Experts' Choice Award Alte Pinakothek
What the experts agree on
Munich's premier Old Masters collection spans nearly 800 paintings from the 14th-18th centuries across two floors, featuring masterpieces from across Europe in an impressive redbrick building in the Kunstareal arts quarter.
Fodor's "With numerous Old Master paintings from the Netherlands, Italy, France, and Germany, the long redbrick Alte Pinakothek holds one of the most significant art collections in the world." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Munich's main repository of Old European Masters is crammed with all the major players that decorated canvases between the 14th and 18th centuries." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Situated in the Kunstareal (art quarter), the Alte Pinakothek museum is home to one of the world’s finest collections of Old Master paintings, dating from the 14th century to the 18th." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Masterpieces of European painting from the 14 -18C are spread over two floors and presented in various rooms and cabinets." Full review
Frommer's "Pinakothek means “painting gallery,” and the nearly 800 paintings on display in this enormous building represent the greatest European artists of the 14th through 18th centuries" Full review
Rough Guide "While away a few hours in Alte Pinakothek, which houses major European neoclassical artworks"
Condé Nast Traveler "Alte means 'old,' and the implications are twofold; this is one of the oldest galleries in Germany, having opened in 1836 and housing art from the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries, and..."
The Guardian "In the Alte Pinakothek you’ll find great works, such as Albrecht Dürer’s Self-Portrait from 1500"
Lonely Planet "Munich is rammed with history and culture – from Old Master paintings at the Alte Pinakothek to blingy treasures at the Residenz palace"
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