Paläontologisches Museum
The Paläontologisches Museum München brings deep time to Munich through a collection tied to the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology, the BSPG—an arm of the Bavarian Natural History Collections under Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). Its fossil holdings span animals and plants from eras that include Mesozoic reptiles, early elephants, and saber-toothed cats. A standout is the “Munich Specimen” of *Archaeopteryx*, discovered in 1992. What makes this stop especially distinctive is the building itself: it was designed by Leonhard Romeis and dates to 1899–1902, built in an eclectic style as the former urban college of arts and crafts—locally known as the Kunstgewerbeschule. …
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