One of the great traditional picture galleries of Germany.

Here visitors may admire the most important collection of old Cologne paintings worldwide, art of the Baroque period including major works by Rubens and Rembrandt and, in the 19th century section, paintings from the Romantic period, Realism and Symbolism.

Opening hours:
Tue 10 am - 8 pm
Wed - Fri 10 am - 6 pm
Sat and Sun 11 am - 6 pm

Admission:
Adults 5,80 € / reduced rate 3,30 €
extra charge for special exhibitions

Contact:
Tel.: 0049 221 221 2 23 72

Address:
Martinstrasse 39
50667 Köln

The Dresden Zwinger was originally built as an orangery but soon afterwards became the scene of courtly festivities.

Today the Zwinger is home to the famous “Old Masters” art gallery and to the largest porcelain collection in the world. 

The Old Masters Picture Gallery is founded on its outstanding collection of high-ranking Italian, German, Flemish, Dutch and French masterpieces. 

Opening hours:
Daily except Mon: 10 am – 6 pm

Admission:
Adults: 6 €, reduced rate: 3,50 €, family ticket: 10 €

Contact:
Tel: 0049 351 4 91 46 19

Address:
Semperbau am Zwinger
Theaterplatz 1
01067 Dresden

Exhibitions of contemporary and classical art, showing associations and relationships between the periods and styles, between recent European culture and those of ancient times and foreign countries.

Opening hours:
Daily from 11 am to 7 pm

Admission:
Adults: € 5
Reduced rate: € 3
Children under 10: free

Contact:
Tel: 0049 40 36099636

Address:
Rathausmarkt 2
20095 Hamburg

Since June 2000 this famous collection of paintings has been on view again in the splendidly renovated Schloss Wilhelmshöhe.

Highlights are the paintings by Rembrandt, Frank Hals, Rubens and Jacob Jordaens

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Sunday 10 am – 5 pm
Closed: Mondays, 1 May, 24, 25, 31 December

Admission:
Adults 3,50 €, reduced 2,50 €
Family ticket 8 €

Contact:
Email: info@museum-kassel.de
Tel: 0049 561 316800

Address:
Schloss und Schlosspark Wilhelmshöhe
34131 Kassel

Outstanding works of European art and sculpture from the late 18th to the beginning of the 20th century are in the spotlight of the Neue Pinakothek.

One focus is on the German art of the 19th century - this collection goes back to the private collection of King Ludwig I.

There is also a wonderful collection of French impressionists: artists such as Monet, Manet, Degas, Pissaro and Renoir are represented with principal works.

Opening hours:
Thu-Mon: 10 am – 5 pm
Wed: 10 am – 8 pm Closed: Tue, 1.5, 24.12, 25.12, 31.12

Admission:
Adults: 5 €
Concessions: 3,50 €
Sundays: 1 € (audio guide extra on Sundays)

Contact:
Tel: 0049 89 2380 5195

Address:
Barer Strasse 29
80799 München

The Alte Pinakothek is one of the oldest and most important galleries in the world.

More than 800 masterpieces by European artists bring to life the development of art from the Middle Ages to the end of the Rococo period.

Venetian art is represented by its master painter Titian, as is Dutch baroque art by Frans Hals. Rubens occupies (with one of the largest collections of his works in the world) the center of the museum.

A further highlight is the Old German art by Altdorfer and Dürer. Both Dürer's epochal self-portrait from 1500 as well as his "Four Apostles" can be admired in the Alte Pinakothek.

Opening hours:
Daily except Mon: 10 am – 5 pm
Tue: 10 am – 8 pm
Closed: Monday, Carnival Tuesday, 1.5, 24.12, 25.12, 31.12

Admission:
Adults: 5 €
Concessions: 3,50 €
Sundays: 1 € (audio guide extra on Sundays)

Contact:
Tel: 0049 89 2380 5216

Address:
Barer Strasse 27
80799 München

Paintings from Munich: “Blue Rider“ art movement (Der Blaue Reiter).

The gallery owns an unrivalled panorama of this color-spraying art method. Kandinsky, the co-founder of the artists' circle, is represented with more than 90 oil paintings alone.

The Lenbachhaus, built in the 19th century as a Tuscany villa in Renaissance style for the Munich artist Franz von Lenbach, also shows paintings of the 18th and 19th century of the Munich school, representatives of Art Nouveau and the New Functionalism.

Opening hours:
Daily except Mon: 10 am – 6 pm

Admission:
Adults: 6 €
Concessions: 3 €

Contact:
Tel: 0049 89 23 33 20 00 

Address:
Luisenstrasse 33
80333 München