Discover the magnificent royal residence and its gardens and courtyards: the Munich Residence

Highlights

Munich City Pass: Your ticket for the Residenzmuseum is already included in your City Pass.
Munich Card: For this attraction you get a discount of €1 with the Munich Card.
The regular price for an admission ticket (adult) is €9.

One of the most important palace museums in Europe
Discover the main residence and seat of government of the Wittelsbach dynasty – dukes, electors, kings
Interior design from different eras: Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Classicism and Historicism

Explore the residence of the kings – hundreds of years of building history and the development of a noble family

What awaits you on site

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The function of the residence as the main residence and seat of government of the rulers, which was retained for centuries, can still be seen in the architecture and furnishings today: From the 16th to the 19th century, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Classicist and Historicist works of interior art were created here, each at the highest artistic and material level. To this day, you can still recognise the self-image of its builders, the rulers from the House of Wittelsbach, who initially ruled Bavaria as dukes, from the 17th century as electors and from 1806 to 1918 as kings. There is a lot to see, but the special highlights of a tour of the palace are the Grottenhof and the Renaissance Antiquarium, the Baroque Imperial Hall, the magnificent Rococo Rich Rooms and the neoclassical flat of King Ludwig I. Around 1,500 exhibits, including the regalia of the Bavarian kings, await you in the palace treasury.

About the grown residence and its courtyards

The 10 inner courtyards are a characteristic feature of the residence. Most of them were created by the ongoing structural expansion and the connection of the new and older wings. The Fountain Courtyard and Imperial Courtyard were particularly important as distribution, reception and access zones to the residence as well as venues for courtly festivities and ceremonies.

How to get there

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Address:
Residenzmuseum, Residenzstraße 1, 80333 Munich

Good to know

Opening hours
23 March - 20 October: daily 9 am am - 6.00 pm (last admission 5.00 pm)
21 October - 22 March: daily 10.00 am - 5.00 pm (last admission 4.00 pm)
Closed: 1 January, Shrove Tuesday, 24, 25 and 31 December

On presentation of your Munich City Pass, you will receive the ‘Gesamtkarte’ at the Residenzmuseum ticket office: an admission ticket for the museum, the Cuvilliés Theatre and the Treasury.

Your ticket for the Residenzmuseum is already included in your City Pass. For this attraction you get a discount of €1 with the Munich Card.