Designed by Stephan Braunfels and opened in 2002, the modernist building displays four separate collections: Art (in association with the National Collection of Modern and Contemporary Arts), Architecture (in association with Munich Technical University's Museum of Architecture), Design (in association with the National Museum for Design and Applied Arts (Neue Sammlung) and Works on Paper (in association with the National Collection of Works on Paper). Art historians and critics regard Modern Pinakothek as one of the foremost galleries of modern art in Europe.
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