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{{Infobox museum | name = Alte Pinakothek | image = Alte Pinakothek 2009.jpg | image_size = | alt = Photo of the museum | caption = Alte Pinakothek, eastern façade | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_dot_label = | coordinates = {{Coord|48|08|54|N|11|34|12|E|type:landmark|display=it}} | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker = museum | established = {{Start date and age|1836}} | location = [[Kunstareal]], Munich, Germany | type = Art museum | accreditation = [[Bavarian State Painting Collections]] | key_holdings = | collections = [[Old Master]]s | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = | director = | president = | chairperson = | curator = | historian = | owner = | publictransit = {{Plainlist| * No. 27 tram to Pinakotheken * Underground U2 to Königsplatz }} | website = {{URL|www.pinakothek.de}} }} The '''Alte Pinakothek''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʔaltə pinakoˈteːk|lang|De-Pinakothek.ogg}}, ''Old [[Pinacotheca|Pinakothek]]'') is an [[art museum]] located in the [[Kunstareal]] area in [[Munich]], Germany.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alte Pinakothek|url=http://www.pinakothek.de/en/alte-pinakothek|website=pinakothek.de|access-date=6 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818145123/http://www.pinakothek.de/en/alte-pinakothek|archive-date=18 August 2014}}</ref> It is one of the oldest galleries in the world and houses a significant collection of [[Old Master]] paintings. The name Alte (Old) Pinakothek refers to the time period covered by the collection—from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century.<ref name="www.pinakothek.de">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinakothek.de/en/visit/alte-pinakothek|title=Alte Pinakothek {{!}} DIE PINAKOTHEKEN|website=www.pinakothek.de|language=en|access-date=2018-05-13}}</ref> The [[Neue Pinakothek]], re-built in 1981, covers nineteenth-century art, and [[Pinakothek der Moderne]], opened in 2002, exhibits modern art. All three galleries are part of the [[Bavarian State Painting Collections]], an organization of the Free state of Bavaria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinakothek.de/en/about-us/history|title=History {{!}} DIE PINAKOTHEKEN|website=www.pinakothek.de|language=en|access-date=2018-05-13}}</ref>
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