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The sheer abundance of museums and variety of world-class artworks on display in Bavaria will quicken the pulse of even the most discerning art and history lover. Bavaria has thousands of galleries, museums, exhibitions and art events.

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Museum im Kulturspeicher

Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg »

The Museum im Kulturspeicher presents 19th and 20th century art on a space of 3,500 m² in a former warehouse in the old harbour of Würzburg.

Museum am Dom

Museum am Dom in Würzburg »

The Museum am Dom, which opened in 2003 in the restored and converted Kilianshaus, shows artworks from the 10th to the 21st century.

Museum Lothar Fischer

Museum Lothar Fischer in Neumarkt/Oberpfalz »

The museum building, with an exhibition space of approx. 550 m², was erected together with Lothar Fischer, one of the most important sculptors in post-war Germany.

Exterior of the Neues Museums in Nuremberg

Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nuremberg »

The prominent building by the architect Volker Staab provides an exhibition space of nearly 2,300 m² for the presentation of international contemporary art and design.

Documentation Centre Reichsparteitag Grounds-Exhibition

Documentation Centre Reichsparteitag Grounds in Nuremberg »

On 1,300 square metres, the permanent exhibition "Fascination and Terror" deals with the causes, contexts and consequences of the National Socialist rule of terror.

Albrecht Dürer’s House

Albrecht-Dürer-Haus in Nuremberg »

Under the heading "Back to Dürer", this house presents the residence and workplace of famous artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528).

The “Münter-Haus” in Murnau

Gabriele Münter Haus and Schloßmuseum Murnau »

The museum presents, above all, the significant 20th century art and literature associated with Murnau: the painting of the "Blaue Reiter" group.

Museum of Concrete Art

Museum für Konkrete Kunst in Ingolstadt »

The museum presents the history and development of concrete art and is the only museum in Germany exclusively dedicated to this form of art.

Dokumentation Obersalzberg

Obersalzberg Documentation near Berchtesgaden »

The Obersalzberg Documentation is a permanent exhibition at Obersalzberg near Berchtesgaden which became Hitler's holiday retreat and later a second seat of government along with Berlin.


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