Death of the pub? Inn life!

Does the Bavarian inn already belong in a museum? The proverbial Bavarian cosiness is in demand worldwide. Nevertheless, the inns in the Free State are becoming fewer and fewer - long before Corona. Explore with us the history of Bavarian hospitality, its rise to world fame and find out why inns are dying and what innkeepers and guests can do about it.

Many see traditional Bavarian inn culture crumbling. And rightly so: already since the end of the 1960s, the classic inns in the Free State have been dwindling, village communities are losing their focal point. Recently, this has intensified dramatically - long before Corona. Keywords are bureaucracy, lack of personnel or changed leisure behaviour. The pandemic then also brought established landlords and innkeepers into distress.

The Bavarian exhibition explores the development from the Roman tavern to the cosy inn to the pompous "beer palace". Bavarian breweries made pub culture internationally famous at the World's Fairs around 1900. Without capable innkeepers, hard-working waitresses and peculiar regulars, none of this would have been possible! But we also look at the hard everyday life of the waiters, the poverty of the small traders, brawls, political violence and the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption.

Last edited on 08.02.2024