Alte Pinakothek
27 Barer Straße, Maxvorstadt, Munich, 80333, Germany
When King Ludwig I opened this gallery in 1836, it was the largest museum building in the world.
BMW Museum & BMW Welt
2 Am Olympiapark, Milbertshofen-Am Hart, Munich, 80809, Germany
The BMW Museum looks like a silver salad bowl from the outside, and that's entirely intentional.
Deutsches Museum
1 Museumsinsel, Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt, Munich, 80538, Germany
The world's largest museum of science and technology sits on a small island in the Isar river that was used for rafting timber in the Middle Ages.
Glyptothek
3 Königsplatz, Maxvorstadt, Munich, 80333, Germany
The name literally means "sculpture storage" in Greek — glyphein (to carve) plus theke (container) — which is the most honest museum name in the world.
Lenbachhaus
33 Luisenstraße, Maxvorstadt, Munich, 80333, Germany
This museum owns the world's largest collection of Blauer Reiter paintings, and if you know nothing about the Blauer Reiter, you're about to understand why Munich matters to modern art.
Munich Residenz
1 Residenzstraße, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80333, Germany
This is the largest city palace in Germany, and the Wittelsbach dynasty spent over four centuries making sure everyone knew it.
NS-Dokumentationszentrum
1 Max-Mannheimer-Platz, Maxvorstadt, Munich, 80333, Germany
This white cube stands on the exact spot where the "Brown House" once stood — the national headquarters of the Nazi Party from 1930 until Allied bombs destroyed it in 1945.
Pinakothek der Moderne
Barer Straße 40, 80333 Munich
Four museums in one building.
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