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Deutsches Theatermuseum
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Deutsches Theatermuseum

📍 Galeriestraße 4a, München, 80539🏗 1910-06-24

The Deutsches Theatermuseum is anchored in Munich’s theatrical memory, but its most striking feature is how it works without a permanent exhibition: it stages changing shows that draw on stage sets, construction plans, props, costumes, masks, and audiovisual documents. You’ll find the museum’s headquarters in the Churfürstlichen Gallerie, the Electoral Gallery, built between 1780 and 1781 by Carl Albert von Lespilliez and set in the courtly setting of the Hofgarten. The institution itself was founded in the House of the Royal Bavarian Court actress Clara Zeiger on 24 June 1910. In 1932, the Odyssee halls of the Munich Residenz were used as an exhibition space, linking the museum’s story to the city’s royal cultural life. Since September 1979, the Clara-Ziegler Foundation established it as a state museum. …

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