Haus der Kunst
In Haus der Kunst once stood Munich’s House of Art—an art museum for modern and contemporary work—built between 1933 and 1937 on the order of Adolf Hitler. The monumental neo-classical design is by Paul Troost, and it was the first major architectural project commissioned by the Nazis. Its founding stone was laid in October 1933 by Hitler himself, and the building was staged for an opening that treated art as spectacle: the Day of German Art took place on 18 July 1937, with a parade of 6,000 participants and floats designed to embody Nazi artistic values. After World War II, the building was used by US Army occupation forces as an officers’ mess, while interior spaces were later partitioned for temporary exhibitions and shows featuring works from Munich galleries damaged in the war. …
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