The Munich City Museum.

By SAVING FOR CUBA / September 25, 2012 / Europe / Leave a comment

Munich is notorious for a few really great* things – beer halls, boozy tourists and babes in Bavarian frills. A.K.A: Oktoberfest. Compared to its notoriously cool and cultured older sibling, Berlin, Munich’s art scene and progressive modern culture gets a rather pathetic show of limelight.

The Munich City Museum is a prime example of the creativity that’s ripe for the picking in Munich. It gloats a diverse calendar of special exhibitions, many of which delve into Germany’s rugged past and others that sport a more global appeal. There’s also a quirky array of permanent fixtures, spanning the art forms from film to puppetry. Proof that cool things are accessible right across this cutting-edge country.

Found in a 120 year old gothic building, the museum is just 200 metres from the city centre’s Old Town Hall (or a 1.7km stumble from the Oktoberfest field, Theresienwiese**). If you find yourself there any time soon, here’s a few things worth taking a look at…

11^th May – 11^th November 2012:

Discover the propaganda behind the darkest era in German history showcased in the poster exhibition “Typography of Terror”.

22nd June – 14 2012 October:

With work described as “photographic puzzles” that highlight the tension between facticity and surrealism, enjoy Floris Neusüss’s collection of Dream Images taken from 1958 to 1983.

25^th January – 15^th September 2013:

Feast your eyes on a colourful and diverse overview of 1970’s European fashion in “A Matter of Taste”.

Permanent Exhibitions:

View a puppet collection on level 3 that spans over 2,000 sqm.
Explore a series of work by various artists titled “Typically Munich” that bring to life the soul of the city from past to present.
Kick back in the Munich Film Museum which showcases an ever changing selection of German and international films, guest speakers & live performances and musicals that bring to life silent films.
Drool over a fashion and textiles collection with over 60,000 items – some of which date back to 1888.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

*Sarcasm. Beer halls, boozy tourists and babes in Bavarian frills aren’t that great. Right?

**Visiting the Munich City Museum, or any other museum / gallery / church / cultural site during Oktoberfest activities is not recommended.