BAYERISCHES NATIONALMUSEUM
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The Bavarian National Museum showcases Bavaria's past greatness with its superb art collections.
The Bavarian National Museum was founded in 1855 by King Maximilian II. It was the director of the archives, Karl Maria Freiherr von Aretin, who proposed to the monarch the idea of a Wittelsbach family museum. The idea was to make it "the most interesting of patriotic monuments, and to rescue from oblivion these relics of ancient times". Maximilian II agreed, and entrusted the work to the architect Gabriel von Seidl.
The eclectic collection allows visitors to explore the development of Western art, from Late Antiquity to Art Nouveau. In addition to outstanding examples of sculpture and painting, the museum also houses ivory and gold objects, decorative clocks, tapestries, furniture, weapons and fine porcelain. The first floor contains paintings, tapestries, sculptures and weapons covering the period from the Middle Ages to the arrival of Rococo in Bavaria. Great names in the art of this period are on display: Tilman Riemenschneider or Erasmus Grasser, Ignaz Günther or Johann Baptist Straub. Upstairs, a collection of 19th-century pieces, including porcelain from the Nymphenburg factory, Jugendstil and Art Nouveau. In other parts of the museum, a collection of musical instruments, cribs, silverware, hunting weapons and toys. The entire history of art, religious art and folk art is on display. Centuries of history seem to be staring back at you!
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