Best places: Museums in Dresden, Germany

Art museum comprising 23 rooms of old masters including works by Raphael, Correggio & Vermeer.

Baroque building with a garden, porcelain collection & exhibits on historic scientific instruments.

Baroque palace surrounded by a lake, with a vast trophy collection, porcelain rooms & parkland.

Palace state art collection venue rebuilt after wartime bombings with an iconic domed courtyard.

Museum showcasing cabinet pieces by Dresden court jeweler Dinglinger & other precious objects.

Brick gasometer with a massive 360° panoramic painting of the city of Dresden as it was in 1756.

Baroque gardens around a 17th century renaissance villa for arts events, plus a mini steam railway.

Castle, founded more than 800 years ago, with rooms in period decor & a landscaped park & gardens.

Museum in a castle with over 80,000 exhibits, teaching visitors about the make-up of the earth.

Hands-on exhibits of 150 years of local technology, photography & cinematography in former factory.

👍👍 Amazing educational experience! My wife knew nothing about watchmaking and now she's an expert. Fantastic escapement exposition and a brilliant interactive augmented reality watch mechanizm demo near the end. Must see for any watch lover! ⌚ 💕

👍👍 This huge park which can be reached in about 30 minutes using public transportation. There is a lake, a small castle and toy train. Really great place to hangout.

😐 The Memorial at Bautzner Street, a former Stasi prison, is an unsettling yet significant site that encapsulates a dark chapter in Germany's history. This place is a solemn testament to the past, telling a story of surveillance, persecution, and resilience during the Cold War era. Entering the priso...

Renaissance palace restored after a fire, with a botanical palm house & a decorative arts museum.

Castle filled with art & history, purported to be Germany's oldest, overlooking the River Elbe.

Renaissance building with a collection of rail stock, aircraft, road vehicles & a model railway.

13th-century fortress with a torture chamber, history exhibits & a program of concerts & theater.

Landscaped park set around the woodland remains of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery.

17th-century fortress where European porcelain was invented, with landmark terrace & river views.

👍👍 Tolles Museum und absolut empfehlenswerte Führung! Definitiv einen Besuch und auch jeden Cent des eh überschaubaren Eintrittsgelds wert! Ganz besonders hervorzuheben ist die Freundlichkeit der Mitarbeiter. Die Führung war super kurzweilig, interaktiv und mit viel Humor versetzt und die fachliche Exp...