Die Neue Sammlung — Attraction in Munich

The Die Neue Sammlung (€10 per adult) is housed in the same building as the Pinakothek der Modern and is recognised as one of the most important design and applied art museums in the world.

Opening hours are 10am to 6pm daily with extended hours on Thursdays evening until 8pm. The museum is closed on Mondays. Entry ticket includes access to both the Pinakothek der Modern and Die Neue Sammlung.

Located in the underground floor, here you find some intensive exhibitions on industrial, graphic and furniture design. There are also impressive jewelery, ceramics as well as artistically created objects on display. We spent around 45 minutes browsing the galleries of the Die Neue Sammlung, finding this to be a very good complement to the traditional Modern Art galleries and exhibition in the upstairs floors of the Pinakothek der Modern.

Note: There is a ground floor cafe with outdoor seating at the museum. This makes for a good rest break in between your visits to Die Neue Sammlung and Pinakothek der Modern. The cafe is open from 10am to 4pm daily with extended hours on Thursday.

Note: Entrance to all Die Pinakotheken museums in Munich are €1 on Sundays. As such, you can save quite a bit on museum fees if you visit...

I have to limit my criticism since this museum is €0-10 depending on when you go. To really enjoy this museum, you need to already know industrial design history or be willing to do your own research using the catalogue. The sprawling array of objects is certainly an impressive spectacle to behold, but totally lacking in context. I was particularly disappointed that the Futuro house on the lawn doesn’t have any kind of stairs up to the windows so that visitors can to peer inside; seems like kind of a missed opportunity to acquire such a rare piece of design history for only its exterior to be visible and cared for. The staff here are very curt, but probably aren’t getting paid enough to be chipper. I would be happy to pay a few more euros to have a higher quality experience of this...

This museum a is it’s a total must if you are an architect, designer is simply interested in art and design! The colección they have is amazing, because the pieces are old and well preserved! You can sea how the furniture prices where made back in the day! All German designers!! There where also some temporary exhibits, but I’m sure you’ll find something you like!

Don’t miss you on the book store!

Tipp, if you are and architecture or design student, you get to go...