To this day Bavaria protects it special status, dialect and local folklore inside of the Federal Republic of Germany. Most notably Bavarians like to call everybody else "a Preuß" (a Prussian) in living memory of that antagonism toward the powerful neighbor in Berlin.

The Residenz was severely damaged during the war. Large parts of the collection were salvaged and kept outside of the city. After the war they were brought back to the Museum under US patronage.