Bavarian National Museum
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The Bavarian National Museum in Munich is one of the most important cultural history museums in Europe. The building, erected in the style of historianism, is one of the most original and significant museum buildings of its time. It replaced an older building which houses today the State Museum of Ethnology. The museum was founded by king Maximilian II of Bavaria in 1855.
The museum houses a large collection of European artefacts from the Middle Ages until early 20th century. A new building behind the museum houses the State Archeological Collections from the first settlement in the Paleolithic Ages through the Roman period right up to the early Middle Ages.
The Bavarian National museum exhibits especially ivory reliefs, goldsmith works, textiles, glass painting, tapestries, shrines and sculptures. Among the artists are Erasmus Grasser, Tilman Riemenschneider, Hans Leinberger, Adam Krafft, Giovanni Bologna, Hubert Gerhard , Adriaen de Vries, Johann Baptist Straub, Ferdinand Tietz, Ignaz Günther, Matthias Steinl, and Ludwig Schwanthaler.
The museum is also famous for its collections of courtly culture, musical instruments, furnitures, cribs, oil paintings, clocks, porcelain and faience.
