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When traveling a historically rich and overwhelmingly cultured city such as Munich, one cannot help but do the tourist thing and visit museum after museum in order to imbibe some of the history and culture that the place has to offer. But whether you are a tourist or not, Munich museums remain wonderful places to visit because of their undeniably unparalleled quality. Not even Berlin, the capital city of Germany, can compete with Munich when it comes to the quality, not the quantity, of premium museums.


Dachau is a name that has always been associated with the dark days of the Second World War. Why you ask? Because on the year 1933, a concentration camp was set-up in Dachau which later became the site for more than 200,000 questionable imprisonments and 43,000 unjust deaths. That area was converted into a memorial landmark known to all as the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. The exhibits and tours in this Munich memorial site are guaranteed to inform the mind as well as touch the heart.


On a lighter note, there is also the Deutsches Museum which can also be found and explored in Munich. This Munich Museum is considered as the largest science and technology museum, not just in Germany or in Europe, but in all of the world. At the moment, it has more than 50 permanent exhibits and that number is continually growing. These exhibits range from fields such as astronomy and microelectronics to other topics like technical toy engineering, music, pharmacy, textile technology, environment and energy technology. Another great thing about the Deutsches Museum in Munich is the fact that it is an interactive museum. Guests are not just passive observers but they can also try hands-on learning experiences.


When it comes to arts and culture, Munich is also brimming with world class museums and galleries that are home to the country and the world's finest works of art. These include the Lenbach House, Schack Gallery, National Antique Collection, Pinakotheken, the National Museum of Egyptian Art, and several other fine art museums.


The automobile manufacturing giant BMW is recognized worldwide as a German company and this illustrious automobile maker actually has a museum in Munich called the BMW Museum. Other interesting museums one can see and explore while in the beautiful City of Munich, Germany includes Jewish Museum, German Theatre Museum, State Museum of Ethnology, Bavarian National Museum and the Munich City Museum.