Bảo tàng Nghệ thuật Ai Cập (State Collection of Egyptian Art)

Gabelsbergerstraße 35, 80333 München, Germany

“A place where art and culture is 5000 years old. It is the only museum in the world outside of Egypt that was purpose-built solely for ancient Egyptian historical works.”

Located in the heart of the Kunstareal Art District, between the Pinakotheken galleries and the Antike buildings at Königplatz, it provides the Museum of Egyptian Art with the space and status it deserves to be a historic landmark. world art history. Opened in early 2013, the museum's exhibition space is completely underground so visitors can get a feel for what it's like to be in an Egyptian temple or royal mausoleum.

With a unique architecture, visitors from the feeling of being under the land of tombs and catacombs until they go deeper underground, follow the wide staircase with light guiding to enter like a house. The altar is bathed in sunlight filtered from the museum's atrium. The rest of the tour leads through alternating tall, wide halls and smaller, more intimate rooms, with unexpected appearances of untold masterpieces. Nowhere can the real architecture of Egypt be reproduced, however, the details in the museum try to arouse visitors' vision of the shrine rooms, Egyptian temples and royal tombs. family.

The foundation of this collection of antiquities dates back to the 19th century. King of Bavaria, Ludwig I began to gather monuments for his Glyptothek museum plan while he was still Crown Prince. After that, the remaining artifacts, mainly coffins and tombstones, were collected and acquired by the Bavarian Institute of Science.

Address: Gabelsbergerstr. 35, 80333 Munich

Opening hours: - Tuesday: 10:00 - 20:00

- Wednesday - Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00

Admission: - Adults: €7 (€1 on Sunday)

- Children under 18 years old: free

- Group of 15 people or more: €5

Website : https://smaek.de/en/das-museum/

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