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Nine Euros Most Days and One Euro on Sunday, Which Is Almost Absurd
Review of Alte Pinakothek
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Share your experienceThe 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. The collection's strengths are Old German and Early Netherlandish painting, Rubens at a depth found nowhere else, and Italian work from the Renaissance. It is the sort of museum where the second-rank rooms in most galleries would be the highlight.
What was great
Nine euro regular admission is remarkable for a collection of this standing, and the 1 euro Sunday rate is close to absurd. Under-18s go free. The Rubens holdings in particular are unmatched, and the building is calm and well lit for looking at paintings.
What nearly ruined the trip
The 1 euro Sunday is well known locally, so Sundays are correspondingly busy. Closed Mondays, which catches visitors out. The building sits in a museum quarter rather than a lively part of the city, so there is little around it.
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