Museums in Dresden

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The city ​​of Dresden owes its world fame, the nickname Florence on the Elbe and its current importance as an art and cultural metropolis to a large extent to its museums and galleries . The art collections of the Electorate , the Kingdom and the Free State of Saxony are located in the former royal seat and today's state capital .

The Pillnitz Castle , the “Army Museum” , the Hygiene Museum and the museums of the city of Dresden also live from the eventful history of Dresden and are also visited by foreign guests. There are also many lesser-known institutions that expand the museum landscape thematically, spatially and in terms of sponsorship.

"Sistine Madonna"
"Court of Delhi"

Museums of the Free State of Saxony

The central facility of the State Art Collections (SKD) is the Dresden Royal Palace with the Green Vault . This treasure in the form of jewelry and representative exhibits is a collection of European goldsmithing and fine crafts. The collection is closely linked to the Münzkabinett , the armory and the Kupferstichkabinett .

In the Zwinger , which is only separated from the palace complex by Sophienstrasse , there are further exhibitions: the porcelain collection with its objects that should not be overestimated for cultural history, and the mathematical-physical salon . It contains mathematical, physical and astronomical instruments, globes and maps from the early modern period. It is a testimony to the connection between culture and science in Dresden.

The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister has been located in the Sempergalerie of the Zwinger since 1855 . The most famous exhibit in this gallery is the Sistine Madonna by Raphael . With other works by Rembrandt , Rubens and Canaletto , the gallery carries pictures of the Renaissance and Baroque . The term "old masters" shows the epochal demarcation from the painters of later epochs.

The “ New Masters ” in the Albertinum on Brühlschen Terrasse include painters such as Caspar David Friedrich , Max Liebermann , Max Slevogt , Otto Dix and artists from the Brücke group . The gallery thus carries works of Romanticism , Impressionism and Expressionism . In contrast to the “old masters”, many of the artists in this gallery had a personal connection to Dresden by studying, teaching or living here at the art academy . Three-dimensional works of art from 5000 years ago belong to the sculpture collection , also in the Albertinum. The art gallery in the Lipsius building mainly pays homage to contemporary art, some of which is created in the adjacent art academy.

Further facilities of the state art collections are the arts and crafts museum in Pillnitz Castle, the Josef Hegenbarth archive in Loschwitz , the museum for Saxon folk art and the puppet theater collection in the Jägerhof in the Neustadt and the Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden .

The Pillnitz Castle Museum owned by the State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony is housed in the New Palais of Pillnitz Castle. The casemates of the Dresden Fortress also belong to this group . They are supported by the “Dresdner Verein Brühlsche Terrasse e. V. "made available to the public.

The Saxon Memorials Foundation in memory of the victims of political tyranny oversees the former execution site Münchner Platz and the Stasi victims' memorial on Bautzner Strasse .

The book museum of the SLUB Dresden , the collections and art holdings of the TU Dresden and the octagon of the University of Fine Arts Dresden are assigned to the state universities. (The Botanical Garden of the TU Dresden certainly also has the characteristics of a museum.)

The Saxony Police History Collection must also be counted among the state museums.

The State Museum for Prehistory Dresden has moved to Chemnitz and has been called the State Museum for Archeology Chemnitz since 2014 .

Museum of the Bundeswehr

Military history museum of the Bundeswehr
German Hygiene Museum 1959

In the north of the city, in the former barracks suburb of Albertstadt , is the Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr . It was rebuilt from 2006 to 2011 according to plans by Daniel Libeskind and has a collection of weapons and military equipment from several centuries; but wants to take a more critical look at the military and the war environment in the future.

Co-financed (federal and state)

The Senckenberg Society for Natural Research includes the Museum of Mineralogy and Geology Dresden and the Museum of Animal Science Dresden via the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden .

Co-financed (Saxony and Dresden)

The German Hygiene Museum serves since its inception in 1912 health , human biology and medical education of the general population. The best-known exhibit is the Transparent Woman , which allows a three-dimensional view of all internal organs.

Municipal museums

The Dresden City Museum and the Dresden City Gallery are located in the Landhaus am Pirnaischen Platz , the first dedicated conference building for the Saxon estates and today's headquarters of the Dresden City Museums Association .

The Dresden Technical Collections are located in the Striesen district and are evidence of the Ernemannbau , a former manufacturing facility for photographic technology (e.g. Praktica ). Technical objects of industrialization , computing and data processing machines are exhibited . One focus is on developments in Saxony, which influenced industrialization in Saxony.

Other museums in the museum network are the Kunsthaus Dresden , the Leonhardi Museum , the Carl Maria von Weber Museum , the Kraszewski Museum , the Kügelgenhaus - Museum of Dresden Romanticism , the Palitzsch Museum and the Schillerhäuschen .

  • The country house with city museum and city gallery

  • Technical Collections Dresden

  • Kunsthaus Dresden

  • Leonhardi Museum

  • Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Museum

  • Kraszewski Museum

  • Kügelgenhaus 1985

  • Palitzsch Museum

  • Schiller house

KraftWerk - Dresden Energy Museum

The city ​​archive is also a museum with its exhibitions and events.

The collection of the Dresden Transport Museum is indirectly owned by the city via a GmbH , and the KraftWerk - Dresden Energy Museum via Drewag .

Independent museums (selection)

Panometer in Reick

(part of the building, part of the collection does not belong to the operators)

Thematic list of museums, exhibitions, memorials and galleries

(Multiple answers possible)

Exhibitions with broad or variable themes

architecture

history

History (supraregional)

Local history

District history

art

Visual arts

Applied arts and crafts

literature

music

Contemporary Arts

military

Sports

technology

traffic

economy

science

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ ... because a botanical garden, in contrast to a zoo, serves more for education than for entertainment.
  2. ↑ The Schocken department store. State Museum for Archeology Chemnitz , accessed on March 19, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Website of the BRN Museum , accessed on December 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ a b Website of the JohannStadthalle - Wohn-Kultur , accessed on December 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ Eckart Roloff , Karin Henke-Wendt: A Dresden merchant revives the pharmaceutical trade and does good works. (The GEHE exhibition) In: Visit your doctor or pharmacist. A tour through Germany's museums for medicine and pharmacy. Volume 1: Northern Germany. S. Hirzel Verlag, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-7776-2510-2 , pp. 195-197.
  6. ↑ Eckart Roloff, Karin Henke-Wendt: Schlundstößer, Rippenscheren, Lebenswecker - in the best sense of the word museum. (= The Medical History Collection of the TU Dresden ). In: Visit your doctor or pharmacist. A tour through Germany's museums for medicine and pharmacy. Volume 1: Northern Germany. S. Hirzel Verlag, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-7776-2510-2 , pp. 198-199.