Alte Pinakothek
The Alte Pinakothek—“Old Pinakothek”—is one of the oldest art museums in the world, and it defines Munich’s Kunstareal as a place built for collecting old masters. Its name refers to the time span of the collection: paintings from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. You’re in front of the Bavarian State Painting Collections’ oldest gallery, while the Neue Pinakothek turns to nineteenth-century art and Pinakothek der Moderne opened in 2002 for modern work. The building itself was ordered by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1826, with architect Leo von Klenze tasked to erect a new home for the Wittelsbach collection. Construction ran from 1826 to 1836, and the museum opened in that same year. The museum was designed with skylights to serve the cabinet galleries, and the Neo-Renaissance exterior—distinct from the castle-like museum type common in the early 1800s—became influential. …
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