Museum Five Continents

About Museum Five Continents

Explore the Museum Five Continents and set off on a tour of all seven departments.
This app gives you intriguing insights into many of the selected objects. You can use it for our Highlight Tour or in the individual departments.

App Overview
Audio guide for 27 highlights at the Museum Five Continents
- Highlight Tour: Around the World in 80 Minutes
- Collection Tour
- Unguided tour of the museum
Object biographies, detailed views, zoomable images of the objects
General information and service information on visiting the museum

The app content is available in German and English.


The Museum Five Continents was founded in 1862 as the first ethnological museum in Germany. The collection of artefacts of everyday life, ritual objects and works of art which are preserved and continually expanded here reflect humanity’s cultural diversity. They build bridges from the past to the present day and open doors to other ways of life and viewpoints. The museum offers access to the cultural riches of the earth’s peoples in a way which is unique with Munich’s broad range of museums.

Based on our collections, we display the commonalities and differences of civilisations from countries in Africa, the Americas, of Asia, Australia, Oceania and Europe. We invite children and adults to become acquainted with a variety of civilizations and the people who shaped them. We encourage visitors to consider what may seem to be "strange" modes of thought, to reflect on points of view and to take away inspirations and new ideas for their own lives.

The Museum Fünf Kontinente provides opportunities for encounters, experiences and reflection …