Top 15 Munich Museum Tours

1.Beer and Food Tour with Dinner & Oktoberfest Museum

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,086 reviews · 3h 30m · from $84Our pick

Spend 3.5 hours tracing Munich’s beer story with an English-speaking guide, sampling local brews and Bavarian food, and touring selected parts of the Beer and Oktoberfest Museum. The route includes a historic beer hall and a traditional dinner at a separate restaurant. Guides such as Sam, Dan, and Sarah have led recent tours.

“Our guide, Jeremy, was excellent at explaining about all aspects of beer. Dinner was delicious, as well.”

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2.FC Bayern Museum + Arena View

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 944 reviews · 1.5 - 3 hours · from $22

Start with panoramic views of Allianz Arena from the North Stand, then explore the FC Bayern Museum, from the club’s 1900 founding to its modern successes. An audio guide in the Allianz Arena app lets you set your own pace. This is not a guided stadium tour, and backstage areas are off limits.

“It was an absolute Must see experience when in Munich.”

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3.FC Bayern Museum Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 193 reviews · 1 day · from $14

Visit the FC Bayern Museum in Munich with an entry ticket for a self-guided look at the club’s story, trophies, multimedia exhibits, and Hall of Fame. The 3,300-square-meter exhibition covers every decade, with giant-screen footage and tributes to players such as Gerd Müller and Franz Beckenbauer. A guide is not included.

“No existía la posibilidad de hacer el tour en la página de getbyour guide, pero al llegar a canjear nuestra visita al museo pudimos mejorarlo (ya que la UEFA había recogido lo del partido del día anterior más rápido de lo esperado). Encantados aunque sólo está disponible en alemán o inglés.”

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4.Deutsches Museum Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 189 reviews · from $17

Explore 20 permanent exhibitions at Munich’s Deutsches Museum, from aviation and astronautics to chemistry and atomic physics. Your one-day ticket includes all exhibitions and a downloadable multilingual audio guide. Expect hands-on stations, historic machines, and demonstrations in a large, wheelchair-accessible museum on the Museumsinsel.

“Great experience, strong recommend to everyone who want to know how it works for almost everything on planet”

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5.Magic Bavaria – Museum of Fun, Photos and Illusions

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 133 reviews · from $23

Spend about 1.5 hours at Magic Bavaria, an indoor attraction in Munich’s Mona shopping center. Try more than 30 interactive photo sets, from an upside-down King’s Hall to an Oktoberfest room with a giant pretzel swing, and test your Bavarian facts with a free quiz. Bring a charged phone for pictures.

“We took some great and very funny photos. I would have liked to have had more space and the individual photo spots to be better separated—we often had other people in the pictures. And I don't think it's a museum, but rather a place to take photos.”

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6.KUNSTLABOR 2 Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 89 reviews · 1 day · from $14

Visit KUNSTLABOR 2 in Munich with a day ticket covering its 60 installation rooms and the special exhibition SETH’S SPIEL(T)RÄUME. Explore a 4,000-square-meter former healthcare building at your own pace, see work by local and international artists, and look for artists at work. Open Friday to Sunday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

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7.Residenz Museum Tickets and 2,5-hour Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 81 reviews · from $56

Walk through Munich Residenz with a licensed guide on a 2.5-hour tour for up to 24 people. You’ll see rooms such as the Antiquarium, Royal Apartments and Ancestral Gallery, and hear about Bavarian court life. Museum admission is included; the Treasury and Cuvilliés Theatre are not. Past guides have included Stephanie, Hannah and Heidi, but your guide may differ.

“We liked our guide Heidi and how now she was of the museum and the items it contained.”

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8.Munich Nymphenburg Palace & Carriage Museum Fast-Track Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 32 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $66

Spend about two hours at Nymphenburg Palace and the Marstallmuseum with a licensed guide. See Baroque rooms, royal portraits, and elaborate coaches, including Emperor Karl VII’s Coronation Coach. The group has up to 25 people, and summer admission also lets you explore the palace park after the tour.

“The Guide was pretty spectacular l ar, and did an excellent job of presenting the subject matter, tailored to our interests.”

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9.Munich Nymphenburg Palace Tickets and Tour, Carriage Museum

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 22 reviews · from $56

In two hours, a licensed guide leads a group of up to 25 through Nymphenburg Palace and the Marstallmuseum, home to royal coaches and sleighs. Hear stories of the Wittelsbach court, see the Gallery of Beauties and the Coronation Coach, and save time at the ticket office. Guides Valerie and Elvira have both led well-liked tours, though your guide will vary.

“Our guide, Valerie, was terrific sharing many interesting stories about the palace and the generations within.”

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10.Residenz Palace, Museum and Treasury Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 15 reviews · 2 - 3 hours · from $279

Explore the Munich Residenz with a licensed private guide, from royal rooms spanning Renaissance to Neoclassical styles to the Treasury’s jewels and regalia. Choose a two-hour palace visit, add the Cuvilliés Theatre and Hofgarten, or make it a five-hour Old Town walk. Alaina and Alejandra are among the guides associated with the tour; your guide may vary.

“Very informative and above and beyond tour expert! 5/5 recommended, it was front to back walk through of the residence!”

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11.Munich Private Walking Tour with the BMW Museum and BMW Welt

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 13 reviews

Meet your private guide at Marienplatz for a four-hour tour linking the BMW Museum and BMW Welt with Munich’s royal, Nazi-era, and beer histories. The BMW Museum entrance is included; public transport, food, and drinks are extra. Claudio is named for his warm manner and command of history, though guide assignments may vary.

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12.Munich Residenz Palace, Museum and Treasury Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 12 reviews · 2 to 5 hours (approx.) · from $280

A private, English-language tour links Munich’s Residenz Palace and Museum with Old Town sights such as Marienplatz, Hofgarten, and Odeonsplatz. Your guide explains the Wittelsbach dynasty, royal rooms, and the palace’s reconstruction. Some tour lengths add Cuvilliés Theatre, Frauenkirche, or car transfers. Treasury access is currently affected by a temporary closure, so check before booking.

“Our tour guide was amazing. She was so informative and knowledgeable. Other tour groups would be in and out of rooms in a matter of minutes, while we spent almost double the time in them. My wife and I left the tour not only as tourists who saw things, but as tourists who learned things.”

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13.LETTL Museum of Surreal Art Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · 1 day · from $11Best value

Visit the LETTL-Museum in Augsburg to see around 140 works from a collection of roughly 500 surreal paintings by Wolfgang Lettl, made between 1942 and 2007. An audio guide is available in English, German, and Italian. You also get an A3 poster and a search game. The artist’s son has sometimes welcomed visitors with a personal introduction.

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14.Alte Pinakothek Skip-the-Line & Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 9 reviews · 90 minutes - 2 hours · from $149

Meet your English- or German-speaking guide at the Alte Pinakothek for a 90-minute to two-hour tour of more than 700 paintings from the 14th to 18th centuries. You’ll hear about Bavarian dukes and kings, see works by Dürer, da Vinci, and Rubens, and use skip-the-ticket-line entry. Admission costs extra.

“We have enjoyed a very enriching and interesting art tour .”

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15.Klassik im Museum

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 1 hour · from $53

Spend a Saturday afternoon with the Residence Soloists in the Bavarian National Museum’s Mars-Venus Hall, then explore the collections with museum admission included. The one-hour concert has no intermission, and the program may feature piano, Baroque music, or works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, and Albéniz. Seating is unreserved, so plan your arrival accordingly.

“I'm 85 years old and this was by far the most interesting visit to a museum I've ever had. The range of the type of exhibits on display was so extensive that you'd need at least three days to see them all.”

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