State Branch Museums and Branch Galleries in Bavaria
Apart from the state museums and collections in Munich, Augsburg, Frauenau, Nuremberg, Ingolstadt and Selb, there are 40 branch museums and branch galleries, affilliated with their main state-owned representations. Establishing these institutions helped reach the cultural policy objective of showing the state collections in all regions of the Free State of Bavaria.
On this page, you will find links to all branch museums and branch galleries listed according to their administrative regions.
Museums in Upper Bavaria
- Burghausen: Staatsgalerie in der Hauptburg (State Gallery inside the Main Castle, website in German)
- Grünwald: Burgmuseum (Castle Museum, website in German)
- Manching: kelten römer Museum (Celtic-Roman Museum, website in German)
- Neuburg an der Donau: Archäologie-Museum Schloss Neuburg an der Donau (Neuburg Castle Archaeological Museum, website in German)
- Neuburg an der Donau: Staatsgalerie Flämische Barockmalerei ( State Gallery of Flamish Paintings, website in German)
- Schleissheim: Altes Schloss (Old Castle, website in German) (with 2 branch museums)
- Schleissheim: Staatsgalerie im Neuen Schloss ( State Gallery inside the New Castle, website in German)
- Schleissheim: Schloss Lustheim (Lustheim Castle, website in German)
- Tegernsee: Olaf-Gulbransson-Museum (website in German)
Museums in Lower Bavaria
- Asbach: Museum Kloster Asbach (Asbach Monastery Museum, website in German)
- Landau/Isar: Niederbayerisches Archäologie-Museum Landau (Lower Bavarian Archaeological Museum Landau, website in German)
- Landshut: Kunst- und Wunderkammer Burg Trausnitz (Kunst- and Wunderkammer / Cabinet of Curiosities Trausnitz Castle, website in German)
- Obernzell: Keramikmuseum Schloss Obernzell (Obernzell Castle Ceramics Museum, website in German)
Upper-Palatinate Museums
- Regensburg: Thurn und Taxismuseum
- Weiden: Internationales Keramikmuseum (The International Ceramics Museum Weiden, website in German)
Museums in Lower Franconia
- Aschaffenburg: Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg (State Gallery inside Johannisburg Palace, website in German)
- Aschaffenburg: Pompejanum (The Pompeiianum)
- Bad Königshofen: Archäologisches Museum Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld (The Bad Königshofen Grabfeld Archaeological Museum, website in German)
- Würzburg: Staatsgalerie in der Residenz (State Gallery inside the Würzburg Residence, website in German)
Museums in Central Franconia
- Ansbach: Staatsgalerie in der Residenz (State Gallery inside the Ansbach Residence, website in German)
- Bad Windsheim: Archäologie-Museum im Fränkischen Freilandmuseum (Archaeological Museum at the Franconian Open-Air Museum, website in German)
- Weißenburg: Römermuseum (Roman Museum, website in German)
Museums in Upper Franconia
- Bamberg: Staatsgalerie in der Neuen Residenz (State Gallery inside the Bamberg Residence, website in German)
- Bayreuth: Staatsgalerie im Neuen Schloss (State Gallery inside the "New Palace", website in German)
- Forchheim: Archäologie-Museum Oberfranken im Pfalzmuseum Forchheim (Upper-Franconian Archaeological Museum inside the Imperial Palace Museum Forchheim, website in German)
- Kronach: Fränkische Galerie (Franconian Gallery, website in German)
Museums in Swabia
- Aichach: Wittelsbachermuseum (Wittelsbach Museum, website in German)
- Augsburg: Staatsgalerie in der Katharinenkirche (State Gallery inside Saint Catherine's Church, website in German)
- Augsburg: Staatsgalerie Moderne Kunst im Glaspalast (State Gallery of Modern Art inside the Glass Palace, website in German)
- Füssen: Staatsgalerie im Hohen Schloss (State Gallery inside the "High Castle", website in German)
- Ichenhausen: Bayerisches Schulmuseum (Bavarian School Museum, website in German)
- Kempten: Alpenländische Galerie (Alpine Gallery, website in German)
- Kempten: Alpinmuseum (Alpine Museum, website in German)
- Mindelheim: Südschwäbisches Archäologie-Museum Mindelheim (South Swabian Archaeological Museum Mindelheim, website in German)
- Oettingen: Völkerkundemuseum im Residenzschloss (Ethnological Museum inside Oettingen Palace, website in German)
- Ottobeuren: Staatsgalerie in der Benediktinerabtei (State Gallery inside the Ottobeuren Benedictine Abbey, website in German)