Residence Museum and Treasury

The Residenzmuseum und Schatzkammer turns the rooms of the Munich Residenz into public history—an idea that took shape long before the museum opened. Under Ludwig I (reigned 1825–1848), interested visitors could already tour parts of the “Königsbau” by prior arrangement when the royal couple wasn’t in residence, so ordinary subjects could see the king’s concept of life at court. That access widened under Prinzregent Luitpold (reigned 1886–1912), when unused sections of the Residenz and the Alte Schatzkammer could be visited, and a first guide for Munich’s Residenz appeared in 1897. After the Revolution of 1918 and the end of the Bavarian monarchy, the former royal holdings passed to the Free State of Bavaria—then the Residenz was opened to the public “step by step” from 1920. …

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