Munich Part 2

To me, Munich had more culture and museums than Berlin did (although I will admit that I didn't finish Berlin off, and will try to return soon) The Egypt museum for me, had the best collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts I had seen. Sometimes, quality is better than quantity. It contained a treasure trove of objects, that glittered, shone, and spoke to me. And even better, as I visited on a sunday, entry was a single euro. Although saying that, I made the difference up in the gift shop with the purchase of an expensive book, a carved scarab and a postcard.

                                                       Have you ever seen a truer sign?

Following on, if you're a fan of beautiful sculpture, laid out beautifully in a stunning building, than the Glyptothek is perfect for you. The place is awash with statues from classical Greece and from the times of Rome, and whats more, it's a rather quiet museum, which meant I could wander through the galleries at my own pace. Just a pointer for you, your ticket is also valid in the fancy building directly opposite, which is actually part of the museum.

Lets be honest, we can all relate to the statue of a child wrestling with a swan. Happens in Southampton all the time!
A more sobering experience is to be had at the NS Dokumentationszentrum. It's basically a large museum about the rise of national socialism (Nazism), starting from Hitlers first speech, all the way through the Munich beer hall putsch, the night of broken glass, to the final days of the third Reich. It's a thought provoking and a times moving museum, but its not laid out particularly well. There's very few chairs in places for people to read and listen to the audio guides, and there were times when everyone was stuck in one particular area, especially at the first boards which were right at the bottom of the stairs. This is definitely one to go early too before it gets too crowded and difficult to manoeuvre in. But it's very important to learn about these things, and even more important to recognise the signs of events like this, so that hopefully, we can stop them in the future. It's quite mad to think that in the ninety years that Hitler tarted his rise to power in Munich, the city is unrecognisable, in both material and thought.