots from hunting, fishing.

The skins of wild animals, deer antlers. The basis of a large collection of them was the collection of the horns of Count Arko Zinnejerg, bought by the city authorities for the imperial museum of hunting trophies in Munich. Since 1966, the expositions of the museum have been housed in the present place. Among the exhibits, there are over 1000 stuffed animals.

At the entrance to the building, there is a bronze figure of a wild boar, created by the sculptor Martin Mayer.Among the local residents, a ritual lives on: if you rub his patch, then any desire will certainly come true (it all sparkles). The collection of weapons presented in the museum is of great interest. Museum address: Neuhauser Straße 2. Open from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm from Monday to Wednesday. Thursday from 8.30 am to 9 pm. The cost of the entrance ticket is 3.5 €.

Beer and Oktoberfest Museum

An interesting museum has been located in the old part of the city since 2005, where you can learn everything about the history of the appearance on the planet of the favorite drink of many people - beer. In one of the ancient buildings (it was built around 1327), the museum's expositions are located, formed from objects, relics, elements of equipment used to obtain the famous drink. The brewing traditions of the 200 year period are reflected in exhibitions, fun events held in the museum.

Here you can find out everything about what Oktoberfest is. How it has appeared since the weddings of King Ludwig in 1880 and has become a great folklore festival. On the ground floor there is a hall where you can order the famous beer mug (Maß) and taste a drink. Museum address: Sterneker Strasse, 2. Open from 13 to 18 hours. Days off on Sunday, Monday. The museum is closed on public holidays. The ticket price is 4 €. It includes a mug of beer, cheese. Excursions in the halls of the museum are subject to additional payment.

New Pinakothek

An art gallery with works by famous artists of the 19th and 20th centuries was opened in 1853 thanks to the decrees of King Ludwig I. He continued to make the dream of introducing his people to art, having created the Old Pinakothek earlier. In the New Pinakothek (the name of the gallery comes from the Greek word for a room for storing objects of painting), in addition to paintings, there are numerous sculptures.

The gallery's expositions are considered an intermediate link between the Old and Modern Pinakothek. They cover the period from the end of the 18th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Among 30 halls, 10 special offices, there are over 600 famous paintings, 50 sculptures. The gallery stores about 5000 more paintings, 300 sculptures, periodically participating in temporary exhibitions.

Walking through the art gallery, you can admire for a long time the famous sunflowers of Van Gogh, the masterpieces of Goya, Cézanne, Degas, Monet. Since 1981, the art gallery has been located in a new building, built in a postmodern building designed by the architect Alexander von Branca. The address of the museum is Barer Straße 29. The ticket price for adults is 7 € (on Sundays 1 €). Children under 18 are admitted free of charge.

Glyptotek

A collection of the best sculptures of architecture of ancient Greece and Rome are collected in the oldest museum (the first in Europe to open its halls to the general public) in Munich. The very old building with columns was erected to store this collection in 1830 by the architect Leo von Klenze. There are 13 halls along the perimeter of the building's interior space. On the façade, there are sculptures made in the antique style, in harmony with the interior of the halls.

In the outer niches of the building there are sculptures of Hephaestus, Pericles, Prometheus, Phidias, and Renaissance architects. The exhibits in the halls are distributed according to the periods of creation: archaic, classical, antique. The main part of the collection is made up of sculptures created around 650 BC. e, sculptures from the Temple of Athena, Barberini's marble masterpiece. Vases, bronze and gold items are on display at the Antikensammlungen Museum. Glyptotek address: Königsplatz 3. Open from 10 am to 5 pm. A ticket to the two buildings costs 6 €.

Museum of Copies of Classical Sculpture

The history of the museum begins in 1869. It moved to its current location in 1976. It contains plaster copies of famous sculptures of antiquity. The museum was founded by specialists from the Department of Classical Archeology of the University. Now, along with a huge number of copies (over 1,800 copies), an exposition has been formed from the museum's photo library, which unites 100,000 photographs. In terms of size and number of exhibits, it ranks fourth in Germany among museums of this type. The collection of the museum was replenished in 2005 with a unique color model of the Athenian Parthenon. It is a valuable architectural model. Museum address: Meiserstrasse 10.

Residence Museum

The life of the kings of Bavaria passed in beautiful palaces, among the extraordinary luxury, which can be seen in the Residence Museum. The building resembles the Pitti Palace of Florence. It was built according to certain stages with the participation of famous architects. The erection of the Royal Theater, the premises for ceremonies was completed during the reign of Louis I. Under the arches of the hall called the antiquarium, among the gallery of the anengalerie with portraits of ancestors (there are 121 of them here), receptions were held, the life of great rulers flowed.

You can see wonderful tableware made in ancient workshops in Europe and Asia. Unique jewelry is kept here, for example, depicting St. George fighting a dragon. The residence houses a court church with an interesting altar. Above the church there is a hall of relics. It contains skulls, bones of saints among velvet cushions in ancient gilded frames. Museum address: Residenzstraße 1. Open from 10 am to 5 pm during winter. The ticket price is 7 €.

City Gallery in Lenbach House

The collection of works by the abstractionists of the Blue Rider group brought fame to the art museum. These are the works of Jawlensky, Verevkin, August Macke, Franz Marc, Paul Klee, Gabriela Munter, Kandinsky. The gallery is located in the building of the artist Lenbach's villa. It was built in 1891 in the Italian style. This is an architectural monument protected by the state. The main part of the exhibits is made up of paintings by Munich artists who worked in the 18th-19th centuries.

The entire left wing of the building is occupied by the masters of the Munich School of Artists. Among the exhibits there are many works of the art direction "New Objectivity" (Christian Schada, Rudolf Schlichter). The museum hosts exhibitions at the request of contemporary artists from different schools and trends. Conferences are often held on new trends in painting in domestic and foreign technology. Museum address: Luisenstraße 33. Ticket price 10 €.

Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism

Very soon there will not be a single living witness of the terrible period in the history of our country - the Great Patriotic War. Maybe the words Nazism, Hitler will disappear. But nothing from the history of your people should be forgotten. The younger generation should know the truth, be able to understand it correctly, so as not to repeat the mistakes of grandfathers and great-grandfathers. For this purpose, museums of various thematic orientations are being created. So, in the center of Munich, instead of the famous brown building (it was the headquarters of the National Socialists), a white cube with elongated windows with numerous exhibits that tell about the birth of Hitler's party grew.

This is a museum filled with photographs and documents related to the time of the birth of Nazism in Germany (expositions of photographs occupy four floors). Museum materials tell about the reasons for the appearance of Nazism in the city, famous for its Pinakothek, famous artists, beautiful palaces, fun festivals. And this is not propaganda, but a situation when “you cannot forget, remember”. Museum address: Brienner Str. 34. Open from 10 am to 7 pm. The price of a ticket with an audio guide is 6 €.

State graphic collection

The basis of an interesting collection is the collection of the Cabinet of Drawings, which originated in 1758. The future exhibits of the museum belonged to Karl Palatinate. At first, the collection was exhibited among the expositions of the Pinakothek, and later acquired the status of a museum. It does not yet have its own building and is exhibited in the squares of other museums. The museum fund has about 400 thousand exhibits. Among them are drawings, prints, posters created over eight centuries.

There are even drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Rubens, Rembrandt.The museum's expositions are divided into sections of drawing, engraving, "Drawing of Italy", "Drawing of the Netherlands", "Drawing of Germany", art of the XIX, XX centuries. On the stands of the museum you can see charcoal drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, book illustrations by Salvador Dali (Romeo and Judietta), works by Van Gogh, Matisse, El Grec and other unsurpassed creators.

Part of the collection is shown in the Pinakothek Art Nouveau Museum at Barer Strasse, 40. Opening hours from 10 am to 6 pm. Ticket price 7 - 10 €.

Shaka Gallery

It was founded by a German poet, renowned philanthropist Adolf Friedrich von Schack, who lived here at the end of the 19th century. Throughout his life, he supported the talented artists of Bavaria. A keen romantic, he amassed a rich collection of 19th century paintings. It has been completely preserved and helps to feel the atmosphere of the past. Among the beautiful canvases there are works by popular artists of Munich: Anselm Feirbach, Karl Rothmann, Moritz von Schwind, and other famous masters.

Most of the works are landscape motifs, images on historical themes. The museum is located in a building erected in 1907 in the style of new classicism at Prinzregentstrasse 30. The gallery is open from 10 to 18 hours. The ticket price is 4 €.

Nymphenburg palace

The beautiful palace complex was built over two centuries. It was conceived as a gift to the Queen of Savoy on the occasion of the birth of her son, the future ruler (Maximilian II Emmanuel) .. Under his leadership, the construction was completed in 1664. A fabulous ensemble was created from a palace, a park, pavilions, a funny peasant village, porcelain museums, and carriages. The interior decoration of the palace amazes with its luxury and wealth. Now, not all halls are open to the public.

Visiting the Ceremonial Hall (otherwise it is called the Stone), where balls and festive events were held, you can see rich stucco moldings, frescoes that have been preserved since 1738. The chambers of the king and queen were located on both sides of the ceremonial hall. The unique gallery of beauties contains a collection of portraits of the most beautiful women in the country.

Among them is a portrait of the fatal chosen one of King Louis I, Lola Montes. Because of her, he abdicated the throne. The beauty became the heroine of the novel "Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle. The address of the palace complex: Schloß Nymphenburg 1. It is convenient to visit it with a single combined ticket costing 12 €.

House of art

The building for the exhibition complex was built in 1931 on the site of the burned down Glass Palace. Since then, it has regularly hosted exhibitions of contemporary art. For 1939, it regularly hosted the annual event "Day of German Art" with performances by Adolf Hitler. Previously, in some of the premises there were officers' club, gyms for basketball matches.

In one of the halls there is the famous "Golden Bar" with a disco and an elite restaurant. It was created to fulfill the commercial needs of the House of Art. For the same purpose, individual works can be purchased here. Among the exhibits on display, many are offered for sale. Art House address: Prinzregentenstraße 1. Open from 10 am to 10 pm. The ticket price is 8 €.

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