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Munich: more of the See list
Generated from Wikivoyage's See list for Munich: 7 stops, about 1.9 km and 61 minutes on foot. Not a guided tour; check each place before you go.
7 stops · 1.9 km · about 61 min on foot · Wikivoyage source · fetched 2026-11-07 02:09:38 UTC. Not a guided tour: check each place before you go.
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Münchner Stadtmuseum
Extensive museum, occupying most of a city block; absorbing but signage is only in German. The oldest part of the building is an armory of 1500, the newest is the former Uhlfelder department store (all bombed in wartime, but the collections had been taken to safety), and it's growing still. The permanent exhibitions are "Typically Munich!" (how the city acquired its identity), Migration, National Socialism (the movement was launched here), Puppets and Fairground, and Music. "Collections" (whose highlights may figure in exhibitions) include photography, applied arts, graphics, textiles and musi
48.13510, 11.57300 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Asamkirche
This Late Baroque confection was built from 1733 to 1746 as a private chapel by Egid Quirin Asam - he could see the altar from his house next door. His brother, Cosmas Damian Asam, did the frescoes. The church is dedicated to St John Nepomuk (1345-93), a Bohemian monk cast into the river Vltava in Prague at the behest of King Wenceslaus IV. Legend has it that Nepomuk refused to divulge the queen's confessional secrets, but his real crime was to back the wrong candidate for abbot. The church is wonderful by candlelight, especially at the Christmas Eve service, replete with Bavarian singers in t
48.13500, 11.56940 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art
Street and urban art is ephemeral but the idea of MUCA, opened in 2016, is to bring it into the artistic mainstream. There's a permanent collection and rotating exhibitions.
48.13660, 11.57000 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Michaelskirche
Grand Renaissance church built for the Jesuits 1583-1599 by Duke Wilhelm V, as a bastion of the Counter-Reformation against those awful Lutherans. The Duke nearly busted the state coffers in buying up the land and funding a construction that townsfolk reckoned was too big to stand. And down fell the tower: "I know, I'll build it bigger". This version survived until bombed in wartime and was restored in the 1950s. The facade and interior continue the triumphal theme, for example the statue of Archangel Michael slaying a demon who might be Protestant. The church crypt holds many tombs of the Wit
48.13890, 11.57050 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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St Boniface's Abbey
This Benedictine abbey was founded in 1835 by King Ludwig I to renew his realm's spiritual life, while in no way impeding his liaison with dancing girls. Bombed during World War II, it was only partially rebuilt. The church holds regular services and the king is buried here, as is his queen Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
48.14410, 11.56420 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Glyptothek
This houses King Ludwig I's huge collection of Greek and Roman sculpture: he was determined to make Munich into a new Athens, if necessary by removing the original Athens piece by piece. The principal sculptures are the Aeginetes, excavated in the 19th century from the temple on the island of Aegina. The building, in neo-classical style of course, was completed in 1830. It was bombed out during the Second World War but the sculptures had been taken to safety. There's an attractive courtyard with cafe.
48.14660, 11.56580 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Palaeontological Museum
Lots of fossils including Archaeopteryx, Triceratops and Saber-toothed Cat. The museum itself is an interesting building, on three floors but an hour is plenty to see it all.
48.14760, 11.56380 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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