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9 Pinakothek der
Moderne
Barer Straße 40. Tel 089-23 80 53 60.
 Königsplatz. v 27. @ 100.
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun (to 8pm
Thu). & except Sun. 7 -
∑ pinakothek-der-moderne.de
Designed by the German
architect Stephan Braunfels,
this sleek contemporary
museum brings together the Neapolitan crib in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
worlds of art, design, graphics,
and architecture under one aeroplane that belonged to on Prinzregentenstrasse,
roof. The collections of four the Wright brothers and a 1936 designed by Gabriel von Seidl.
previously separate museums, Messerschmitt ME 109. A hall The ground floor contains works
including the Staatliche charting the history of sea faring from the Romanesque, Gothic,
Graphische Sammlung, the houses a 14th-century cog, a Renaissance, Baroque, and
design collection of Die Neue trading ship used by the Neoclassical periods. Star
Sammlung, and the models, Hanseatic League, and a exhibits are German sculptor
drawings, and objects of the 19th-century fishing vessel. Conrat Meit’s Judith (1515)
Architekturmuseum, are now The museum’s superb and a beautiful sculpture of
housed here. As well as the collection of automobiles and the Madonna by Tilman
individual permanent displays, other exhibits related to land Riemenschneider (c.1460–1531).
there are also temporary and travel is now largely on display The first-floor collections
mixed exhibitions. in the Deutsches Museum include German porcelain,
Verkehrszentrum at Am clocks, glassware, ivory carvings,
0 Deutsches Bavariapark 5, in the west textiles, and items of gold.
of the city.
Museum Temporary exhibitions are In the basement rooms, the
Christmas nativity scenes by
Museuminsel 1. Tel 089-217 91. regularly held at the museum, Bavarian and Italian artists are
 Isartor. v 18. @ 52, 56. Open which also has an excellent especially worth seeing.
daily. & ∑ deutsches-museum.de library archive and a range
of multimedia facilities. w Englischer
Reputed to be the largest Garten
science and technology q Bayerisches
museum in the world, the Nationalmuseum  Giselastraße. @ 54.
Deutsches Museum is also the
most popular museum in Prinzregentenstraße 3. Tel 089-211 24 The idea of creating a park in
Germany. Founded in 1904, the 01. v 17. @ 100. Open Tue–Sun. the heart of the city open to all
vast collection features more Munich’s citizens came from the
than 28,000 exhibits across a Founded in 1855 by King American-born Count von
wide range of subject areas, Maximilian II, the Bavarian Rumford, who lived in Bavaria
from agriculture to National Museum holds a from 1784. In 1789, taking
telecommunications. superb collection of fine and advantage of his position as
In the basement and on the applied arts and historical Bavaria’s Minister of War, he
ground floor are some of the artifacts. Since 1900, the persuaded Elector Karl Theodor
museum’s largest museum has occupied to put his plans into action.
exhibits. The an impressive Opened in 1808, the Karl-
aeronautics building Theodor-Park is today simply
section holds an known as the Englischer Garten
(English Garden). The park
covers an area of 3.7 sq km
(914 acres), and has become
a popular place for walking,
jogging, or simply relaxing.
Several interesting buildings
dotted about the gardens
include the Monopteros, a
Neoclassical temple (1837) by
Leo von Klenze, and the Chinese
Benz’s tricycle, the first petrol-driven vehicle, Tower (1789–90), similar to the
on display at the Deutsches Museum pagoda in London’s Kew
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