Alte Pinakothek — iMarkus Würfel (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Ready-made walk · Munich

Maxvorstadt: Masterpieces, Resistance and Beer Gardens

5 stops · ~4 hr · 4.6 km

Art & Museums

Begin at the White Rose memorial in the university’s main building, remembering the students who resisted the Nazi regime, then visit the Alte Pinakothek and the Glyptothek, King Ludwig I’s museum of ancient sculpture. Finish the afternoon in two of the district’s historic beer halls and gardens, the Löwenbräukeller and the Augustiner-Keller.

The stops, in walking order

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Stop 1: Alte Pinakothek
~1 hr here
The Alte Pinakothek is a major art museum, and its long brick building was designed by Leo von Klenze for paintings spanning the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.
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Stop 2: DenkStätte Weiße Rose
~1 hr here
DenkStätte Weiße Rose is an exhibition room and a memorial site for the Munich resistance group Weiße Rose, housed in the main building of Ludwig Maximilian University.
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Stop 3: Glyptothek
~1 hr here
The Glyptothek is Munich’s museum for ancient Greek and Roman sculpture, created for King Ludwig I’s collection.
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Stop 4: Löwenbräukeller
~3 min here
Löwenbräukeller is a beer hall and event venue, occupying a building that opened in 1883.
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Stop 5: Augustiner-Keller
~3 min here
Augustiner-Keller is a long-established restaurant and beer garden in Munich’s Maxvorstadt district, serving beer from Augustiner-Bräu, Munich’s oldest brewery.