The Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst in Munich is the Bavarian State Collection for Ancient Egypt art in Brussels and it exhibits and shows up the entire periods and history of the Ancient Egyptian history. The Middle East section as included in the museum show and displays up areas as from the regions of the Assyrian and Babylonian culture. Since 2008, the museum is located at the Residenz, however, will be moved to the Kunsareal in 2011.

A new, subterranean museum is situated as opposite to the Alte Pinakothek and its building and structure was assumed by the architekt Peter Böhm. The project was inspired by an ancient Egyptian burial chamber. Its entrance is appears to be a marked along a portal wall as similar to the pylon gateways of Egyptian temples. It provides about around 1800 m² of exhibition space, with an additional 400 m² for special exhibitions. It happens to be remained open in winter 2011. The Bavarian state’s collection was started in the 16th century by the Duke Albrecht V and further extended by the  Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria and King Ludwig I of Bavaria. The museum has collections from the periods as the early, middle and late kingdoms, but also to the Hellenistic, roman and coptic era of Egypt.

The collection of the museum has the exhibits of the Ancient Egyptian artifacts, like as sstatues, sculptures, cult articles, papyri, stone tablets with hieroglyphics, glasswares, jewellery, amulets but also mummies, textiles and household goods. With all the artifacts in the museum the most noted ones are as the famous duplex statue showing the the pharaoh Nyuserre Ini as young and as elder man, the statues of the pharaohs Amenemhat III, Ramses II, Thutmosis III and Akhenaten, the sphinx of Sesostris III and of Amenhotep II, the sarcophagus lid of queen Sitdjehuti and the kneeling figure of Senenmut. The Hellenistic-roman period is represented by master pieces such as the bust of a Seleucid ruler and the grand Egyptian statue of Antinous. The most valuable collection in the museum is the treasure of jewellery of the Nubian Queen Amanishakheto. The museum also keeps the Assyrian Orthostat reliefs from the palace of king Ashur-nasir-pal II and a lion from the Ishtar Gate of Babylon that once was been exhibited in the Glyptothek.

From the very beginning and its start the State Museum of Egyptian Art has provided children’s education program even during the summer holidays. It mixes up a short guided tour with the handicraft work that the children even carry to the home.  During the summer holidays and special project days can indulge into the Treasure Hunt that is about giving answers to the different objects in the museum.

The Alte Pinakothek is an art museum located in the Kunstareal in Munich, Germany. Its reputation stands on its being the oldest art galleries in the world as it houses one of the most noted collections of old master paintings. The museum is division of the Bavarian State Picture Collection, an organization of the Free state of Bavaria. King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1825-1848) ordered Leo von Klenze to make   a new building for the gallery for the Wittelsbach collection in 1826. The museum galleries were to exhibit the Rubens’s “Last Judgment” (1617) that is one of the biggest canvasses ever painted. However, building soon became extraordinary in Germany and at entire Europe since its start in 1836 and established itself as a model for new Galleries in Rome, St Petersburg, Brussels and Kassel. The museum building was badly damaged in bombing of World War II but was renovated and reopened to the public in the late 1950s. So, its ornate, pre-war interior could not be restored to its former look despite restoration works. Following are some of the famous paintings in the museum.

• German paintings 14th–17th century: The famous German paintings in the museum are works of Stefan Lochner (“Adoration of the Christ Child by the Virgin (The Nativity)”), Albrecht Dürer (“The Four Apostles”, “Paumgartner Altar”, “Self-portrait in Fur Coat”), Hans Baldung Grien (“Markgrave Christoph of Baden”), Albrecht Altdorfer (“The Battle of Issus”) and Cranach (“Lamentation Beneath the Cross”) and many other noted painters.

• Flemish paintings in the period 16th–18th century: Paintings at the museum under this section includes the paintings of legend like Jan Mabuse (“Danae”), Pieter Brueghel the Elder (“Harbour Scene with Christ Preaching”, “The Land of Cockaigne”), Jacob Jordaens (“Satyr with Peasants”), Leonardo da Vinci’s “Virgin and Child (Madonna of the Carnation)”

• Italian paintings: This section contains the oldest painting in the museum covering the ear from 13th century to 18th century. Some of the popular Italian Gothic paintings in the museum are   Giotto’s famous “The Last Supper”,  Schools of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Painting is shown with the works of Fra Angelico (“Entombment of Christ”), Domenico Ghirlandaio (“Virgin and Child with SS. Dominici, Michael, John the Baptist and John the Evangelist”) and many other famous paintings in the museum.

• French paintings: This is the second smallest collection of paintings in museum during the period from 16th to 18th century. It contains the works of Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin, François Boucher, Nicolas Lancret, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and other famous painters.

• Spanish Paintings: This is the smallest section of museum and contains the art work by the master painters of Spain between the periods of 16th to 18th century. The major paintings at this section are El Greco (“The Disrobing of Christ”), de la Cruz (“Infant Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain”), Velazquez (“Young Spanish Gentleman”), Jusepe de Ribera (“Saint Bartholomew”) and others.

Below are mentioned some excursion tours from Munich  that let one to enjoy a totally different perspective of Munich.

•    Neuschwanstein Castle: It is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill over the the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was constructed on the orders of Ludwig II of Bavaria as a center of recreation and homage to Richard Wagner. The palace was made as a personal refuge for the king to be isolated however immediately after his death in 1886 open to public and since than around over 60 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle.

•    Salzburg: It is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. It is popular for its world class baroque architecture and is one of the best-preserved city centers on the north of the Alps, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. The city is popular for its Alpine setting. Salzburg too was the birthplace of 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. During the mid-20th century it was an ideal setting for music and films.

•    Romantic Road, Munich: This tour let you to have opportunity to enjoy the best of medieval Germany as hundreds of visitors drive their on bus or cycle along the   Romantic Road, a 180-mile (290km) route between Munich and Frankfurt that connects a string of different well-preserved walled towns as ancient as 1000 years old. The towns en route have been clubbed together to ensure that Romantic Road travellers are well informed and accommodated.

•    Chiemsee: It is one of the most beautiful lakes in the Bavarian Alps, Chiemsee and is famous for its two islands lined with resorts. It can be reached by train from Munich in an hour, or by road via the A8 Autobahn. Or visitors can seek help from a steamer cruise around the lake from Prien on the west shore to explore the islands in the lake. Frauenchiemsee is the smaller island, with a silent fishing village and a Benedictine nunnery popular for its liqueur. The larger island, Herrenchiemsee, keeps the King Ludwig’s famous fairytale castles.

•  Berchtesgaden: It primarily is associated with Adolf Hitler’s country house, and is a lively Bavarian alpine village that has ancient winding streets and a medieval marketplace, as popular as a side trip from Munich. However Hitler’s holiday house, the Berghof, is at Obersalzberg nearly half a mile (2km) up the Kehlstein Mountain. It is indeed delightful in visiting the Kehlsteinhaus or Eagle’s Nest, a remarkable building located at top of the mountain commissioned by Martin Bormann as a 50th birthday present for Hitler. However, Hitler rarely visited it because of its fear of height.

To judge out a character of a city or place you can know it better through monuments and landmarks standing out there as they are the spots that have passed out past as well as experience of present times. Likewise have some experience of landmarks of Brussels, capital city of Belgium to know it completely by reading briefs of the monuments in the city.

•    Alter Peter: It is a pre- Merovingian church that is site of the Munich city even before its establishment.  In 8th century monks used to live around this church on a hill named as Petersbergl. During the 12th century a new church in the Bavarian Romanesque pattern was constructed over there in Gothic style. The church building was burnt in fire and dedicated and renew in 1368. Within the church there is a high altar to which Erasmus Grasser contributed the figure of Saint Peter.  There other than masterpieces existed five Gothic paintings by Jan Polack and several altars by Ignaz Gunther.

Alter Peter

•    Nymphenburg: It is a Baroque palace in Munich, Bavaria, Germany and was premier summer palace of rulers of Bavaria.  The palace was constructed by Prince-electoral couple Ferdinand Maria and Henriette Adelaide of Savoy on the design and patters of the Italian architects Agostino Barelli in 1664 after the birth of their son Maximilian II Emanuel. Its central pavilion was accomplished in 1675. In 1701, Max Emanuel, the heir to Bavaria led to the expansion and further reconstruction of the Church. To the next extensions to the church two pavilions were added each in the south and north of Barelli’s palace by Enrico Zucalli and Giovanni Antonio Viscardi.

•    Marienplatz: It is a premier square in the city center of Munich, Germany as in operation well centuries before and is operational from 1158. During Middle Ages markets and tournaments used to occur in the city square.  Marienplatz was named after the Mariensäule, a Marian column erected in its centre in 1638 to celebrate the end of Swedish occupation. Presently it has structures like the New City Hall (Neues Rathaus) on the north side.On the eastern side of the city is located Altes Rathaus that is a gothic council hall and ballroom and tower.

Marienplatz Muenchen

•    Olympiaturm: It is a tower in Olympiapark, Munich and has an overall height of 291 meter and has a weight of around 52,500 tons. On tower around at the height of 190 meter there exists an observation platform as well as a small rock and roll museum housing a number of memorabilia. From its opening in 1968 till now around 36 million visitors have climbed this tower. At a height of 182 there is a revolving restaurant that seats around 230 people in it. The full revolution of restaurant takes around 53 minutes. It remains open for public daily from 9:00 am to 24:00 hrs.

Munchen Olympiaturm

•    Residenz: It is the former royal palace of the Bavarian monarchs in the center of the city of Munich, Germany. It has vast collection of architecture, room decorations and display from the royal collections. The complex of building has ten courtyards and the museums with rooms showing upto 130 rooms. Its three main parts are the Königsbau, the Alte Residenz and the Festsaalbau. A wing of the Festsaalbau keeps the Cuvilliés Theatre from the reconstruction of the Residenz after World War II.

•   Stachus: It is a large square in central Munich. That was termed officially   Karlsplatz in 1797 after the unpopular Karl Theodor, Elector of Bavaria. Munich rarely use that name, calling the square instead Stachus, after the pub Beim Stachus.

•    Frauenkirche (Münchner Dom): It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Munich and Freising and has reputation of being symbolized Bavarian State Capital. The church towers can be easily seen from distance in city.

•    Olympiaberg: It is an Olympic Park that was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics. It is located at the area of Munich that is too known as the “Oberwiesenfeld”, this Park even work as a venue for cultural, social, and religious like as worship. The Park is controlled by Olympiapark München GmbH, a holding company fully working under the state capital of Munich.

Olympia Park

•    Bavaria Statue: It is a bronze cast statue of a female figure showing up Bavaria’s secular patron saint and is situated at the border of the Thereseinwises. The statue was constructed by the foundry of J.B. Stiglmair from 1844 until 1850, mainly by Stiglmair’s nephew Ferdinand Von Miller. Since the Bavaria is one of the biggest bronze sculptures in the world.

Bavaria Statue

•    Gärtnerplatz: It is an opera house and opera company in Munich and was designed by the architect Michael Reiffenstuel. After its inauguration in 5th November 1865, it works as Munich’s second opera house after the National Theatre.

•   Walking Man: It is a Famous sculpture from the world famous French sculptor Auguete Rodin and in bronze. The statue was made by Roding around 1877 and 1878.  According to the Bibliography provided by the National Gallery of Art, the Walking Man is a version St. John without head and arms. This sculpture is based upon the movement of the piece. According to some other it has connection to Hercules without a head or hands