Our museums are situated in world-renowned buildings in the centre of Dresden. Furthermore you can visit us in Dresden Pillnitz, Leipzig and Herrnhut.
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Evening Opening: Blue Hour Grünes Gewölbe Friday 17—19
Entrance without any steps via Sophienstraße, Taschenberg 2 and Schloßstraße
Ticket valid for all museums at the Royal Palace except Historic Green Vault: Small Ballroom, The State Apartments of August the Strong, Coin Cabinet, New Green Vault, Museum of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Hausmannsturm, Armoury (Kunstkammer, The Rise of Electoral Power in Saxony, The Firearms Gallery in the Long Corridor, Electoral Wardrobe, Turkish Chamber, Hall of the Giants, Silverarms Room)
Ticket valid for: Historic Green Vault
Due to limited capacity, we recommend booking an online ticket.
Tour with art educator in German through the Schlosskapelle, duration approximatly 60 minutes
Ticket valid for: special exhibition "William Kentridge. Listen to the Echo" (06.09.2025—15.02.2026) at the Kupferstich-Kabinett
Entrance without any steps via Theaterplatz and Zwinger courtyard (lift next to the entrance to the museums).
ticket valid for: Old Masters Picture Gallery and Sculpture Collection up to 1800, Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments, Porcelain Collection at the Zwinger
Ticket valid for: Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments at the Zwinger
Ticket valid for: Porcelain Collection at the Zwinger
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Entrance without any steps via Georg-Treu-Platz
Ticket valid for: Albertinum (Art from Romanticism to the Present) and Sculpture Collection from 1800 including the special exhibition “William Kentridge. Listen to the Echo”
Tickets valid for: Evening opening of GMKD: Spätschicht - “William Kentridge. Listen to the Echo” every Thursday 17—20 at the Albertinum
A step-free entrance is located on the right-hand side of the building (staff entrance).
Ticket valid for a visit to the current special exhibition
Entrance without any steps via Köpckestraße
Entrance without any steps via main entrance for the exhibition areas on the ground floor. Unfortunately, the other floors of the Japanisches Palais are currently not accessible to wheelchair users.
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Please note that access is not barrier-free (stairs).
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From Tuesday to Friday, preschool groups and school classes can visit in the morning by appointment.
The main entrance to the museum and all exhibition areas are barrier-free.
Ticket valid for: Special exhibition “William Kentridge. Listen to the Echo” (06.09.2025—28.06.2026) at the Puppentheatersammlung, more tickets (e.g. combined tickets with the exhibition at Kupferstich-Kabinett and Albertinum) available in our ticket shop
Entrance without any steps via Georg-Treu-Platz (lift next to the entrance to the museum).
We kindly ask wheelchair users to inform our staff at the counter in the Alte Wache. Our staff will help you to access the museum.
only exhibition areas “Rapid Response”, “Großformate” and “Bonvenon” are open
Entrance without any steps via Johannisplatz.
Admission to the permanent exhibition at the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig is free of charge. Fees may apply for special exhibitions and events. Please note that card payment is currently not possible.
Ticket valid for: all museums and exhibitions of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Validity: 1 year from the date of purchase
Ticket valid for: all museums and exhibitions of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; except Historic Green Vault.
Ticket valid for: all museums incl. special exhibitions of the Dresden State Art Collections; except the Historic Green Vault.
Period of validity: valid for two days from the day of validation with single admission to the museums of the Dresden State Art Collections
We welcome our guests in our newly opened visitor centre "Art and Info" in the Residenzschloss. From the selling tickets for all our museums, personalization of annual tickets, arranging individual and guided tours, to offering an exclusive selection of souvenirs for sale, we are there as a contact for all questions about the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
Besucherzentrum art und info:
Residenzschloss
Schlossstraße/corner Taschenberg, 01067 Dresden (daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
Telefon: + 49 351 4914 20 00 (monday - friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
For security reasons, overcoats and bags of any kind must be handed in at our cloakrooms or in our lockers. Bags or items that are permitted to be carried for special reasons, at the discretion of the security staff, will be checked for their contents. This also applies for wheelchairs and Strollers. Thank you for your understanding!
Depending on the building, free cloakrooms and/or lockers are available for you to drop off your bags, coats and jackets. Please have 1 or 2 € coins ready for the use of the lockers. Thank you for your understanding!
You can find an overview of the current ticket prices here (PDF)
Reduced prices or entry free of charge apply to the following list of visitors
For the Historic Green Vault time slot tickets are necessary. Tickets for all other exhibitions can be purchased at the online shop, at the museum ticket offices and at the visitor service during the opening hours.
In the following buildings you will receive free WLAN:
In order to connect to our WLAN please select the network name "MUSEUM_SKD" in your smartphone.
Taking photographs and Filming without flash, tripod or selfie-stick – for exclusively private, non-commercial purposes – is permitted in the permanent exhibitions (except in the Historic Green Vault (Historisches Grünes Gewölbe)), provided the safety and security of the works of art are not endangered, a minimum distance of 50 centimetres is complied with, and other visitors
are treated with consideration.
This permit shall not apply to third party rights. The SKD explicitly point out that the reproduction or dissemination of content that is protected under copyright or rights of privacy is subject to authorisation. Individual works which are subject to a general prohibition on photography or filming owing to the instructions of the owner or copyright holder are labelled accordingly. In special exhibitions, photography and filming may be prohibited; please do not hesitate to ask the museum attendants about this. For all purposes that go beyond the scope of this general permit, written authorisation is necessary; this also applies to later changes of use.
Dear Visitors,
we are delighted to welcome you at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. In order to do justice to all of our visitors and their interests and to guarantee the safety of the artworks, certain rules are imperative. The rules of the house are binding for all visitors. By entering the museum building, the visitors acknowledge the validity of these rules.
