BEER AND OKTOBERFEST MUSEUM
Munich’s Bier and Festival History Year Round
Munich is famous for
its Oktoberfest, the world' largest and best known beer folk festival
of carnival rides and boisterous beer halls. The official
Oktoberfest, which curiously mostly takes place in September, (see Oktoberfest
Munich’s Big Family Party), only lasts for 16 days, but for visitors
to Munich the rest of the year, a stop at the Beer and Oktoberfest Museum
in central old town Munich is worth a stop for a little beer and festival
history. Housed in Munich’s oldest residential building from the
14th Century with some of its original wooden beams still visible and
restored façade paintings from 1340 on its walls, the little museum
that was once a tavern and home of a beer drinking club founded by the
proprietor of the Lowenbrau tent at Oktoberfest.
In
the intimate museum, explore the history of beer, which goes back to
the Pharaohs
of Egypt
and kings of Babylonia. Learn of the purity laws of Bavaria which made
its beers, originally brewed by monks (see Munich’s Stark Beer
Days) and later royal purveyors, so well regarded. The “Munchner
Oktoberfestmuseum” takes
up the third floor, while the fourth floor is devoted to changing exhibitions
as well as a short movie introduction to the history of the Oktoberfest
held at the Theriesen Wiese festival grounds and it origins as a wedding
celebration for King Ludwig I’s bride Princess Theresa.
Visiting Munich's Oktoberfest Museum
After exploring
the museum, you can stop at the tavern pub restaurant on the ground
floor for a real cold Bavarian beer and a bite of wurst. The Beer and
Oktoberfest
Museum on Sterneckerstr. 2 is located on a side street a few blocks
to the east of the Marienplatz and Viktualienmarkt off Westenriederstrasse.
The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday 1pm to 5pm. The restaurant
is
open from 6pm to midnight. Museum admission is 5€ for adults
and a family ticket is available for only 7€. Saves for more
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