Munich. House of German Art photographic postcard

'Munich. House of German Art' photographic postcard. Produced by Verlag Carl Krueck in Munich. Monochrome photo. Measures 91 x 140 mm. With postmark and message on the back. Postage stamp is missing. In good condition with minor signs of wear.

After the end of World War II, the museum building was first used by the US Army occupation forces as an officers' mess. The building's original purpose could still be seen in such guises as the swastika-motif mosaics in the ceiling panels of its front portico.

Beginning in 1946, the museum rooms, now partitioned into several smaller exhibition areas, started to be used as temporary exhibition space for trade shows and visiting art exhibitions. Some parts of the museum were also used to showcase works from those of Munich's art galleries that had been destroyed during the war. The original steps at the building's entrance were removed to make way for a road tunnel, which opened in 1972.