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Bavarian National Museum

One of Europe's great museums of decorative art, from medieval sculpture to porcelain, armor and nativity scenes.

Official Website
Open
Tuesday to Sunday; closed Mondays
Price
Paid
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
Prinzregentenstrasse 3, 80538 MunichDirections
Getting There
Tram 16 or bus 100 to Nationalmuseum.

Why Go

Its galleries hold Gothic wood carving by Riemenschneider, ivories, tapestries, armor, clocks and a famous collection of Christmas cribs from Bavaria and Naples.

It's on Prinzregentenstrasse, by the English Garden.

Nearby in Munich

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