Art museum in Dachau's old town devoted to the Dachau artists' colony: around 200 landscape paintings from the 19th into the 20th century.
September 16, 2026 – February 14, 2027
The exhibition introduces the artists' group Scholle, founded in Munich in 1899 around Leo Putz, Max Feldbauer, Fritz Erler, and Adolf Münzer, and shows the role Munich, Dachau, and Holzhausen am Ammersee played in their vividly colored painting.
October 23, 2026 – April 4, 2027
Around 25 members of the Neue Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft and the Künstlervereinigung Dachau enter into a dialogue with paintings and sculptures from the permanent collection through their own works.
The gallery's roots go back to the heyday of the Dachau artists' colony. In 1903, the painter Hans von Hayek and other Dachau citizens founded a museum association that collected works by the many artists working in the town and in the Dachauer Moos, the surrounding moorland. In 1908, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria opened the first picture gallery in two rooms of Dachau Palace, where it remained until 1958.
After a long period without permanent exhibition space, the museum association inventoried and expanded its holdings from the 1970s onward. In 1985, the Gemäldegalerie moved into its current building in the old town, opposite the town hall. Since 1988 it has been run by the Zweckverband Dachauer Galerien und Museen, a joint association that also operates the Bezirksmuseum (district museum). A 2005 renovation added a modern special exhibition area on the upper floor and a roof terrace.
The permanent collection comprises around 200 paintings and a few sculptures. It shows how landscape painting in and around Dachau developed from the mid-19th century into the 20th century – from early plein-air painters such as Eduard Schleich and Carl Spitzweg, through the Neu-Dachau group around Adolf Hölzel and Ludwig Dill, to visiting artists such as Max Liebermann and Lovis Corinth. Changing special exhibitions explore individual artists, groups, and themes of the colony in depth.
| Adults | €7 |
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| Reduced | €5Children and young people aged 6 to 18, apprentices, university students, people with disabilities and their companions, Federal Volunteer Service participants |
| Children & teens | €5free up to age 5 · Children under 6 free, ages 6 to 18 reduced |
| Seniors | –No senior discount listed |
| Visitors with disabilities | €5Reduced admission also for companions |
| Students & apprentices | €5 |
| Groups (10+ people) | €4 per person€4–6 per person depending on the exhibition; school classes €1 per student |
| Families | €92 adults with up to 3 children; €12 during special exhibitions |
| Combined ticket Gemäldegalerie and Bezirksmuseum | €10Reduced €8; valid for 12 months |
| Family combined ticket Gemäldegalerie and Bezirksmuseum | €12€15 during special exhibitions |
| Annual pass for Dachau galleries and museums | €22Plus €1.50 processing fee |
During changeover periods between special exhibitions, the reduced price applies to everyone. Free admission for, among others, ICOM members, art historians, members of professional associations of visual artists, tour guides, and holders of the Bavarian volunteer card (Bayerische Ehrenamtskarte). Cash only.
Elevator to all exhibition levels, automatic entrance door, doors at least 90 cm wide, accessible parking space directly in front of the building. Portable stools available on request. Audio descriptions of selected works; no Braille, no induction loop. “Reisen für Alle” certificate (accessibility verified, valid until February 2028).
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 5 |
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| Family ticket | €9 · 2 adults with up to 3 children; €12 during special exhibitions |
Family programs such as "Mit Oma und Opa ins Museum" (To the Museum with Grandma and Grandpa), holiday programs, and children's birthday parties. Strollers are allowed in the exhibition rooms (elevator) as long as it is not too crowded; quiet seating for breastfeeding available on request. Playground in the court garden of Dachau Palace, about a 5-minute walk.
S2 to Dachau Bahnhof, then bus 719 to the old town (Mon–Fri and Sat until 14:00 every 10 min.; on Sundays lines 720 and 722); about a 15-minute walk from the station.
Parking available
In the old town, parking disc required (max. 90 min.) on weekdays 9:00–18:00 and Saturdays 8:00–12:00; several parking lots and garages nearby.
By car via the A8 (exit Dachau-Fürstenfeldbruck), A9/A92, or A99 (exit München-Ludwigsfeld); by bike via the Ammer-Amper cycle path.
Get directionsLarge bags and backpacks must be left in lockers. No café of its own; dining options in the old town.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Photography | Photography and filming for private purposes allowed without flash or tripod. |
| Good to know | Public guided tours of the exhibitions according to the events calendar (for the exhibition “Kunst braucht Luft!” from October 4, 2026, Sundays at 14:00). Family and school programs. Only assistance dogs allowed. |
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