Museum · Munich · Updated on 1 November 2026.
NS-Dokumentationszentrum is a museum in Munich, Bavaria. This place has a story in the app. 28 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 520 m you'll find a bench, a public toilet, a bike pump and a water point.
Story · NS-Dokumentationszentrum
You're standing at the NS-Dokumentationszentrum in Munich's Maxvorstadt district. It's a museum about the history of National Socialism and the damage the Nazi regime did. The location is no accident. Right here once stood the Brown House, the headquarters of the Nazi Party.
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The government announced in December 2005 that a centre would be built on this site. The first stone was laid in March 2012, and the museum opened its doors in May 2015. Architectural historian Winfried Nerdinger was the museum's first director and helped set up the centre. He retired in April 2018, and the historian Mirjam Zadoff then took over as director of the NS-Dokumentationszentrum.
You can visit the museum from Tuesday to Sunday, between 10:00 and 19:00. The NS-Dokumentationszentrum also keeps the same opening hours of 10:00 to 19:00 on public holidays. Admission is free, so you do not need to buy a ticket. The building is fully wheelchair accessible, and there is a dedicated wheelchair-accessible toilet inside. This makes it easy to explore the whole centre.
There are plenty of benches near the NS-Dokumentationszentrum in Munich. The nearest one is 31 metres away, at Max-Mannheimer-Platz, and there are 184 benches within 500 metres. The nearest public toilet is 216 metres away, on Arcisstraße. This public toilet is free and wheelchair accessible. There are 4 public toilets within 500 metres of the museum. For drinking water, the nearest option is the Trinkwasserstele on Karl-Stützel-Platz, a 517-metre walk from the NS-Dokumentationszentrum. This tap is always open and suitable for filling a bottle. There are no water taps within 500 metres. There are also 2 bike pumps within 500 metres, and the nearest one, which is free, is 374 metres away on Luisenstraße.
You can take a short walk from the museum to other sights. At 367 metres you will find the Alte Pinakothek, a museum with an audio guide. Continue on foot and after 566 metres you reach the Neue Pinakothek. This museum also offers an audio guide. Both museums are within walking distance of the city centre, so you can easily visit these locations during a walk through the city.
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50 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 28 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.
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There is a wheelchair-accessible toilet inside the museum. A free public toilet is also located 216 metres away on Arcisstraße.
Yes, the nearest bench is 31 metres away on Max-Mannheimer-Platz.
The nearest drinking water point is a Trinkwasserstele 517 metres away at Karl-Stützel-Platz.
The museum is located on Max-Mannheimer-Platz in the Maxvorstadt district, on the site where the Bruine Huis (the headquarters of the nazipartij) once stood.
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