Museum of Hunting and Fishing (Deutsches Jagd und Fischereimuseum) Munich

The Museum of Hunting and Fishing (Deutsches Jagd und Fischereimuseum), Munich situated in Neuhauser Straße 2, Innenstadt, Munich, 80331 is housed in a former Augustinian Church. This museum is more of a natural history museum. The museum display huge collection of hunting and survival equipments, weapons, tools, trophies through European history and large scale setting up of stuffed animals in their natural habitation. The Museum of Hunting and Fishing (Deutsches Jagd und Fischereimuseum), Munich exhibits the world’s largest collection of fish hooks. The visitors are welcomed at the entrance to the atypical compilation by a distinctive wild boar and a catfish.

The three storied building of the museum is another superlative work of art. The ceiling and the attractive arches of the museum attest that the building was initially built as a church. The Museum of Hunting and Fishing (Deutsches Jagd und Fischereimuseum), Munich is located in the pedestrian zone between the Marianplatz and the Karlsplatz. This hunting and fishing museum offers exclusive opportunity to explain conservation.

COLLECTIONS IN THE MUSEUM

The museum compiles world’s largest collection of stuffed animals. The Museum of Hunting and Fishing (Deutsches Jagd und Fischereimuseum), Munich has some 500 stuffed animals, a 12000 year old skeleton of a deer which was found in Ireland, a valuable collection of hunting weapons, an obscure Wolpertinge – a well-known Bavarian animal, a 6 ½ foot tall North American grizzly bear. The museum showcases stuffed birds, fishes and animals. On the third floor the point of attraction remains the skeleton of a wild Irish stag. It is a huge beast with wide and large horns .An interesting piece of jewelry of Kaiser Wilhelm’s wife is also exhibited. The museum features a section which informs us about fishing and fresh water fishes. The museum also sells various hunting tools like knives and rifles.

The museum remains open daily from 9.30 am to 5 pm. On Thursdays the museum remains open until 9 pm except on holidays. The museum demands 3.50 Euro as regular entrance from visitors.

The Museum of Hunting and Fishing (Deutsches Jagd und Fischereimuseum), Munich is an interesting and unusual destination in Munich. Being a hub of cultural activities Munich is dotted by numerous other museums and galleries to impress the visitors. In the true sense of the word “Munich sparkles” as Thomas Mann aptly puts it.