The Glyptothek in Munich was designed by Leo von Klenze in a neoclassical style for Crown Prince, later King, Ludwig I of Bavaria. It was built from 1816 to 1830. Karl von Fischer and Klenze designed the Königsplatz layout in 1815. The article also calls the style Classical Greek and Italian.
The building was originally marble. After postwar reconstruction its interior walls are red brick with light plaster. It has thirteen rooms and a twelve-column Ionic portico. The article gives no dimensions.
Bombing in World War II destroyed frescoes, and the museum reopened in 1972. It closed for renovation from October 2018 to January 2021. It is an art museum in Munich's Kunstareal, and the article gives no hours or ticket details.
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