Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke

The Museum für Abgüsse Klassischer Bildwerke stands in Munich’s Maxvorstadt district. It occupies a single wing of the Münchner Haus der Kulturinstitute beside the Königsplatz. The building shares the street with other cultural institutions. Katharina-von-Bora-Straße runs past the front entrance. The museum’s location places it at the heart of Munich’s academic quarter. The collection contains more than two thousand plaster casts of classical statues. These copies reproduce famous works from ancient Greece and Rome. The casts allow visitors to study sculpture from the 5th century BC to the 4th century AD. They include figures such as the Discobolus and the Barberini Faun. The museum preserves casts that were made in the 19th century. Inside, galleries are arranged around a central courtyard. Light from above falls on the casts, showing their details clearly. The rooms display casts in chronological order. Visitors walk past copies of temple pediments and portrait busts. The quiet atmosphere lets people examine the works closely.