Guided Tours
We regularly offer guided tours in German and English exploring our current exhibitions as well as the permanent collection. There you can learn more about the artworks, the artistic positions and the collection.
Five Friends John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly (90 min., max. 15 people)
With “Five Friends”, Museum Brandhorst focuses for the first time on a circle of artists who had a decisive influence on post-war art in the fields of music, dance, painting, sculpture and drawing. John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly created a special connection between the artistic genres and media through their intimate exchange. The exhibition provides an insight into the interplay between the five befriended artists and also shows what it meant to live as a queer artist in the 1950s.
Dive with our guided tour into the circle of artists and get inspired by their creative exchange.
Period: April 10, 2025 to August 17, 2025
Cy Twombly – Painting, Sculpture, Drawing (90 min.)
With over 170 works, the number of pieces by the US artist Cy Twombly held by the Brandhorst Collection is unique worldwide. This tour offers you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the artist’s incomparable oeuvre and gain an overview of his multifaceted work in the media of painting, sculpture and drawing. Highlights such as the Rose Room and the monumental “Lepanto” cycle (2001) naturally form part of the tour, which also focuses on Twombly’s lyrical combination of image and text.
Highlights Museum Brandhorst: A building, its history and a unique space for Cy Twombly (90 min.)
Discover what lies behind Museum Brandhorst's spectacular façade design with its 36,000 colorful ceramic rods. Our overview tour takes you on an exciting tour through the museum and its history. You will learn more about the architecture of Sauerbruch Hutton, who designed the building which opened in 2009, but also about the Brandhorst Collection and how it was founded and developed. A highlight of the visit is the impressive room that was specially designed for the twelve-part "Lepanto" cycle created in 2001 by Cy Twombly (1928-2011). Our experienced guides will also show you selected works from the collection presentation.
Private Tours
Guided tours are available for booking for a maximum of 15 or 25 participants plus a guide in compliance with hygiene and protection measures. Please fill out the booking form to make a request. We kindly ask for your understanding that we can only process your booking request if it is made at least two weeks in advance. The booking of a guided tour is binding. We will forward your request to a team of independent art educators. You will receive a guide from us who will act on his own account. Cancellations must be made directly with the guide at least three working days before the agreed start of the tour. Otherwise the guides reserve the right to charge a cancellation fee.
Public Guided Tours
Below or in our calendar you can find out more about the dates and topics of the next public tours and when they are held in English. The meeting point is in the museum foyer. The tour is included in the entrance fee. There is a limited number of places. Participation wristbands are available from 30 minutes before the start of the tour at the information desk. Of course, you can book these formats at any time as private tours with us as well.
Guided Tours for schools
In addition to the 90-minute tours, it is possible to book short tours (60 minutes) exclusively for school classes. Please indicate the desired topic (analogous to the regular booking topics) in the comments field.
We would like to point out that these are standard guided tours and not offers specially tailored to the target group of young people / schools. (The Museumspädagogisches Zentrum Bayern offers guided tours and workshops for children and school groups).
