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Alte Pinakothek
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What it is
One of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, in the Kunstareal museum quarter of Munich, holding European painting from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century including major Old German, Early Netherlandish, Italian and Flemish holdings.
Why travelers go
For the Rubens rooms, which have no equal anywhere, and for Old German and Early Netherlandish painting shown at a depth that most national galleries cannot approach.
What is genuinely good
Nine euro regular admission, 6 euro reduced and 1 euro on Sundays, with under-18s free. A first-rank collection in a calm, well-lit building. It sits alongside the Neue Pinakothek and Pinakothek der Moderne, so a museum day needs no travel.
Downsides and tourist traps
Sundays are busy precisely because of the 1 euro rate. Closed on Mondays. The Kunstareal is a quiet institutional district with little atmosphere, so there is not much reason to linger outside the museums.
Best for
Anyone with an interest in old master painting, budget travellers given the Sunday rate, and families since under-18s go free.
Consider skipping if
Pre-nineteenth-century painting does not interest you, in which case the Pinakothek der Moderne next door is the better ticket. Also check the day, because arriving on a Monday means not getting in at all.
Practical advice
Go on a Sunday for the 1 euro rate but arrive at opening, since everyone else in Munich knows about it too. Avoid Mondays entirely. Combine with the Neue Pinakothek or Pinakothek der Moderne, which are a two-minute walk away.
Tickets and reservations
Regular admission is 9 euro and reduced is 6 euro, with Sunday admission at 1 euro. Admission is free for children and young people under the age of 18.
Getting there
U2 to Theresienstrasse or Konigsplatz, or tram 27 to Pinakotheken. It is about twenty minutes on foot from Munich Hauptbahnhof.
Where it sits
The Kunstareal in Maxvorstadt, north of the centre, a purpose-built museum quarter shared with the Neue Pinakothek, the Pinakothek der Moderne, the Brandhorst and the Glyptothek. Quiet, institutional and green.
How long to allow
Two to three hours. The Rubens rooms alone can take an hour if you let them.
Accessibility
The museum is served by lifts and publishes accessibility information for visitors with reduced mobility.
The RuinMyTrip verdict
One of the best-value great museums in Europe, and on Sundays it is almost free. Go early on a Sunday, never on a Monday, and give the Rubens rooms more time than you planned.
Sources
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Alte Pinakothek admission is 9 euro regular, 6 euro reduced, and 1 euro on Sundays. source
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Admission is free for children and young people under the age of 18. source
From the RuinMyTrip team
Written by RuinMyTrip Editorial from published research and official sources, not from a personal trip. It is not a traveler review and is never counted in the community rating. How we research.
The Alte Pinakothek charges 9 euro regular admission and 6 euro reduced, and on Sundays it is 1 euro. Admission is free for children and young people under the age of 18. The Sunday rate is not a promotion. It is a standing Bavarian policy across the state collections, and it means one of the world's great holdings of European painting from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century costs about the same as a coffee.…
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