Pinakotheken
Munich’s Kunstareal museum trio spans Old Masters, 19th-century art and modern collections across the city’s great Pinakothek institutions.
The Pinakotheken are Munich’s art education in three movements. In the Kunstareal museum district, the Alte Pinakothek, Neue Pinakothek and Pinakothek der Moderne trace a broad line from Old Masters through 19th-century painting to modern and contemporary art, design, architecture and works on paper.
One practical note: the Neue Pinakothek has been closed for renovation, with selected works shown elsewhere in the network. The current visitor experience is shaped by that closure. The Pinakothek der Moderne, meanwhile, brings four museums under one roof, including modern art, graphic works, architecture and design.
This is not a quick “do the museum” afternoon unless your stamina is heroic. Better to choose a focus: Dürer and Leonardo in the older collection, 19th-century masters where they are temporarily displayed, or the clean modern spaces of the Pinakothek der Moderne. Munich rewards the traveller who edits.
