Museums and Collections in Munich

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Deutsches Museum
on the Isarinsel (Ludwigsbrücke), 80538 München, Tel. 21791
The largest museum of technology and natural sciences in the world, with over 13 acres of exhibitions containing valuable original machines and equipment, models and reconstructions, from classical mechanics to telecommunications, from a reconstructed mine in actual size to the technology of space travel.

Forum der Technik (Technology Forum)
Deutsches Museum
Museumsinsel 1 (admission via Ludwigsbrücke), 80538 München, Tel. 21125-0
Germany's first IMAX cinema, in which films are shown on a screen 52 x 72 feet in size for a unique cinematic experience. Since Autumn 1993 the Forum includes the most modern planetarium in the world, with a dome 65 feet in diameter.

Residenz-Museum
Entrance Max-Joseph-Platz 3, 80539 München, Tel. 2 90 67-1
The main city residence of the Wittelsbach dynasty is an impressive experience in all its immense size and variation.

Altes Residenztheater
(Old Residence Theatre)
(Cuvilli‚s-Theater)
Entrance Residenzstrasse 1, 80333 München, Tel. 2 90 67-1
Enchanting rococo theatre named after its architect Francois Cuvillies.

Schatzkammer der Residenz (Residence Treasure Chamber)
Max-Joseph-Platz 3, 80539 München, Tel. 2 90 67-1
Crowns, gems, examples of the goldsmith's art and precious stones from ten centuries.

Glyptothek
Königsplatz 3, 80333 München, Tel. 28 61 00
Collection of Greek and Roman sculpture.

Staatliche Sammlung ägyptischer Kunst (State Collection of Egyptian Art)
Residenz, entrance Hofgartenstrasse, 80539 München, Tel. 29 85 46

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Prinzregentenstrasse 3, 80538 München, Tel. 2 16 81
European art, crafts and folk art from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Münchner Stadtmuseum (Munich Municipal Museum)
St.-Jakobs-Platz 1, 80331 München, Tel. 233-22370
Permanent exhibitions "Munich Styles of Living"; Morris dancer sculptures by Erasmus Grasser; Munich Weaponry.

BMW Museum
Petuelring 130 (opposite Olympia Park), 80809 München, Tel. 3895-3307
The exhibition ZEITMOTOR (Time Motor) surveys the past and present of motorized transport and includes conjectures into the year 2030. 100 items on display, video films, slide shows and a 70mm film form the core of the exhibition.

Siemens Museum
Prannerstrasse 10, 80333 München, Tel. 234-2660
The Siemens Museum contains exhibitions on electrical engineering, electronics and micro-electronics from their beginnings up to the present day, under the general heading of Understanding and Experiencing Technology. Many of the exhibits can be operated by visitors.

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (Municipal Gallery)
Luisenstrasse 33, 80333 München, Tel. 52 10 41
Ornate villa in the Florentine style housing the Lenbach art collection: Munich painters from Gothic to the present including Kobell; Spitzweg; Leibl; Corinth; the internationally famous "Blue Rider" collection; Kandinsky; Klee; Marc; Macke; Münter; modern art.

Alte Pinakothek
(Old Gallery)
This vast building houses the paintings collected by the Wittelsbachs from the beginning og the 1500's. The building itself, built from 1826-1836, was designed by Leo van Klenze in the Venetial Renissance style. (Enterance fee: Combined ticket with the Neue Pinakothek--see directly below)

Neue Pinakothek
(New Gallery)
Barer Strasse 29 (entrance on Theresienstraße), 80799 München, Tel. 2 38 05-195
European painting and sculpture of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst (State Gallerie of Modern Art)
In the Haus der Kunst (west wing)
Prinzregentenstrasse 1, 80538 München, Tel. 29 27 10
International painting and sculpture of the 20th century.