Pinakothek
der Moderne

Four museums in one building

Opened in 2002 after ten years of planning and construction, the Pinakothek der Moderne is Stephan Braunfels's main work: a modern cube on an almost square plan (89 × 89 m), centred on a monumental 25-metre rotunda with a glass dome. Within this volume four independent collections live side by side:

• Collection of Modern Art — major works of the 20th and 21st centuries: Picasso, Beckmann, Beuys, Warhol, Pollock, Bacon, Richter, Polke, Eliasson.
• State Graphic Collection — one of the world's most important collections of drawings and prints, from Dürer to Anselm Kiefer (around 400,000 sheets).
• Die Neue Sammlung — The Design Museum — one of the world's oldest and most important design museums, with focuses from 1900 to today (Bauhaus, Italian design, industrial design).
• TU Munich Architecture Museum — collection with around 500,000 plans and 100,000 photographs.

Today

One of Munich's most visited museums; around 350,000 visits a year. Admission on Sundays 1 euro.