State Collections
of
Antiquities
The southern counterpart to the Glyptothek — built 1838–1848 by Georg Friedrich Ziebland in the Ionic style. Today a collection of Greek, Roman and Etruscan minor arts: vases, gold, bronzes, jewellery.
Ziebland's Ionic counterpart
From 1838 to 1848 Georg Friedrich Ziebland built a "Munich art exhibition hall" on the south side of Königsplatz — conceived as a venue for temporary exhibitions for the Munich Kunstverein, founded in 1856. Style: Ionic (in deliberate contrast to the Doric Glyptothek opposite) — three Greek column orders on one square, like a textbook of antiquity. Material: white limestone, austerely classicist.
Focus of the collection
Since 1967 — after extensive refurbishment — the building has housed the State Collections of Antiquities. Focus: Greek vases (one of the world's most important collections), Greek and Roman jewellery, Etruscan bronzes, ancient gems and cameos. The admission policy is mild: Sunday admission 1 euro.
More in the
Museum Quarter.
The other buildings of the area — galleries, museums, classicism, industrial history.