Gallery of Romantic and Idealist German painting of the 19th century, with works by Böcklin, Feuerbach, Schwind, Spitzweg and Lenbach.
October 20, 2021 – December 31, 2026
While the Neue Pinakothek is being renovated, its major works by Spitzweg, Schwind, Rottmann, Böcklin and Feuerbach meet paintings by the same artists from Schack’s collection.
Adolf Friedrich von Schack, a lawyer, diplomat and man of letters from Mecklenburg, came to Munich in 1856 at the invitation of King Maximilian II. There he began acquiring paintings by contemporary German artists – deliberately favoring young painters or those with little success on the market. He became the most important early patron of Arnold Böcklin and Anselm Feuerbach, bought numerous works by Moritz von Schwind and commissioned young painters such as Franz von Lenbach and Hans von Marées to make copies after Titian, Velázquez and other Old Masters in Italy.
From the mid-1860s, the collection was open to the public in his palace on Brienner Straße. Schack bequeathed it to the German emperor; after his death in Rome in 1894 it passed to Wilhelm II, who kept it in Munich and in 1909 had a dedicated gallery building erected on Prinzregentenstraße, right next to what was then the Prussian legation. The building was executed by Max Littmann based on initial designs by Adolf von Hildebrand.
Since 1939 the gallery has belonged to the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections). In 1950 it was the first Munich museum to reopen after the war. A 1978 plan to close the building and integrate the paintings into the Neue Pinakothek failed in the face of public protest. For the building’s centenary in 2009, the galleries were renovated and a copy gallery was set up.
The roughly 150 paintings on display across three floors include history paintings and Mediterranean landscapes that reflect Schack’s idealist understanding of art. While the Neue Pinakothek is being renovated, major 19th-century works from its holdings complement the collection here.
| Adults | €4 |
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| Reduced | €3People over 65, university students and Goethe-Institut course participants, people with severe disabilities, groups of 15 or more, volunteer-service participants and others according to the fee regulations |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Children and young people under 18 free; also all school students over 18 (except evening schools/colleges and language schools). |
| Seniors | €3Reduced admission for people over 65. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €3companion free · Reduced for people with severe disabilities; the registered companion is admitted free. |
| Students & apprentices | €3Reduced with a valid student ID; students of art, art history, art studies and art education are free. |
| Groups (15+ people) | €3 per personReduced for groups of 15 or more if one person pays for the whole group. Booked guided tours with max. 25 participants, at least 14 days’ notice. |
| Families | –No family ticket; children and young people under 18 get free admission. |
| Sunday admission | €1 |
| Combined ticket (Alte Pinakothek, Pinakothek der Moderne, Museum Brandhorst, Sammlung Schack on one day) | €12Only at the museum ticket desk; not valid for paid special exhibitions. |
| Annual pass (all museums of the Staatsgemäldesammlungen, including special exhibitions) | €90Reduced €60. |
€1 on Sundays.
Not accessible according to the museum: the entrance is up a flight of stairs, and there is no elevator to the three exhibition levels. An elevator and accessible service rooms are planned, but due to a lack of funding it is currently unclear when they will be built. Lightweight folding chairs are available in all museums of the Staatsgemäldesammlungen.
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 17 |
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The building is not accessible: the entrance is up stairs, and the exhibition spans three floors with no elevator. According to their program calendar, the Pinakotheken generally offer programs for children and families.
Reitmorstraße/Sammlung Schack
Tram 16 to “Nationalmuseum/Haus der Kunst”; tram 37 and bus 54 and 68 to “Friedensengel/Villa Stuck”; U4/U5 to “Lehel”; bus 100 (museum line) to “Reitmorstraße/Sammlung Schack”.
No on-site parking at the museum.
No parking in the immediate vicinity of the museums; arriving by public transport is recommended.
No museum café (cafés only at the Alte Pinakothek, Pinakothek der Moderne and Museum Brandhorst). Open coat check on the ground floor (€1 per person); bags larger than 30 × 20 × 10 cm must be checked.
As far as we know, the museum does not rent out spaces for external events.
According to the FAQ of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, the museum spaces are not available for rental.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | no |
| School programs | yes |
| Photography | Photography for private purposes without tripod or flash is permitted; editorial and commercial photography on request |
| Good to know | No audio guide at present. Exclusive guided tours via the Staatsgemäldesammlungen booking form with at least 14 days’ notice. |
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