Event period : Permanent

The Color of Glass

Highlights of Die Neue Sammlung in its diversity and colorful splendor
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Exhibition view, The Color of Glass.
Photo: Die Neue Sammlung (K. Mewes)

About the Exhibition

In a selection of its highlights, Die Neue Sammlung shows glass in all its technical diversity and brilliant colors.

Glass defines and accompanies our daily lives in all manner of ways. As it is so pervasive we tend to take it for granted yet in terms of its material composition, glass is a high-tech product and manufacturing and refining it requires extensive knowledge. Glass is blown, pressed, shaped in molten form, and then free-formed, etched, or engraved in front of the furnace.

The purpose-designed gallery brings together a selection of highlights: mass-produced hollow glass for everyday use, unique, individually crafted objects, as well as artistic and architectural designs.

The presentation not only showcases the fascination colored and clear glass exert on us, but also reflects technical craftsmanship, a variety of different formal vocabularies, and different functional requirements that glass ideally fulfills.

The spatial concept masterminded by Munich-based design office OHA interweaves design, craftsmanship, and fine art in a quite special manner and simultaneously reflects the museum’s interdisciplinary and international approach.

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Opening hours:

  • Daily 10:00 – 18:00

  • Monday closed

  • Thursday 10:00 – 20:00

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Bernard Heesen, Objects, 2022
Bernard Heesen, Objects, 2022.
Photo: Die Neue Sammlung (K. Mewes)
Ann Wolff, Domus I,
Ann Wolff, Domus I, 2006.
Photo: © Ann Wolff / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, courtesy Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Pierre Wilén
Objekt Antares von Michele de Lucchi, 1982
Michele de Lucchi, Antares, 1983, Memphis.
Photo: Die Neue Sammlung (A. Laurenzo)
Glass object by Ritsue Mishima
Ritsue Mishima, Ice Finger, 2021.
Photo: Francesco Barasciutti
Sebastian Herkner, Bell table, 2012
Sebastian Herkner, Bell table, 2012.
Photo: © Sebastian Herkner, ClassiCon, Die Neue Sammlung (K. Mewes)
Rectangular glass objects with different openings by Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslavá Brychtová
Stanislav Libenský und Jaroslavá Brychtová, Prostor I-III, 1991/1992.
Photo: Die Neue Sammlung (A. Laurenzo)

Programme Tip

Thursday, July 10, 2025, 5:00 pm Satellite 11: Finnish Disko #3

The Finnish Disco enters the 3rd round.
To Finnish dance music, blueberry cake and cool refreshments, we will test how well the Futuro House by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, which was originally designed as a ski cabin, is suited for after-work and partying.

Well known BR-Zündfunk presenter Achim 60 Bogdahn will be at the decks and entertain with music from his extensive collection of Finnish records.

The Finnish disco is a co-operation with our media partner Zündfunk / Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich.

Location: Northern side of the Pinakothek der Moderne
Free admission.

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The Futuro House at night with interior lighting, on the left Pinakothek der Moderne
View of the Futuro House at night, 2017.
Photo: Die Neue Sammlung (Jackson)

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A visit to the Pinakothek der Moderne costs
regular 10 Euro
reduced admission 7 Euro
Sunday admission 1 Euro

Children and young people under the age of 18 have free admission.
We cooperate with Kulturraum München.

You can buy a ticket at the ticket office on site or online. You can find more information on the Pinakothek der Moderne website.

You can find an overview of accessibility at the Pinakothek der Moderne on the Kultur barrierefrei München website.
The design museum also offers an inclusive touch station in the X-D-E-P-O-T, which everyone can explore independently.

We provide an overview of what is going on at Die Neue Sammlung under programme. You can find out everything about guided tours and group bookings on the Pinakothek der Moderne website.

  • Curated by:

    Angelika Nollert, Xenia Riemann-Tyroller, Josef Straßer

  • Supported by:

    PIN. Freunde der Pinakothek der Moderne e.V.

    Loans and donations:
    Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung
    Gustav van Treeck Werkstätten für Mosaik und Glasmalerei
    Thierry Boissel
    Lutz Holz