Munich Museums

 
 
 
 
 

Munich Museums & Exhibitions

 
 
In the following, you find a survey of the most important museums and exhibition halls in Munich in alphabetical order.

Munich Alte Pinakothek  


Alte Pinakothek


In the Alte Pinakothek, masterpieces of painters from the 14th to the 18th century, i.e. from the Middle Ages to the end of the Rococo period, are shown.

 
 
   
     
     
Nationalmuseum Munich  

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

The Bavarian Nationalmuseum is one of Europe's most important museums of arts and cultural history with the main subject being Southern Germany and Bavaria.

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BMW Welt Munich  

BMW Museum + BMW-Welt

The BMW museum near the Olympic Park is one of Munich's most popular museums.

     
     
     
Deutsches Theatermuseum  

Deutsches Theatermuseum

Opened in 1910, the German Theater Museum (Deutsches Theatermuseum) in the Hofgarten in Munich deals with the history of theater in Germany.

     
     
     
Deutsches Museum  

Deutsches Museum

In the Deutsches Museum, a collection of more than 100,000 objects from science and technology is shown.

     
     
     
Munich Glyptothek  

Glyptothek

In the Glyptothek, Greek and Roman sculptures are shown. In addition, there are special exhibitions on particular subjects.
     
     
     
Haus der Kunst  

Haus der Kunst

The "Haus der Kunst" in the Prinzregentenstrasse is one of the most important exhibition halls in Munich with temporary displays of works of art of artists of various styles.

     
     
     
Hypo-Kunsthalle  

Hypo-Kunsthalle

Opened in 1985, the exhibition hall of the "Hypo-Kulturstiftung" in Theatinerstrasse in the center of Munich has become a well-established and renowned place for exhibitions.

     
     
     
Jagd- und Fischereimuseum  

Jagd- und Fischereimuseum

The Jagd- und Fischereimuseum (Hunting and Fishing Museum) in the former basilica St. Augustin between Stachus and Marienplatz in Munich presents an impressive collection of stuffed animals as well as hunting and fishing equipment.

     
     
     
Jewish Museum  

Jewish Museum

Opened in 2007 on St.-Jakobs-Platz, the Jewish museum deals with the history of the Jews in Munich and Bavaria in temporary exhibitions.
     
       
       
Lenbachhaus  

Lenbachhaus

The Lenbachhaus was the villa of Franz von Lenbach and is famous for its unique collection of paintings of the "Blauer Reiter".
 
       
       
       
Marstallmuseum Munich  

Marstallmuseum

In the Marstallmuseum in the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, there is for example a magnificent collection of royal coaches and sleighs.
 
       
       
       
Muenchner Stadtmuseum  

Münchner Stadtmuseum

In the "Stadtmuseum" (City Museum of Munich), there are permanent as well as temporary exhibitions dealing with the history of Munich.
 
       
       
       
Museum Mensch Natur  

Museum Mensch und Natur

The Museum Mensch und Natur (Museum of Man and Nature) at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich deals with natural science, covering for example the history of the earth and nature, as well as the life of human-beings in nature.
 
       
       
       
Neue Pinakothek  

Neue Pinakothek

In the Neue Pinakothek, European paintings and sculptures of the 18th and 19th century are shown, e.g. by Caspar David Friedrich, van Gogh, Manet, Monet, Cezanne, Renoir.
 
       
       
       
Pinakothek der Moderne  

Pinakothek der Moderne

In the Pinakothek der Moderne, modern paintings and sculptures as well as architecture and design of the 20th and 21st century are shown.
 
       
       
       
Residenzmuseum  

Residenzmuseum + Schatzkammer

With about 130 exhibition rooms, the Residenz is one of the largest interior-design museums in Europe.
 
       
 
       
Schack-Galerie  

Schackgalerie

The works that are displayed in the Schack gallery in Munich used to be the art collection of Adolf Friedrich von Schack.
 
       
       
       
Sea Life Munich  

Sea Life in the Olympic Park

The Munich Sea Life was opened in the Olympic Park in 2006.
 
       
       
       
Spielzeugmuseum Munich  

Spielzeugmuseum

The toy museum in the Old City Hall at the Marienplatz in Munich is one of the largest collections of old toys from Europe and America.
 
       
       
       
Voelkerkundemuseum  

Völkerkundemuseum

With a collection of about 200,000 objects, the Munich Völkerkundemuseum is the second largest museum of ethnology in Germany.
 
       
       
       
Villa Stuck  

Villa Stuck

Originally built as the dwelling and studio house of Franz v. Stuck (1863-1928), the Villa Stuck now accommodates his historic dwelling and studio rooms as well as objects from the turn of the century, most of them of Art Nouveau style.
 
 
   
 
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