Visitor Info

On public holidays, the Pinakothek museums, Museum Brandhorst and the Schack Collection are generally open at the usual opening hours that apply on that particular weekday.

All our museums are open as usual on the following public holidays:

New Year’s Day (January 1st)

Epiphany (Heilige Drei Könige, January 6th)

Easter (Good Friday to Easter Monday)

Ascension Day (Christi Himmelfahrt)

Whitsun (Whit Sunday and the following Monday)

Day of German Unity (Tag der Deutschen Einheit, October 3rd)

Boxing Day (December 26th)

All our museums are closed on the following public holidays:

Shrove Tuesday

Labor Day (Tag der Arbeit, May 1st)

Christmas Eve (December 24th)

Christmas Day (December 25th)

New Year’s Eve (December 31st)

Exceptions are stated separately, subject to change.

Please note: Visits for groups or guided tours are not possible at the moment due to the current regulations.

We kindly ask that you notify us of your group visit, even if you do not wish to book any tours. Please send an email containing the following information about your group visit to fuehrungen@museum-brandhorst.de:

• Date, time
• Number of participants
• Possible theme
• Contact information

We can only guarantee that the application will be processed if it is sent with a lead time of five working days.

When planning your group tour, please note the following binding rules:

• Please comply with the maximum group size. In the major galleries, this is 25 people; In the smaller side-rooms, 12 people. The same rule applies for school groups; we ask you to split up participants into smaller groups accordingly.
• Please be considerate of other individual visitors and groups.
• Please complete your tour 15 minutes before the museum closes.
• Please notify us of all tours and group visits in writing in a timely manner.
• At special exhibitions, certain time windows and reduced group sizes must sometimes be observed.

We ask you to advise your group of the following binding rules prior to the beginning of their tour:

• Please leave bags larger than an A4 sheet of paper, as well as umbrellas, canes, and backpacks in the cloakroom.
• Smoking, eating, and drinking are not permitted in the galleries or the entrance area.
• The folding chairs are intended for people who have difficulty standing for longer periods.
• Photographs for private purposes are permitted without the use of a flash or tripod.
• Please switch your mobile telephone off.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Contact:
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Visitor Services | Art Education
Barer Straße 29, 80799 Munich
fuehrungen@museum-brandhorst.de

Valid in three Pinakothek museums, Museum Brandhorst, Schack Collection. Does not include special exhibitions, cannot be combined with other concessions.

Day pass: 12,00 €

5-visit-pass (5 times’ admission to the museum or 1 admission for 5 persons): 29,00 €

Validity after price adjustment subject to change.

Annual pass for the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections: three Pinakothek museums, Museum Brandhorst, Schack Collection and the associated Galleries):

Regular:

90,00 €

Reduced:

60,00 €

Please bring a form of identification along with your annual pass.

The following persons are entitled to reduced admission upon presentation of proof of eligibility (ID or verification as listed below):

• Senior citizens aged 65 and over
• Students and participants in courses of the Goethe-Institut. Valid student ID from your university, college or the Goethe-Institut must be presented. If the ID does not show a date of expiry, we recommend that you acquire an International Student Identity Card (ISIC), which will display this date.
• Severely disabled (the registered companion shall be admitted free of charge)
• Tour and visitor groups with at least 15 participants. Admission must be purchased by one person (tour guide or similar) and settled.
• In exceptional cases, reduced admission is also available for visitor groups of fewer than 15 persons, whose visit is conducted by a charity. In such a case, please contact the Visitor Service with sufficient advance notice (e-mail: buchung@pinakothek.de).
• Members of the following associations: the Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker e.V., the Berufsverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler and the Vereinigung Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler in ver.di Bayern
• Persons currently in their voluntary year of service (Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr) and participants in the voluntary ecological year (Freiwilliges Ökologisches Jahr)
• Persons currently doing voluntary military service, and volunteers under the Federal Voluntary Services Act
• Local conservationists

Admission is free for school classes, preschoolers, daycare groups, youth groups from EU member states, as long as they are accompanied to the museum by a teacher or supervisor.

In addition, admission is also free for the following persons, upon presentation of proof of eligibility (ID or verification as listed below):

• Children and young people aged 18 and under
• All school pupils older than 18 (except pupils at evening secondary schools, colleges, distance-learning courses and language schools). Valid pupil ID or (for groups) a letter from the school must be presented as proof.
• Students of the subjects of art, art history, aesthetics and art education. Valid student ID from your university or college on which the subject of study is noted must be presented. If the ID does not show a date of expiry, we recommend that you acquire an International Student Identity Card (ISIC), which will display this date.
• Teachers, youth group leaders, supervisors during the museum visits of the children’s youth and school groups under your care, as well as in preparation for a museum visit. We request that you present a current letter from your school or institution at the cash desk.
• University teachers in the context of lectures with the students under your supervision in the subjects of art, art history, aesthetics and art education, as well as in preparation for a museum visit.
• Registered companions of severely disabled visitors
• Journalists with a currently valid press pass
• Tour group leaders and tour guides with professional ID (maximum one person per 25 paying participants), as well as the bus drivers of the travel companies if they participate directly in the museum visit.
• Members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM)
• Holders of the Bayerische Ehrenamtskarte
• Members of the associations for promoting the museums and collections of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, and the association “Freunde des MPZ e.V.”, as well as members and staff of the Museumspädagogische Zentrum (MPZ)
• Bearers of the following honors: Bayerischer Verdienstorden, Bayerische Rettungsmedaille mit Band, and the Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst
• Elected representatives and diplomats