Lake & royals

Lakeside art museum opened in 2001 in a ship-like building by Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, showing Lothar-Günther Buchheim's collection of German Expressionism (Brücke painters) and ethnographic objects.

Buchheim Museum — photo by Mafalda Waldburg

About

The “Museum of Fantasy” opened in 2001 in a ship-like building by Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner on the shore at Bernried. It is named after Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918–2007), German painter, author and wartime journalist, and shows his collection of German Expressionism — the painters of the Brücke — along with folk art and ethnographic objects. The non-profit Buchheim Foundation, founded at the end of 1995, runs the museum.

The back of the museum, on the lake — photo by Mafalda Waldburg

Visitor information

Address Am Hirschgarten 1, 82347 Bernried am Starnberger See Phone +49 8158 997055 Hours Apr–Oct Tue–Sun 10–18, Nov–Mar Tue–Sun 10–17; closed Mon (open on holidays), 24 & 31 Dec Website buchheimmuseum.de Open in Google Maps

Sources: Wikipedia (Buchheim Museum) · buchheimmuseum.de. Checked 8 October 2026.