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MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS UNIVERSITIES AND ACADEMIES ART × CULTURE × KNOWLEDGE = A REAL EXPERIENCE3

01 15 AkademieGalerie 26 Akademie der Bildenden Künste München What is München ? Barer Straße 27, 80333 München Mezzanine floor of the Universität subway station Akademiestraße 2–4, 80799 München (Exit Akademiestraße) ’s Kunstareal art quarter lies right in the heart of Munich and, 02 Geologisches Museum München 27 Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with its museums and universities, is one of the most important Luisenstraße 37, 80333 München 16 Amerikahaus München Arcisstraße 12, 80333 München (main building) cultural locations in Europe. In an area measuring 500 × 500 metres, Karolinenplatz 3, 80333 München Standort Luisenstraße 37a, 80333 München in the middle of the lively district of , visitors encounter 03 a unique blend of art, culture and knowledge. Königsplatz 3, 80333 München 17 Architekturgalerie München e. V. 28 HFF Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film Türkenstraße 30, 80333 München Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1, 80333 München The Kunstareal has developed over 200 years and today presents over 04 München 5,000 years’ worth of cultural history. Located between the magni- Luisenstraße 33, 80333 München 18 Benediktinerabtei und Stiftsbibliothek St. Bonifaz 29 HM Hochschule für angewandte ficent square of Königsplatz and Theresienstraße, the Kunstareal Karlstraße 34, 80333 München Wissenschaften München offers 05 Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke Karlstraße 6, 80333 München an extraordinary variety of museums with exhibits that range from Katharina-von-Bora-Straße 10, 80333 München 19 DG Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst e. V. impressive ancient Egyptian artefacts and antiques to . Finkenstraße 4, 80333 München 30 LMU Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität 18 museums and collections, over 40 galleries, six internationally 06 Luisenstraße 37, 80333 München renowned academic institutions and several cultural organisations lie Theresienstraße 35a, 80333 München 20 Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Theresienstraße 37–41, 80333 München within walking distance of each other. Barer Straße 29, 80799 München 07 Museum Reich der Kristalle 31 TUM Technische Universität München Theresienstraße 41, 80333 München Doerner Institut Arcisstraße 17, 19, 21, 80333 München Kunstareal’s Architectural Highlights Archiv Barer Straße 21, 80333 München 08 Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde Gabelsbergerstraße 39, 43, 45, 49, 80333 München Wandering through the Kunstareal leads to architectural as well as Barer Straße 29, 80799 München Fritz-Winter-Stiftung Richard-Wagner-Straße 18, 80333 München numerous cultural gems. The celebrated Bayerische Staatsgemälde­ sammlungen (Bavarian State Collections) are brought 09 NS-Dokumentationszentrum München 21 Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern / together across four museums — the Alte Pinakothek, the Neue Brienner Straße 34, 80333 München Landeskirchenamt­ Pinakothek, Katharina-von-Bora-Straße 11–13, 80333 München the and Museum Brandhorst. They inspire 10 Paläontologisches Museum München interested visitors and connoisseurs with renowned artworks dating Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, 80333 München 22 Kunstpavillon im Alten Botanischen Garten from the Late Middle Ages to the present day. The Glyptothek, the Sophienstraße 7a, 80333 München Akademie der Bildenden Künste and the impressive new building of 11 Pinakothek der Moderne the Staatliches Museum für Ägyptische Kunst are also part of the Barer Straße 40, 80333 München 23 Oskar von Miller Forum Kunstareal, as well as scientific institutions, such as the Paläonto­­- Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 25, 80333 München lo­gisches Museum, the Museum Reich der Kristalle and the central Sammlung Moderne Kunst educational venue for examining the history of National Socialism, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München 24 St. Markus / Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirchengemeinde the NS-Dokumentationszentrum, which opened in 2015. Architekturmuseum der TU München Gabelsbergerstraße 6, 80333 München Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Visitors interested in architecture are also inspired by the Kunst­ 25 Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte areal’s grand, historic buildings, squares and museums as well as Studiensaal / Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Katharina-von-Bora-Straße 10, 80333 München outstanding new buildings and extensions by internationally München : see 25 renowned architects. Contemporary features can be seen, for Studiensaal / Staatliche Graphische Sammlung example, in the Museum Brandhorst and the spectacular Lenbach- 12 Staatliche Antikensammlungen München haus with its successful combination of modern architecture and Königsplatz 1, 80333 München historic artist’s villa.

13 Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst Munich’s inhabitants and visitors are invited to make new discoveries Gabelsbergerstraße 35, 80333 München and experience new things over and again in the Kunstareal’s scientific and creative venues. Whether it be inside, outside or underground, 14 Türkentor visitors can choose from a varied and constantly-updated programme, Türkenstraße 17, 80333 München encounter something new or rediscover the familiar.

You can find further information Rooted in the lively surroundings of Maxvorstadt, with its trendy about the museums and collections at : street cafes and restaurants, magnificent green spaces, as well as 2017 version www.kunstareal.de historic, preserved gardens — a visit to Munich’s Kunstareal is an unforgettable, addictive experience for young and old, not only for culture vultures ! MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

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Alte Pinakothek Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke NS-Dokumentationszentrum München Pinakothek der Moderne www.pinakothek.de www.abgussmuseum.de www.ns-dokuzentrum-muenchen.de The Pinakothek der Moderne, which opened in 2002, includes four independent museums : Built by Leo von Klenze, by order of King Ludwig I, and opened in The Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke was established The NS-Dokumentationszentrum, which opened in 2015, provides 1836, the Alte Pinakothek is one of the seminal museum buildings. in 1869 and has been housed in the Haus der Kulturinstitute since Munich with a learning center and commemorative venue to After suffering extensive damage in the Second World War, 1979. The collection displays almost 2,000 replicas of examine the city’s National Socialist past and document the the building was rebuilt by Hans Döllgast and completed in 1957. from and (700 BC — 500 AD). consequences of the dictatorship. The centre offers a permanent Sammlung Moderne Kunst In one of the world’s most important collections, it encompasses The original world-famous marble and bronze masterpieces are exhibition, “Munich and National Socialism”, an educational forum www.pinakothek.de the history of European painting from the Middle Ages to late scattered among all the big museums but here they are brought with digital media and research opportunities and a varied rococo. Among the more than 700 are masterpieces by together under one roof as excellent plaster casts. The museum’s programme of education and events. With its focus on a highly The Sammlung Moderne Kunst is a collection of internationally Altdorfer, Dürer, van der Weyden, Rubens, , Boucher, main attraction is a coloured plaster model of the Parthenon of important topic, the NS-Dokumentationszentrum broadens the significant works from all genres of art from the start of the 20th , and Murillo. Athens to a scale of 1:20. scope of the Kunstareal. century to the present day. Key works from , and Max Beckmann provide an emphasis on the classical Opening hours : modern. Works by , and Opening hours : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10 — 18, Opening hours : show key developments in art since 1960. Paintings, , Daily, except Monday, from 10 — 18, Tuesday 10 — 20 Thursday 10 — 20 Tuesday — Sunday 10 — 19 photography and contemporary media art are featured in temporary exhibitions.

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The Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München holds one of ’s most important collections of drawings and graphic reproductions and belongs to the world’s leading graphic collections. Its inventory of around 400,000 pieces spans drawing and graphic reproduction’s history from the 12th Century to the present day. The Graphische Sammlung regularly offers temporary exhibitions on topics ranging from ancient art to the contemporary.

Geologisches Museum München Museum Brandhorst Paläontologisches Museum München www.palmuc.de/bspg www.museum-brandhorst.de www.palmuc.de/bspg Architekturmuseum der TU München The Geologisches Museum München is part of the Bayerische Since 2009 the Museum Brandhorst has presented an impressive The Paläontologisches Museum belongs to the Bayerische Staats- www.architekturmuseum.de Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (Bavarian State ensemble of contemporary artworks dating from the 1960s sammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (Bavarian State Collection Collection for Palaeontology and Geology). It presents interesting onwards. The Brandhorst collection contains over 1,000 works for Palaeontology and Geology) and is located in a magnificent The Architekturmuseum der TU München has temporary exhibitions information about the world under our feet. Exhibitions examine from seminal 20th and 21st century artists, including comprehensive historicist building. It is dedicated to the history of life and the earth’s on the and current developments in the field. the history of ’s stones, geological processes and cycles, and internationally-significant collections of works by the artist development and displays fossils from throughout earth’s history, Constant new acquisitions contribute to Germany’s largest specialist changes in the earth’s crust and one of today’s hot topics, our and pop art’s leading protagonist, Andy Warhol. Sigmar from over three billion years ago to the present day. Among the and research archive for architecture, which includes around earth’s raw materials. Further geological matters are presented in Polke, , Louise Lawler, Cady Noland, Martin Kippen­ highlights are the Urvogel, Archaeopteryx, Bavaria’s biggest dinosaur, 500,000 drawings and plans relating to approximately 700 pieces special temporary exhibitions. berger and Jeff Koons are among the other important figures from and the Mühldorf elephant ancestor, Gomphotherium. of architecture, over 100,000 original photographs as well as many contemporary art history whose work is up for discovery. models and other archival materials. Opening hours : Opening hours : Monday — Thursday 8 — 16, Friday 8 — 14, Monday — Thursday 8 — 16, Friday 8 — 14, closed Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday, Opening hours : closed on Saturday, Sunday and public holiday first Sunday in the month 10 — 16 Daily, except Monday, 10 — 18, Thursday 10 — 20 first Sunday in the month 10 — 16 Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum www.die-neue-sammlung.de

Established around 100 years ago, Die Neue Sammlung is the world’s oldest design museum. Since then it has charted design history 3 7 12 with its international acquisitions and inspiring exhibitions. Today in its permanent collection the state museum maintains the biggest collection of design in the world with around 80,000 objects from industrial design, applied art and graphic design and is an authority on this subject in the 20th and 21st Century.

Opening hours : Daily, except Monday, 10 — 18, Thursday 10 — 20

Glyptothek Museum Reich der Kristalle Staatliche Antikensammlungen www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de/en www.mineralogische-staatssammlung.de www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de/en

The Glyptothek was built under King Ludwig I and completed in 1830. The Museum Reich der Kristalle displays the most outstanding The exhibition building was built between 1838 and 1848 by Leo von Klenze gave it an Ionic temple front. The exhibition displays exhibits from the Mineralogische Staatssammlung München, G. F. Ziebland. Since 1967 it has housed the antique collections of outstanding pieces representing the history of antique sculpture one of Germany’s biggest mineralogical research collections. the Wittelsbach dukes and kings. The museum holds Greek vase from 600 BC — 400 AD. Within it are many significant pieces that are closely connected to masterpieces dating from 1400 — 300 BC, including world-famous The “” exemplifies Hellenic Art from the 3rd century BC. the history of the Bavarian royal dynasty. Of particular interest exhibits. Etruscan gold jewellery from 680 — 530 BC provides Roman replicas of Greek masterpieces can be viewed alongside among the exhibits are gemstones such as the Leuchtenberg another highlight. original funerary reliefs from the 4th century BC and the museum’s emerald and the King Ludwig diamond as well as meteorites from Superb examples of other types of antique art can also be found : most important pieces are its pedimental sculptures from the Mars and the Moon, including a 285-kilogramme iron meteorite clay figurines, bronze figurines and implements as well as examples Temple of Aphaia on (dating from around 490 BC). from Namibia that people are also allowed to touch ! of glass art.

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Lenbachhaus München Neue Pinakothek Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst Türkentor www.lenbachhaus.de www.pinakothek.de www.aegyptisches-museum-muenchen.de www.pinakothek.de

The Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus is based in the former villa The Neue Pinakothek exhibits around 400 paintings and sculptures The opening of the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst in 2013 at The 2002 sculpture, “Large Red Sphere” by the American artist, of the artist, . Its international reputation is from the 19th century, representing neo- to art nouveau. its new location opposite the Alte Pinakothek represents a broadening Walter De Maria (1935 — 2013) was acquired by the Udo und Anette built around the museum’s collection of works from the “Blue Rider,” The once private collection of Ludwig I which initially inhabited of the horizon of the Kunstareal under three aspects. Historically, the Brandhorst Stiftung in 2006. In October 2010 the sculpture was a group of expressionist painters that included about 100 works makes up the majority of the museum’s inventory Egyptian Museum adds three millennia of artistic evolution; geographi- made accessible to the public in the Türkentor, which was newly and . Other important highlights from the collection and contains landscapes, genre painting and historical painting in cally, it integrates the African continent into a hitherto pure “western” renovated and remodelled by Sauerbruch Hutton Architects. are paintings from the and groups of work by world particular. Among its outstanding works are German romanticist and presentation of art, and in its architecture it opens huge underground Located between the Pinakothek der Moderne and the Museum famous contemporary artists. The Lenbachhaus was reopened in French impressionist paintings, including pieces by Caspar David spaces. Strictly focussing on art, it invites to a comparative visual Brandhorst, and directly opposite the Alte Pinakothek’s Klenze-Portal, May 2013 after a complete refurbishment and extension. Friedrich, Edouard Manet, Paul Cézanne and . Its experience — as expressed by Maurizio Nannucci’s neon text in the the Türkentor, occupies a significant location within the Kunstareal. current building was opened in 1981. first sculpture gallery : ALL ART HAS BEEN CONTEMPORARY.

Opening hours : Opening hours : Opening hours : Wednesday — Sunday 10 — 18, Tuesday 10 — 20 Opening hours : Daily, except Monday, 10 — 18, Tuesday 10 — 20 Daily, except Monday, Daily, except Tuesday, 10 — 18, Wednesday 10 — 20 Open on Easter Monday and Whit Monday April — October 11 — 17, November — March 12 — 15