Staatsgalerie (National Gallery)

With an extensive collection of works dating from the 14th century to the present, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart is one of Germany's most popular museums. Both the impressive museum complex and its properties reflect the connection between tradition and modernity.

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart presents its superb collection on approximately 9,000 square meters of exhibition space provided by the old 1843 building, the famous postmodern Stirling Building and the Steib Halls built in 2002. The prominent Holdings has many works from the Ministry of Prints, drawings and photographs, early Swabian panel paintings and outstanding examples of 19th-century Swabian neoclassicism. The main highlight of the museum collection is undoubtedly the Classical Modern period with art spanning the years 1900 to 1980. A particular highlight here is Oskar Schlemmer's Figurine for Early Ballet In 1920, Henri Matisse's famous "Backs" (1909‒30), Picasso's many works including sculpture group The Bathers (1956) and Joseph Beuys' room installed by the artist himself.

Built under King William I of Württemberg between 1838 and 1843, it is the oldest of the Staatsgalerie's premises and one of the oldest museum buildings in Germany. It was built in 1984 by the star British architect - James Stirling, the world famous architectural work, considered as the epitome of postmodern architecture. The latest addition, an annex designed by Wilfrid and Katharina Steib, now houses an extensive collection of traditional graphic art, with more than 400,000 drawings, watercolors, collages, prints and posters .

The National Gallery is a world-class party museum. It contains about 5,500 paintings and sculptures as well as numerous works on paper, complemented by hundreds of thousands of archives from the artist's homes. This makes it the largest art museum in the state of Baden-Württemberg. From old masters to contemporary art, the focus of the collection concept paints a unique picture. In this unique position, the Staatsgalerie asserts itself nationally, underpinned by the targeted acquisition policy pursued by museum curators with the aim of preserving cultural heritage in a short and multifaceted manner. compact.

Address: Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 30-32, 70173 Stuttgart

Opening hours: - Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00 / Thursday: 10:00 - 20:00

- Monday: closed

Admission: 7€ (adult) / free for children and youth under 20 years old)

Website : https://www.staatsgalerie.de/en.html