Munich has one of the densest museum quarters in Europe. What each collection actually holds, what a ticket covers, and which day of the week is cheap — the Pinakotheken's Sunday price is the best-known example.
Munich has one of the densest museum quarters in Europe, and the single most useful thing to know is the Sunday price: the state collections in the Kunstareal — the Alte and Neue Pinakothek, the Pinakothek der Moderne and their neighbours — charge a nominal admission on Sundays rather than the full price.
The Deutsches Museum is a different proposition: one of the largest science and technology museums in the world, big enough that trying to see all of it in a day is a mistake rather than an ambition.
Two warnings we will keep repeating. Check the closing day — most of the big houses close one day a week and it is not the same day everywhere. And check what is actually open: Munich's museums have run long renovation programmes, and a wing being shut is not always obvious from the ticket page.
Which museums cost €1 on Sundays in Munich? The €1 Sunday rate — Bavaria calls it the “Ein-Euro-Sonntag” — applies only to museums owned by the Free State of Bavaria. That covers the Pinakothek der Moderne, the Alte Pinakothek, the Neue Pinakothek and the Residenz München. It does not cover the Deutsches Museum, the NS-Dokumentationszentrum, … Read more
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