Museum für Abgüsse klassischer Bildwerke

The Museum für Abgüsse klassischer Bildwerke—often shortened to the “Cast Museum”—grew out of a single practical idea: to make classical sculpture available for study through plaster and resin copies. It traces its origins to 1869, when the collection began as casts of classical statues for educational use. Today it sits in the Münchner Haus der Kulturinstitute on Katharina-von-Bora-Straße, in the cultural hub near Königsplatz. The museum is closely connected with the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung (“State Collection of Prints and Drawings”), linking the cast tradition to Munich’s wider commitment to teaching and collecting works on paper and in sculpture. …

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