A warm welcome to the Long Night of Munich’s Museums
October 19th will mark a very special milestone this year: for the 25th time, the Long Night of Munich Museums will be bringing people of all ages together in a shared passion for the beautiful, the inspiring and the meaningful. We want to celebrate this anniversary with you!
On this night, more than 100 venues will be offering an opportunity to experience the diversity and depth of Munich's art and cultural scene at one time. In addition, a specially curated anniversary program made up of 25 highlights awaits you. The night-time exploration tour will be as wide-ranging as the state capital is itself: You will be able to follow in the footsteps, but by bike, of Munich painter Magda Bittner-Simmet. Then take a hike! Walk with cultural advisor Anton Biebl to his favorite places for Munich's club culture, or take a guided tour of Munich’s wholesale market hall, which has been the center of Europe’s fruit and vegetable trade for over 100 years. Finally, we recommend that you also tackle the vertical, the literal highlight: enjoy the night-time view over the rooftops of the city from the museum tower of the Deutsches Museum.
We would like to thank all participating venues and supporters for making this night possible through their commitment, as well as the Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG) for providing the shuttle buses. We would also like to thank you, dear visitors, for making the Long Night of Munich Museum a permanent fixture for 25 years.
So to all of you: Have a wonderful time at this year’s Long Night!
Your Team from Münchner Kultur GmbH
By the way, the motif for this year’s poster comes from the Museum Fünf Kontinente - you can find more information here.
GREETING FROM THE MINISTER
A special autumn highlight in Munich's cultural calendar is celebrating its anniversary! For the 25th time, the Long Night of Munich Museums will be delighting its audience – over 100 large and small museums, collections, galleries, churches and studios will be opening their doors. This is a unique opportunity to enjoy a vast range of art, culture, history, science and technology in just one night.
Almost the entire Munich museum landscape is part of this success story - including the Kunstareal, where the illuminated treasures of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, the State Collection of Antiquities and the State Museum of Egyptian Art light up the night. Exhibitions, special tours, interactive performances and concerts will create impressive experiences. There will be creative activities for children and young people in the afternoon. Around Odeonsplatz, the State Coin Collection invites you to mint your own coins and the Max Planck Institute invites you to a physics lecture by Nobel Prize winner Prof. Dr. Reinhard Genzel. The Museum Fünf Kontinente (Five Continents) is offering an intercultural excursion with DJ beats and a culinary offer in the foyer. I am particularly pleased that the renovated Bavarian State Archaeological Collection is once again shining in all its glory!
With such a selection, there will be something for every guest in this anniversary year! My heartfelt thanks go out to the organizers and all the participating museums, who, through their creativity and commitment, have made the event a success.
Munich, August 2024
Markus Blume, MdL, Bayerischer Staatsminister für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Bavarian Minister for Science and the Arts)
GREETING FROM THE LORD MAYOR
What a great reason to celebrate: the Long Night of Munich Museums is celebrating a very special anniversary! For the 25th time, Munich's museums, collections, galleries and churches will be opening their doors to reveal their art and cultural treasures at night.
The concept is now familiar; the offer remains inexhaustible. The Lenbachhaus and the Rathausgalerie are still among the must-sees. The architectural beauty of Munich will also be revealed in the Art Nouveau building of the Müllerische Volksbad and in the Cathedral of Our Lady, where climbing the south tower will offer a breathtaking view over the city while organ music plays in the nave.
To celebrate the anniversary, an additional 25 highlights have been put together for a unique special program. Among these, I would particularly like to recommend the walk with our cultural advisor Anton Biebl, who will show you all his favorite places for Munich's club culture backed up by his extensive knowledge of the scene. I would also like to invite you to explore urban art on the Theresienhöhe with MunichArt. As usual, the night-time exploration tour is made possible by a single ticket for the MVG shuttle buses connecting all the venues. I would like to express my thanks to the event team at Münchner Kultur GmbH, who have been organizing the Long Night of Munich Museums for 25 years now and wish all night owls an eventful and enjoyable Long Night.
Dieter Reiter, Oberbürgermeister der Landeshauptstadt München (Lord Mayor of the Bavarian State Capital Munich)