Bavarian National Museum — Attraction in Munich

It is truly a walk in history of Bavaria that took me 4 hours just to notice every detail, every era and take pictures. the entrance fee is usually 7Euro but on Sunday it is just for 1 euro. the Museum is next to eisbachwelle where talented surfers challenge themselves over the wave so it is hardly missed. the exterior is like an imperial palace and with beautiful garden and statue of a Bavarian prince. Inside it is divided in 3 floors: the underwound level starts with equipment and kitchen appliances they used in that era also a wooden part of bedrooms/salons and you end in the huge museum of Christian small hand made statues usually about the Christmas story and done by talented artist from the 1800's. a shop is also on this level and the bathrooms. the Ground floor is the biggest one, you start with old hand made maps of cities and paintings and you end with armors, old knights weapons/shields not to mention you finish the first side on the right with the religious inspiration of art and sculptures gothic and baroque from 1500 till 1800. the other side is full of the era that Bavaria passed through from roman era till the napoleon era with everything that changed from rooms to clothes and weapons. the first side of the first floor is about king Ludwig 1 royal family stuff and house appliances. the other side is about gothic/baroque art from sculptures to statues and porcelain equipment not to mention the science stuff, musical instruments, games back in that era, hunting weapons and daily clothes and appliances. Very recommended when you want to understand Bavarian History. well organized and...

If if you're going to go, go on a Sunday when you can enter for €1. If I'd paid more, I would have been disappointed. Several of the galleries (the entire top floor, plus the pottery collection) was not open, and this was not advised to us before we bought our tickets (given that the musical instruments and silverware on the top floor were part of the reason we went at all, we weren't very impressed). Avoid the Gothic Collection. There's no signage in English and precious little interpretation, and seems to be very little that's uniquely Bavarian. If you've seen Gothic religious art elsewhere in Europe, you already have seen everything this collection has. Instead, go to the Rococo and Baroque collection. Not only does this have interesting artefacts, it has some unique pieces and a bit of interpretive signage. It isn't great - there isn't a lot of context or effort to explain this history of Bavaria if you didn't already know it, but it's OK, and some of it is in English. Worth seeing are the astronomical clocks in the Enlightenment room, and there is a display of armour and swords (some quite ornate) that was also interesting (though not unique). Unless you really are into Rococo and Baroque furniture and interiors, I can't recommend this museum. It certainly doesn't explain Bavarian history based on the...

We started with a great day at the museum. Still the ending was too bad. We sat down in the beautiful little yard last Sunday afternoon to relax in the sun on one of the stone benches. I am pregnant (9th month!!) and my partner and I were exhausted - he just laid down with his upper body a bit because he was also dizzy and tired. A museum guard who was sitting there in a chair bathing himself in the sun with eyes closed since we arrived (only beer was missing) came after 5 min and told my partner not lay down as it was not looking good and visitors might see him from the window - no one except us and the guard were in the yard – we had to leave then. I visited museums all around the world and never made such a bad experience! We have a cultivated appearance and he was not even laying down completely...and no one was in the yard - only this museum guard who was himself (during work) just taking a sun bath. Unbelieveable!! In other museums kind people were generally asking me if I want to sit down somewhere or if I need a glas of water when they saw that I am heavily pregnant! My partner carries a lot too these days...This person was laughing about us when we left and did not care at all – that was a bad and shameful power play...