The doors of Munich's art museums have been closed for some time now and Sundays are spent on the couch instead of in exhibitions. You'll have to be patient until you can visit the artworks on site again. Until then, you can familiarize yourself with the online offerings of Munich's museums and at least experience some art from home.

Bavarian State Painting Collection

The Alte, Neue and Pinakothek der Moderne as well as the Schack Collection and the Museum Brandhorst are all part of the Bavarian State Painting Collection. In the online collection, you can get an overview of the museums' works from home and look forward to your next visit. During the closure of the museums, the #Kunstminute was also launched. In this format, a total of 23 selected masterpieces from the collections will be presented. In just one minute, the museum curators will give you a very personal insight into their world, their everyday work and share their enthusiasm for art with you. And that's not all. In the Bavarian State Painting Collection's calendar of events, you will regularly find online workshops on various topics as well as online guided tours . The dates offered for the interactive, half-hour live chat format are also exciting. You have to be quick here! The workshop dates are quickly booked out - a creative evening in lockdown is popular.

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Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus

You can also view the Lenbachhaus collection online. With the help of the audio guide, which is of course actually intended to be used on site, you can also find out about selected works from home. In just a few minutes, you will receive bundled information on works by August Macke, Gabriele Münter or Franz Marc, for example. You can also find more information and interesting articles about the current exhibitions on the museum's blog . So you can prepare for your next visit!

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House of Art

Haus der Kunst also publishes articles and contributions as well as creative input on the museum's own blog. The museum's YouTube channel provides you with short, high-quality interviews and information about the exhibitions - it's worth a look! You can get even closer to the exhibitions in the digital audio tours . There you will be guided through the current exhibitions"Franz Erhard Walther" and"Michael Armitage" with short audio clips and the corresponding exhibition and work views. If you would prefer to take part in a live online tour, no problem. Haus der Kunst also offers this at regular intervals in German and English.

Of course, virtual visits cannot be compared with the real world. Nevertheless, it can be fun to click through the online offerings of Munich's museums and shorten the time until the exhibitions reopen. If you'd rather get off the couch, then you should check out the light show at the Kunstareal .

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