The museum guide not only recounts how Bavaria became a Free State and what makes it so distinctive but is also a "user manual" for the museum. Along with Director of the Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte Dr. Richard Loibl`s personal tips for a visit to the museum, it includes a map of the permanent exhibition and a look at all of the museum`s nine generations and eight cultural showcases.

Contents

Introduction

Map: Permanent exhibition

1800 – 1825: Bavaria Becomes a Kingdom

Cultural Showcase No 1: "Original Southern Audio"

1825 – 1850: Will Bavaria Become a Nation?

Cultural Showcase No 2: It`s Tapped!

1850 – 1875: The Royal Drama of Ludwig II

Cultural Showcase No 3: More Than Onion Domes

1875 – 1900: Bavaria Becomes a Legend

Cultural Showcase No 4: "We Are Who We Are"

1900 – 1925: A World War and a Free State

Cultural Showcase No 5: Grüss Gott

1925 – 1950: Dictatorship. Catastrophe. New Beginning.

Cultural Showcase No 6: Culture

1950 – 1975: Reconstruction and "Wirtschaftswunder"

Cultural Showcase No 7: Home in Miniature

1975 – 2000: Watershed Years

Cultural Showcase No 8: Idyllic to Kaput

2000 – 2019/25: Defining the Present and the Future

Back cover: Map of the ground floor