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The Glyptothek (German: [ɡlʏptoˈteːk] ⓘ) is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures (hence γλυπτο- glypto-"sculpture", from the Greek verb γλύφειν glyphein "to carve" and the noun θήκη "container").
Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA) Museum of Modern Art Antwerp (MuHKA) Plantin-Moretus Museum; Museum aan de Stroom (MAS; Museum at the current) Volkskundemuseum; National Maritime Museum; Maagdenhuismuseum (Virgin House Museum) Middelheim Museum; ModeMuseum (Fashion Museum) Rubenshuis (Rubens House) Rockox House; Mayer van den Bergh Museum ...
The Munich Stadtmuseum (German: "Münchner Stadtmuseum") or Munich City Museum, is the city museum of Munich. It was founded in 1888 by Ernst von Destouches. [ 1 ] It is located in the former municipal arsenal and stables, both buildings of the late Gothic period.
The Staatliche Antikensammlungen (German: [ˈʃtaːtlɪçə anˈtiːkənˌzamlʊŋən], State Collections of Antiquities) is a museum in Munich's Kunstareal holding Bavaria's collections of antiquities from Greece, Etruria and Rome, though the sculpture collection is located in the Glyptothek opposite, and works created in Bavaria are on display in a separate museum. [1]
The Bavarian National Museum (German: Bayerisches Nationalmuseum) in Munich is one of the most important museums of decorative arts in Europe and one of the largest art museums in Germany. [ citation needed ] Since the beginning the collection has been divided into two main groups: the art historical collection and the folklore collection.
The Pinakothek der Moderne unifies the Bavarian State Collection of Modern and Contemporary Arts, the National Collection of Works on Paper and the Museum for Design and Applied Arts with the Munich Technical University's Museum of Architecture in one building and is deemed one of the most important and popular museums of modern art in Europe ...
The city of Munich acquired the building in 1924 and opened a museum there in 1929. The latest wing was closed to the public in 2009 to allow the expansion and restoration of the Lenbachhaus by Norman Foster; the 1972 extension was demolished to make way for the new building. The museum reopened in May 2013.
The museum is located at Hotterstraße 12 (in the former substation of the municipal utility, in the Hackenviertel near Marienplatz) and was opened on December 9, 2016. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It shows urban art on an area of over 2,000 square meters and holds works by Shepard Fairey , Zeus , David Choe , OSGEMEOS , and Banksy .