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foyer is a permanent exhibition carvings, textiles and gold Riesengebirge Mountains
documenting the history of items. Particularly interesting wanders through an enchanted
the building. Oddly, the building is a collection of small oil forest. Late 19th-century
also houses P1, one of Munich’s sketches, painted by artists painters are represented by
most prestigious clubs. when designing some large- Franz von Lenbach, Anselm
From 2016, the museum will scale compositions, such as Feuerbach and, above all, by
close while renovations by an altar or a ceiling painting. Arnold Bocklin. Bocklin’s
architect David Chipperfield are A special annexe houses Romantic works, which are full
carried out. the Bollert Collection, which of symbolism, include Villa on
contains sculptures from the the Coast and Man Scaring a
i Bayerisches late-Gothic period. Deer. The gallery has a large
collection of landscapes,
Nationalmuseum including Italian scenes by
Bavarian National Museum German masters, as well as a
valuable collection of paintings
Prinzregentenstraße 3. Map 3 E3.
Tel (089) 211 24 01. v 17. @ 100. devoted to historic themes.
Open 10am–5pm Tue–Wed, Fri–Sun,
10am–8pm Thu. ∑ bayerisches- p Archäologische
nationalmuseum.de
Staatssammlung
The Bavarian National Museum Prehistory Museum
was founded in 1855 by King Lerchenfeldstraße 2. Map 3 E2.
Maximilian II. Between 1894 and Tel (089) 211 24 02. v 17. @ 100.
1900 it acquired a new building Closed for restoration until 2020.
in Prinzregentenstrasse, designed & 7 ∑ archaeologie-bayern.de
by Gabriel von Seidel; this
building alone is worth a closer Immediately adjacent to the
look. The complex structure Bavarian National Museum is the
consists of wings representing Prehistory Museum, which was
various architectural styles, while founded in 1885 by King Ludwig
the ground floor features halls Poster advertising an exhibition at the II. Since 1976, this spacious buil-
that are built in styles that are Schack-Galerie ding has housed a rich collection
appropriate to their exhibits. This of artifacts from various parts
means that the visitor o Schack-Galerie of Bavaria. The oldest items in
can see Romanesque Prinzregentenstraße 9. Map 3 E3. the collection date from the
and Gothic art in Tel (089) 23 80 52 24. Open 10am– Palaeolithic era while later
Neo-Romanesque 6pm Wed–Sun (1st & 3rd Wed of exhibits illustrate the region’s
and Neo-Gothic month: to 8pm). @ 100. v 17. & early history. The collection
rooms, Renaissance ∑ pinakothek.de includes Bronze Age, Roman
art in Neo- and early medieval treasures.
Renaissance The magnificent collection of
rooms and German paintings on display in
Baroque in this gallery come from the private
Neo-Baroque collection of Adolf Friedrich von
rooms. The Schack. They are housed in this
individual elegant building built in 1907
rooms have by Max Littmann for use
been arranged by the Prussian Legation.
in subject As Schack’s main
groups, with interest was in 19th-
paintings and century painting, the
Conrad Meit’s Judith sculptures gallery features works
(1515), Bavarian supplemented that represent the
National Museum by superb Romantic period,
collections including Leo von
of decorative art and everyday Klenze and Carl Spitz-
objects, including furniture. weg, as well as witty,
The exhibits include a beautiful fairy-tale works by
sculpture of the Madonna Moritz von Schwind.
by Tilman Riemenschneider. Particularly notable
The first-floor collections are his Morning, In the
are arranged thematically and Woods and Rübezahl –
include German porcelain, in which the mythical A 3rd-century mosaic floor from a Roman villa, on
clocks, glass paintings, ivory Guardian of the display in the Prehistory Museum

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