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Lange Nacht der Münchner Museen
18.10.2026

More than 100 galleries, museums, and special venues are opening their doors

GEORG BASELITZ (1938–2026) – WERKE DER BAYERISCHEN STAATSGEMÄLDESAMMLUNGEN
03.07.2026 - 08.11.2026

An exhibition in memory of the artist, featuring 31 works — from early pieces from the 1960s through the “Remix” series to his late works

Summer of Purpose 2026
16.07.2026, 12:00 - 18:00 Uhr

Conference at the Pinakothek der Moderne

Nachtmusik der Moderne
04.07.2026 - 05.07.2026

Concert by Nina Šenk at the Pinakothek der Moderne

Together against sexism
09.06.2026 - 17.06.2026

Exhibition at the Pinakothek der Moderne

Open4Making: MASH UP – Collage meets print
13.06.2026, 14:00 - 17:00 Uhr

Workshop with the artist Lina Zylla at the Pinakothek der Moderne

Arnold Böcklin – Nature and Myth
20.05.2026, 18:00 - 19:00 Uhr

An evening tour at the Sammlung Schack with Dr. Alina Langer

Offene Factory: Siebdruckwerkstatt
24.05.2026, 13:00 - 16:00 Uhr

Workshop with the artist Matt Wiegele at the Museum Brandhorst

Offene Factory | Soft Minimal – Textile Malerei zwischen Bild und Objekt
03.05.2026, 13:00 - 16:00 Uhr

Workshop with the artist Diana Galli at Museum Brandhorst

Kühne Bildgründe. Die Dürer-Schleifen und Venedig-Fotografien von Sigmar Polke
30.04.2026, 19:00 - 20:30 Uhr

Lecture by Dietmar Rübel, followed by a panel with Anna Polke, Anna-Polke-Stiftung, Dietmar Rübel and Michael Trier, restorer, at the Pinakothek der Moderne

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Außenansicht
Europäischer Tag der Restaurierung – Tag der offenen Tür
18.10.2026, 11:00 - 17:00 Uhr

At the the restoration studios of the Bavarian National Museum, the State Archaeological Collection, and the Technical University of Munich will open their doors on Oettingenstraße

Lange Nacht der Münchner Museen
18.10.2026

More than 100 galleries, museums, and special venues are opening their doors

Liminal Spaces – Hinterglasmalerei von Fride Wirtl-Walser
24.09.2026 - 17.01.2027

Studio Exhibition at the Bavarian National Museum Featuring 38 Reverse Glass Paintings by Fride Wirtl-Walser

How Do Instruments Sound? — A Royal Presentation of Contemporary Instruments
18.10.2026, 11:00 - 12:00 Uhr

German Guided Tour by Gunther Jopping at the Bavarian National Museum

Hospitals in the Munich city models
14.06.2026, 11:00 - 12:00 Uhr

Guided tour with Dr. Sybe Wartena and Dr. Frieder Leipold at the Bayerishen Nationalmuseum

Wedding, hunting and porcelain
07.06.2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Uhr

Guided tour with Dr. Susanne Franke at the Schloss Lustheim

Klassik im Museum
23.05.2026, 15:30 - 17:00 Uhr

A concert at the Bavarian Nationamuseum

Münchner Geigentage
02.05.2026 - 17.05.2026

The Munich Violin Days 2026 at the Bavarian National Museum

Ephemeris. Dolomites / Wadden Sea
26.03.2026, 17:30 - 18:30 Uhr

Guided tour with the artist Georg Tappeiner through the exhibition in the Bavarian National Museum

Dolomites | Wadden Sea – Photographs by Georg Tappeiner
26.03.2026 - 24.04.2026

Special exhibition at the Bavarian National Museum

Lange Nacht der Münchner Museen
18.10.2026

More than 100 galleries, museums, and special venues are opening their doors

Ägyptische Unternehmerinnen und Geschäftsfrauenin der Dachla Oase der spätrömischen Kaiserzeit
09.07.2026, 19:00 - 20:30 Uhr

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Gesa Schenke as part of the Collegium Aegyptium lecture series

Deir el-Medina in griechisch-römischer Zeit: Laufende Arbeiten und jüngste Fortschritte
11.06.2026, 19:00 - 20:30 Uhr

Lecture by Dr. Sandrine Vuilleumier as part of the Collegium Aegyptium lecture series

Archäologie kultureller Vielfalt.Neue Forschungen zur spätzeitlichen Urbanistik von Buto
21.05.2026, 19:00 - 20:30 Uhr

Lecture by Dr. des. Klara Dietze as part of the Collegium Aegyptium lecture series

Neues zur Chronologie der 4. Dynastie
07.05.2026, 19:00 - 20:30 Uhr

Lecture by Dr. Johannes Jüngling as part of the Collegium Aegyptium lecture series

The paintings from the palace of Amenophis III of Malqata in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo: conservation and reinstallation
18.12.2025, 19:00 - 20:30 Uhr

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Martina Ullmann at the Institute of Egyptology and Coptology at LMU

Lange Nacht der Münchner Museen
18.10.2026

More than 100 galleries, museums, and special venues are opening their doors

Ende und Anfang im Sonnentempel von Heliopolis
22.06.2026, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Dietrich Raue as part of the Archaeological Colloquium Summer Semester 2026

Triumphbögen Italiens in Afrika. Antikenrezeption und Modernismusim kolonialen Kontext
16.07.2026, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

18th Herbert Lutz Gedächtnis Vorlesung by Prof. Dr. Francesco de Angelis at the Ägyptischen Museum

Locus Ludi. The Cultural Fabric of Play and Games in Classical Antiquity
18.05.2026, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Véronique Dasen as part of the Archaeological Colloquium Summer Semester 2026

Sculptures from Roman Sikyon: An example of the continued existence of an important artistic center of classical Greece in the Roman era
19.01.2026, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

Lecture by Dr. Natalia Kazakidi (Athens) as part of the Archaeological Colloquium

Between planning and practice. Current research on the genesis of the urban space of Milet.
26.01.2026, 18:15 - 19:45 Uhr

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Christof Berns as part of the Archaeological Colloquium

Reflections on form, surface and polychromy in Greek mablesculpture
12.01.2026, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

Lecture by Dr. Jan Stubbe Østergaard (Copenhagen) as part of the Archaeological Colloquium

New research at the Gymnasium of Agrigento: From a unique ancient lecture hall and a new roof for the apodyterium
15.12.2025, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Monika Trümper (Berlin) as part of the Archaeological Colloquium

From archaeological evidence to ancient actors – reflections on depositions in an extra-urban sanctuary of the polis Akragas
01.12.2025, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

Lecture by Prof. Natascha Sojc (Augsburg) as part of the Archaeological Colloquium

“L’immortalità dell’idea di Roma”. Archaeology and the staging of antiquity in fascist Rome
08.12.2025, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

Lecture by Prof. Ursula Quatember (Berlin) as part of the Archaeological Colloquium

Lange Nacht der Münchner Museen
18.10.2026

More than 100 galleries, museums, and special venues are opening their doors

Führung durch die Ausstellung “Ikebana” – Japanische Blumenkunst
16.10.2026, 16:00 - 17:00 Uhr

Guided Tour of the “Ikebana” Special Exhibition at the Museum Fünf Kontinente

Der Jäger und das Eichhörnchen. Körper, Gefühl und Ökologie im Zeitalter vor dem Anthropozän
08.10.2026, 18:00 - 19:00 Uhr

Lucian Scherman Lecture with Prof. Dr. Monica Juneja

Digital Restitution of Cultural Heritage. Perspectives from the Philippines and Germany
19.05.2026, 18:00 - 19:30 Uhr

Panel discussion with Prof. Dr. Mona Hess, Prof. Dr. Meike Hopp, Dr. Maria Cristina Martinez-Juan and Prof. Dr. Analyn Salvador-Amores at the Museum Fünf Kontinente

Krishna – religion, art and pop culture
24.04.2026 - 08.11.2026

Special exhibition at the Museum Fünf Kontinente

And where are you really from? Provenances, histories and perspectives on objects in the permanent exhibition Southwest Asia and North Africa
22.03.2026, 11:00 - 13:00 Uhr

Workshop with curator Dr. Anahita Mittertrainer at the Museum Fünf Kontinente as part of the International Weeks against Racism

Curator’s tour of the permanent exhibition Sub-Saharan Africa
15.02.2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Uhr

Tour with Dr. Stefan Eisenhofer through the permanent exhibition Sub-Saharan Africa

Kuratorinnenführung durch die Dauerausstellung Südwestasien und Nordafrika im Museum Fünf Kontinente
01.03.2026, 14:00 - 15:00 Uhr

Tour with Dr. Anahita Mittertrainer through the permanent exhibition Southwest Asia and North Africa

A collection of Anatolian carpets
11.01.2026, 16:00 - 18:00 Uhr

Lecture by Dr. Michael Buddeberg at the Museum Fünf Kontinente as part of the Carpet Diem event series

Online conversation with a contemporary witness of the atomic bomb

With Teruko Yahata (contemporary witness) and Yōko Itami (interpreter) at the Museum Fünf Kontinente

Ausstellung // „Mein Eigen, mein Schatz“ – Kunst in illustrierten Sammlungskatalogen seit 1500
11.11.2026 - 12.03.2026

The exhibition shows how illustrated collection catalogs shaped the dissemination and evaluation of art, as well as the writing of art history

Lange Nacht der Münchner Museen
18.10.2026

More than 100 galleries, museums, and special venues are opening their doors

Workshop – Katharina Rotté: Markt und Ästhetik des präfabrizierten Bau-Ornaments im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert
14.10.2026, 12:00 - 13:00 Uhr

Fellows and staff members of the ZI, as well as visiting scholars, report on their current research

Workshop – Youri Hammache-Sigour: Esprit du Panaf : circulations culturelles, diplomatie et engagement
13.10.2026, 12:00 - 13:00 Uhr

Fellows and staff members of the ZI, as well as visiting scholars, report on their current research

“Chosen Rock”: Landscape as a Medium for Establishing Perspective
07.10.2026, 12:00 - 13:00 Uhr

Workshop with Mats Werchohlad at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte

Sehen, Vermessen, Beherrschen: Landschaftsfotografien im Kontext US-amerikanischer Expansionsansprüche
14.10.2026, 18:15 - 19:30 Uhr

Lecture by Sophie Junge at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte

How to Research Nazi-Looted Art | Session I | Sources from the Nazi Era (1933–1945)
15.10.2026, 16:00 - 18:00 Uhr

Introductory Seminar for the JDCRP (Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project) Seminar Series, in cooperation with the ZI, the German Center for Lost Cultural Property, and the University of Cologne

How to Research Nazi-Looted Art | Session II | Sources from the Postwar Period (after 1945)
22.10.2026, 16:00 - 18:00 Uhr

The second session of the JDCRP (Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project) Seminar Series, in cooperation with the ZI, the German Center for Lost Cultural Property, and the University of Cologne

How to Research Nazi-Looted Art | Session III | Other Important Digital Sources (art dealer archives, key databases, etc.)
29.10.2026, 16:00 - 18:00 Uhr

The final session of the JDCRP (Jewish Digital Cultural Recovery Project) Seminar Series, in cooperation with the ZI, the German Center for Lost Cultural Property, and the University of Cologne