Welcome to MUCA - Germany's first museum for urban and contemporary art, founded in 2016 by Christian and Stephanie Utz, housed in a former electrical substation. MUCA is located just a stone's throw from Marienplatz, in the center of Munich. MUCA's mission is to integrate urban art into contemporary art discourse and to exhibit the most famous artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Since its inception, MUCA has become a leading authority in collection building, with a focus on housing significant works by artists known for using the urban landscape as part of their practice. The MUCA collection now includes over 1,200 works of art and is considered one of the most important collections of urban and contemporary art in Europe. Over the course of 25 years, this has gradually expanded to include works from Pop Art to New Realism, covering topics such as art in urban environments, figurative painting and socio-political issues.

Picture descriptions

1. MUCA Museum, exterior view. ©MUCA 2023.

2. MUCA Museum with bunker and Frauenkirche. ©MUCA 2023.

3. MUCA Giant Spot Wall. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd. ©Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2023.

4. Exhibition view “Street as Collage” as part of the 25 YEARS exhibition. ©MUCA 2023

5. Exhibition view “Banksy + Mai68” as part of the 25 YEARS exhibition. ©MUCA 2023.

6. Exhibition view “Os Gemeos - Subway” as part of the 25 YEARS exhibition. ©MUCA 2023.

7th + 8th event impression tour as part of the 25 YEARS exhibition. ©MUCA 2023.

9. MURAL Restaurant at the MUCA Museum. ©MURAL Restaurant 2020.

10. Exhibition view “Damien Hirst - The Weight of Things”. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd. ©Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2023.