Residenz . Museum

The Munich residence has been open to the public as a museum since 1920 and today it is one of the most important palace museums in Europe. This vast building serves as a stone memorial to its patrons, rulers from House Wittelsbach, rulers of Bavaria from the 17th century duke and then electorate and king. from 1806 to 1918.

The Residenz functioned as the residence of the rulers, preserved for centuries to preserve the historic architecture and interiors. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the furniture and equipment here are created with materials of the highest artistic quality from the Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassical and Historicist styles. Here, the visitor can still see the changing forms of imperial magnanimity in the era of humanism, the Counter-Reformation, the Enlightenment, the supremacy of the kings and regimes. constitutional monarchy.

The Residenz Museum with its exquisite decoration of each room such as furniture, paintings, carpets, treasures and religious items, has largely been kept in their original locations.

* Large bags or suitcases, baby strollers, food and dogs are prohibited from entering the museum.

Address: Residenzstraße 1, 80333 Munich

Opening hours: - April - October 18: every day 9:00 - 18:00

- October 19 - March: every day 10:00 - 17:00

Entrance ticket: €9

Website: www.residenz-muenchen.de/englisch/tourist/index.htm