Munich - Bavarian National Museum

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(Local Name: Bayerisches Nationalmuseum) The Bavarian National Museum, sited on a forum-like extension of the magnificent Prinzregentenstrasse, was built in 1893-1900 by Gabriel von Seidl, who designed each section of the handsome straggling range of buildings in a different style while preserving a unified effect. Although badly damaged during the Second World War, the greater part of the museum is open to the public. An equestrian statue of the Prince Regent Luitpold by Adolf Hildebrand stands in the east wing (study block), extended in 1937-39 by German Bestelmeyer. The extension on the west side houses the Neue Sammlung (New Collection) and the rust-colored building to the north the National Prehistoric Collection (Prähistorische Staatssammlung). The Bayerisches Nationalmuseum is one of the finest museums for European sculpture and applied art in Germany, most outstanding of all being its collection of medieval German sculpture and its great wealth of tapestries. There are also important collections of bronzes, posters, clocks, porcelain and glass. The museum was founded in 1855 by King Maximilian II and transferred from Maximilianstrasse to its present home in 1900.

Hobbies & Activities category: Paintings, art collections; Major world-scale museum

Bavarian National Museum Highlights

Cultural and Art History

The 47 ground-floor rooms of the National Museum house collections on the theme of the art and cultural history of Bavaria and the south German region, arranged chronologically from the Middle Ages

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Fine Manufactured Ware and Craftwork

Bavarian National Museum Upper floor: Fine manufactured ware and craftwork.

The upper floor features collections of fine manufactured ware and craftwork, some from names famous throughout the world

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Baroque Sketches in Oil

The Baroque sketches in oil in the Reuschel Collection can be found on the upper floor of the National Museum, with works by Januarius Zick, Joseph Anton Feichmayr and Franz Anton Maulbertsch.

Porcelain Exhibit

The porcelain exhibit can be found on the upper floor of the National Museum and includes Meissen, Nymphenburg and Ansbach as well as pieces from a number of smaller manufacturers and from French potteries.

Renaissance Posters

The Renaissance posters (by Meister Flötner from Nuremberg, and others) can be found on the upper floor of the National Museum.

Stained Glass

The stained glass in the National Museum includes cycles from the Cistercian monastery at Seligenthal near Landshut. This is one of the largest collections of stained glass in Germany with examples from the 13th through the 19th centuries.

Folk Section

The basement folk section of the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum has interiors from peasants' houses, pottery (Alzheimer Foundation), glass, basketry, masks, costumes, carvings and religious folklore (e.g. Kriss Collection).

Medieval Textiles and Embroideries

The Bavarian National Museum has a very large exhibit of Medieval textiles and embroideries, a large shoe collection as well as costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Nativity Scenes (Cribs)

The National Museum in Munich possesses a celebrated collection of cribs (Nativity scenes) from Bavaria, Tyrol, Moravia, Naples, Sicily and Provence, dating from the 17th to 19th centuries.

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Address

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Prinzregentenstrasse 3
D-80538 Munchen
Germany

http://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/Win/b.htm

Hours



Open	Closed	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Closed		17:00	17:00	20:00	17:00	17:00	17:00

Always closed on:
May Day / Labor Day (May 1) All Saints' Day - Christian (November 1) Christmas - Christian (December 25) New Year's Eve (December 31)