Museums

The museum (Hans Körnig Museum )is dedicated to the painter and graphic artist Hans Körnig (1905–1989). His entire lifework encompasses some 1,300 prints, above all aquatints, more than 300 oil paintings, and hundreds of drawings. Since 2010, the museum on the ground floor of the building has commemorated the artist’s life and rich œuvre with … Read more » “Hans Koernig Arts Museum”

The complex of buildings (Kunsthalle) was called after its creator, Professor of Architecture Constantin Lipsius. Numerous exhibitions offer visitors an informative and varied programme of events.

The collection of the museum (Kunstgewerbemuseum) in Pillnitz Palace (Schloss Pillnitz) avails of a collection of objects from different cultural epochs and regions, including the countries neighbouring Saxony in the south-east, the Ottoman Empire, Asia and South America. As one of the first of the collection’s focuses, a selection of textile fragments was compiled which … Read more » “Museum of Decorative Arts Dresden”

The museum (Museum für Sächsische Volkskunst) exists since 1913, and also houses the famous collection of puppets (Puppentheatersammlung).    

The “Kügelgenhaus”, named after the portraitist and history painter Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772-1820) is the museum of Dresden Romanticism (Museum der Dresdner Romantik) nowadays. In nine thematically arranged rooms, a significant phase of Dresden’s cultural and intellectual history during the 18th or 19th century is brought to life.

The gallery ( Dresden Städtische Galerie für Gegenwartskunst) shows contemporary international art as well as work by young artists from the region.  

The gallery ia showing changing exhibitions of contemporary Saxon art and with a permanent display of pictures by Eduard Leonhardi (1828-1905).