The Dresden museums of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen

Map of 8 locations in Dresden, Germany

Saxony's electors began assembling these holdings in the 16th century, and the state collection that grew out of them marked its 450th anniversary in 2010. The museums are scattered across separate buildings: the Residenzschloss, the Zwinger, the Albertinum, the Japanisches Palais and a converted power station, each with its own ticket desk, its own closing day and, in one case this year, its own building closure. Several of them also appear as institutions in Proveana, the German Lost Art Foundation's provenance research database, which is the other record by which a collection of this age is known.

Places in this collection

  • Puppentheatersammlung — The puppet theatre collection sits in the Kraftwerk Mitte, the city's former power station, under the house name Haus der Charaktere. The b…
  • Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden — The ethnographic museum occupies the Japanisches Palais, which was badly damaged in the bombing of Dresden in 1945 and restored in stages f…
  • Porzellansammlung — Fine ceramics, Meissen above all, shown in the Zwinger next to the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon. The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen' own v…
  • Rüstkammer — Historic arms and armour, including the Türckische Cammer, on an upper floor of the Residenzschloss. The collection supplies the material f…
  • Münzkabinett — The coin cabinet in the Residenzschloss covers coins, orders and medals, and is one of the four museums the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen list…
  • Galerie Neue Meister — Painting of the 19th and 20th centuries, housed in the Albertinum, which also holds the sculpture collection from 1800 onward. The division…
  • Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister — Paintings of the 15th to 18th centuries, held in the Semper wing of the Zwinger alongside the sculpture collection up to 1800. The gallery…
  • Grünes Gewölbe — Installed in the Residenzschloss, the vault keeps the Saxon electors' jewels and goldsmith work in two separately ticketed parts, the Histo…

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