Three Pinakotheks
Alte, Neue and Moderne — centuries of art in three adjoining buildings.
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The Alte Pinakothek if classical European art interests you — it holds Rubens, Dürer, Rembrandt and Leonardo. The Pinakothek der Moderne if you prefer the twentieth century and design. The Glyptothek if ancient sculpture interests you, and it is smaller and quicker. One museum in depth beats three in a rush.
A museum opened in 2015 on the site of the Brown House — the Nazi party's headquarters in Munich. The city was the birthplace of the Nazi movement and its official seat, and bore the title Capital of the Movement. The centre addresses that directly: how the movement arose here, who supported it, and how the city dealt with that past after the war. Entry is free, and the confrontation is frank rather than apologetic.
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A quarter in northern central Munich where sixteen museums, forty galleries and several universities are gathered within roughly one square kilometre — among the densest concentrations of museums in the world. The core is the three Pinakotheks: the Alte for European art to the eighteenth century, the Neue for the nineteenth, and the Moderne for the twentieth and design. Alongside them are the Museum Brandhorst for contemporary art, the Glyptothek for Greek and Roman sculpture, the Egyptian museum, and the documentation centre on the history of National Socialism, on the site of the former Nazi party headquarters. The idea goes back to King Ludwig I in the nineteenth century, who wanted Munich to be an Athens on the Isar and built the museums and squares here in the classical manner. This page is about the quarter itself rather than any one museum: walking it is free, and the squares, gardens and buildings are worth an hour even without entering anything. A practical tip: many of the quarter's museums open for a token entry on Sundays.
Alte, Neue and Moderne — centuries of art in three adjoining buildings.
Ludwig I's vision, which built the quarter in the classical manner.
On the site of the former Nazi party headquarters — a frank confrontation with the city's history.
Between Maxvorstadt and Brienner Straße, north of central Munich