Beer and Oktoberfest Museum

Opened in 2005 and housed in one of Munich's oldest 14th century town houses, visitors to the Beer and Oktoberfest Museum can learn many fascinating facts about beer and the Munich Beer Festival. The museum presents the intriguing history of the amber nectar with numerous exhibits, all the way from the first references to brewing beer in Mesopotamia via the Egyptians, Celts and Teutons to the German Beer Purity Law and finally Munich beer. On two other floors there is a wealth of information about the Oktoberfest. Organised for the first time in 1810 as a wedding party for King Ludwig I and Princess Theresa of Saxony-Hildburghausen, it has since developed from a regional celebration into the largest beer festival in the world. Closed on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays. Guided tours on request.