Buccheim Museum

Today was a dreary, rainy day which foiled our plans for shopping in a cute, nearby town. Instead Kay and I headed for the Buchheim Museum der Phantasie (Buchheim Museum of Imagination) a little way down the lake in Bernried. The museum not only houses the art of Lothar-Günther Buchheim but also his personal art collection.  Wikipedia states the collection is valued at 300 million dollars.

Entrance to the deck leading out to the lake. 

Lothar-Günther Buchheim was an artist and an author.  During WWII he was a member of a propaganda unit reporting on the war.  Much of his job was documenting the action on a U-boat.  You could see from the art that this influenced his work immensely. Kay and I had to rely on sight because there weren't any English translations!

The museum is deceivingly large and the collection is fairly diverse. We enjoyed walking around and interpreting everything on our own. We ended our visit with soup in the cute little cafe inside the museum. Perfect on this day!