The German Alpine Club's museum on Munich's Praterinsel island, covering mountaineering, mountain sports and the changing Alps – with a café and alpine garden.
October 25, 2024 – November 8, 2026
The extended special exhibition shows how rising temperatures are changing the landscape, biodiversity and natural hazards in the Alps, and how tourism and mountain sports are responding.
The idea of a dedicated museum of alpine studies goes back to a decision by the Alpine Club in 1874; in 1908 Munich was chosen over Innsbruck. The city provided the former Café Isarlust, an excursion restaurant on the Praterinsel, which opened as the Alpines Museum on December 17, 1911, after conversion.
During World War II the building was badly damaged by air raids, but the collections, which had been moved to safety, largely survived. After it was rebuilt in simplified form, the club long used the building mainly as its administrative headquarters. Museum operations only returned in 1996 with a smaller exhibition.
Between 2021 and 2024 the building was extensively renovated, the entrance was moved to the city side and the exhibition space was enlarged to about 600 square meters. Since the reopening in March 2024, the permanent exhibition “Darum Berge” has explored in five chapters what has drawn people to the mountains for more than 150 years; it is complemented by special exhibitions that change annually.
The building also houses the library of the German Alpine Club, one of the most extensive specialist alpine libraries in the world, and the joint Historical Alpine Archive of the Alpine clubs of Germany, Austria and South Tyrol. A small alpine plant garden surrounds the building.
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €3DAV members, seniors, people with disabilities (degree of disability 50 or more), school students, university students and apprentices |
| Children & teens | –Children are included in the family ticket. |
| Seniors | €3Reduced admission |
| Visitors with disabilities | €3companion free · Reduced for a degree of disability of 50 or more |
| Students & apprentices | €3School students, university students, apprentices |
| Groups (10+ people) | €3 per personPer person for groups of 10 or more; register through the museum education department |
| Families | €10Up to 2 adults with their own children and grandchildren |
| Public guided tour including admission | €12Reduced €9 |
| Family tour including admission | €15 |
A registered companion of a person with a disability is admitted free.
All exhibition areas are accessible, with a central elevator to all floors; accessible restroom in the basement; one accessible parking space on the north side of the grounds. Tactile site plan, touch objects and Braille labels, audio tour for blind and visually impaired visitors via QR code. Folding stools and mobile induction loops available to borrow; tours in German Sign Language.
Great for kids & families
| Family ticket | €10 · Up to 2 adults with their own children and grandchildren |
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Public family tours (family price including admission), a daily garden rally for children aged 6 and over in the museum garden, readings for children in the library, and adventure tours for children's and youth groups.
Mariannenplatz · 3-min walk
Tram 16 to Mariannenplatz (approx. 3 min.), tram 17 to Deutsches Museum (approx. 5 min.), tram 19/21 to Maxmonument (approx. 8 min.), S-Bahn to Isartor (approx. 10 min.), U4/U5 to Lehel (approx. 13-min. walk)
One accessible parking space on the north side of the grounds (access via the street Praterinsel), upon presentation of the blue parking permit at the museum counter and subject to availability. The museum does not list any other parking.
Café Isarlust with indoor seating, terrace and garden under old chestnut trees (cakes, quiches). Museum shop with mountain literature, hiking maps and gifts. Dogs allowed only on a leash in the garden, not in the building.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes |
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Public guided tours usually on Sundays at 15:00 according to the program. Groups of 10 or more and school classes register via museumspaedagogik@alpenverein.de. The library and archive are also in the building. |
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