Discover the cultures of the world at the Museum Five Continents

Highlights

Munich City Pass: Your ticket for the Museum Five Continents is already included in your City Pass.
Munich Card: You receive a discount of €1 for this attraction with the Munich Card. The regular price for an admission ticket (adult) is €5.00.

Discover the cultures of the world and explore their lives and everyday life
Experience contemporary art from different parts of the world
Deepen your knowledge and understanding in the exciting temporary exhibitions
Immerse yourself in faraway places such as the Cook Islands or the Marshall Islands

Fascination of the world: discover the cultures of the world in this unique museum

What awaits you on site

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The collections preserved in the Museum Five Continents mainly show objects from everyday life, ritual artefacts and works of art from a wide variety of times and cultures. They are impressive witnesses to the cultural wealth of mankind. The museum shows how people and cultures have changed their lives, their world view and their possibilities over the course of time.

Within Munich’s diverse museum landscape, the museum offers unique access to human communities around the world. Here you can experience the similarities and differences between cultures from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Oceania and Europe.

From the rich collection of over 160,000 artefacts, new temporary exhibitions on different themes and focal points are constantly being organised. The permanent exhibitions focus on Myanmar, North America, Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southwest Asia and North America as well as Central and South America. There is a lot to discover here!

How to get there

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Address:
Museum Fünf Kontinente, Maximilianstraße 42, 80538 Munich

Good to know

Opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday 9.30 am – 5.30 pm
Closed: Shrove Tuesday, Good Friday, 1st May, Corpus Christi, All Saints’ Day, Christmas Eve, 1st Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve

Admission is €1 on Sundays.
The discount does not apply to all special exhibitions

Your ticket for the Museum Fünf Kontinente is already included in your City Pass. You receive a discount of €1 for this attraction with the Munich Card.