Munich Art District: Pinakotheks and Museum Highlights
Lenbachhaus
Welcome to the heart of Munich, where the pulse of the city pauses for a moment to transform itself into color, form, and history. We stand in the Kunstareal, an urban cosmos in wh…
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A compact walk through the art district with Lenbachhaus, Glyptothek, Museum of Egyptian Art, Alte Pinakothek, Pinakothek der Moderne and Kunsthalle München – Munich's museum landscape from Classicism to Modernity.
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Lenbachhaus
Welcome to the heart of Munich, where the pulse of the city pauses for a moment to transform itself into color, form, and history. We stand in the Kunstareal, an urban cosmos in which architectural masterpieces lie like gleaming jewels in a park of culture and inspiration. Leave the noise of the bustling streets behind…
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Lenbachhaus in München 07.jpg | 🔗 wikipedia.org
Glyptothek
Here at Königsplatz, we sense how Munich in the 19th century wanted to become the Isar-Athens. Before us stands the Glyptothek, designed by Leo von Klenze and opened in 1830. It is Munich's first public museum and forms the classical foundation of our art district. Look at the façade: The building is deliberately conce…
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Glyptothek in München in 2013.jpg | 🔗 wikipedia.org
Munich Museum of Egyptian Art
State Museum of Egyptian Art
We leave the Greek ideals of the Glyptothek and dive into the world of the Pharaohs. Before us we see no classical museum building with columns or portico. Instead, a simple, almost minimalist concrete entrance marks the access to the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. The building by Peter Böhm is a radical counter…
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Alte Pinakothek
This building was the largest museum in the world when it opened in 1836. When you stand before the Alte Pinakothek today, you see a monumental brick structure of the Italian Renaissance, designed by Leo von Klenze. He wanted no mere warehouse for art, but a public forum. The architecture was meant not to overwhelm the…
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München Alte Pinakothek um 1900.jpg | 🔗 wikipedia.org
Pinakothek der Moderne
From the brick of tradition, we now step into the light-flooded modernity of glass and concrete. When you stand before the Pinakothek der Moderne, you see a building by Stephan Braunfels, which opened in 2002. The façade is a deliberate departure from the historical representation of the neighboring Pinakotheken. Inste…
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Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung
Kunsthalle Munich
Our path now leads us from the museum district directly into the heart of the city center. We stand here before the Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, nestled within the Fünf Höfe. Unlike the Pinakotheken we visited earlier, this institution does not possess its own collection. It is a place of constant reinvention…
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- Walking tour
- Audio Language
- English
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