Alte Pinakothek Celebrates 175th Anniversary with a Series of Blockbuster Exhibitions

MUNICH.- In 2011 the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen is marking the Alte Pinakothek’s 175th anniversary with a wide range of events. Opened to the public on 16 October, 1836, Leo von Klenze’s seminal museum building today still provides the architectural framework for collections of paintings assembled in Munich around 1800 by various branches of the Wittelsbach dynasty, together with King Ludwig I’s later acquisitions. Queen Paola of Belgium (R) is guided through the Alte Pinakothek museum by curator Miriam Neumeister (L) in [...]