Attractions & museums
- Albertinum
- City Museum (country house)
- German Hygiene Museum
- Dresden Castle and the Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault)
- Dresdner Zwinger palace with the Old Masters art gallery, porcelain collection and armoury
- Transport Museum (Johanneum)
- Museum of Folk Art (Jägerhof)
- Japanese Palace
- Fürstenzug (Procession of Princes mural)
- Stallhof
Our insider tip:
Visit the Book Museum at the Saxon State Library/State and University Library of Dresden. The Book Museum holds one of the world’s three preserved Maya manuscripts, as well as the music autographs by Bach, Vivaldi and Wagner, as well as Albrecht Dürer’s sketchbook.

