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Barrier-free on site

How can I find the Die Neue Sammlung?

You find a description and video of how to find us
under Plan your visit.

Our museum is in the Pinakothek der Moderne.
You have to go to the basement.
Please allow extra time
to lock up your belongings.
Take the lift in the glass extension from the entrance area.
It will take you to Die Neue Sammlung.

Is the building barrier-free?

There is barrier-free access in Barer Straße.
The museum has a car park for people with a disability.
There are two lifts for all floors.

If you need assistance from our staff,
please give us a call:
+49 89 23805-360

The barrier-free toilets and the cloakroom
are in the basement.

You can find more information at kultur.barrierefrei.

Are the exhibitions barrier-free?

Since 2020, information on the exhibitions is available
in easy-to-understand language or easy-to-read.
You can read or listen to the texts.

There is an inclusive touch station in the X-D-E-P-O-T.
Please allow more time,
if you need the extract.
The way to the X-D-E-P-O-T is long.

Are dogs allowed in the exhibition?

Guide dogs and epilepsy alert dogs are allowed,
if they have appropriate signs.

Are there chairs or wheelchairs available?

At the information desk you can borrow folding chairs
and two wheelchairs.

Do we have induction loops?

We have 10 portable induction loops
that you can borrow.
Please ask at the info desk.

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Volkswagen Beetle Type 11

On view in Munich

Design	Porsche, Ferdinand
Production	Volkswagenwerk (Wolfsburg Motor Works)
Date Execution	1946-1947
Date Draft	1934-1936

Zeichnung: Carla Nagel

Design	Porsche, Ferdinand
Production	Volkswagenwerk (Wolfsburg Motor Works)
Date Execution	1946-1947
Date Draft	1934-1936

From 1934 onwards, the VW Beetle was developed by Porsche on commission by Adolf Hitler, but only went into series production after the end of the Second World War. The early model shown here still has the split rear window, also known as the pretzel window, which adorned every Beetle until 1953.

This object is part of the ‘Sound of Design’ seriesListen now

Further detail

Design	Porsche, Ferdinand
Production	Volkswagenwerk (Wolfsburg Motor Works)
Date Execution	1946-1947
Date Draft	1934-1936
Place of production	Wolfsburg, Germany
Size	Height: 154, length: 407, width: 154 cm
Material	Metal
Genre	Vehicles
Inventory no	644/2000

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