On my last day in Munich, I had only 3 hours to do some sightseeing.  Several art museums are clustered in an area (Kunstareal; go check out its cool web site)  just north of the center of Munich which I can reach easily.  I would not have enough time to enter and view the art in any one of them.  So, I did what I considered the next best thing – checked out the museum shops and reception areas, and observed the architecture.  The first museum I encountered was Neue Pinakothek which displays art from the 18th and 19th centuries. The museum was built in 1981 by Alexander von Branca.

Shown below here is one side of Alte Pinakothek which features art from the 14th to 16th centuries.