Residenzschloss
MuseumOpening Hours- daily 10—17, Tuesday closed
- Grünes Gewölbe, Friday, 10—19
- Labour Day, 01/05/2025, 10—17
- Special Opening and Closing Times
Entrance without any steps via Sophienstraße, Taschenberg 2 and Schloßstraße
Location Map
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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Dresden
Pillnitz
Leipzig & Herrnhut
Residenzschloss
Admission
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)
normal16 €
reduced12 €
under 17free
Groups (10 persons and more)14,50 €
Ticket valid for: Historic Green Vault
Due to limited capacity, we recommend booking an online ticket.
normal16 €
under 17free
Audioguidefree
reduced price with Sparkassencard12 €
Ticket valid for: current special exhibitions of the Kupferstich-Kabinett at Residenzschloss Dresden
normal6 €
reduced4,50 €
under 17free
groups (10 persons and more)5,50 €
The Hausmannsturm is open from 29.03.—04.11.2025. The last possible entry during the day is at 16:30.
normal5 €
reduced4 €
under 17free
groups (10 persons and more)4,50 €
Zwinger mit Semperbau
Zwinger
MuseumGemäldegalerie Alte MeisterMathematisch-Physikalischer SalonPorzellansammlungSkulpturensammlung up to 1800
Opening Hours- daily 10—17, Monday closed
-
Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon,
daily
11—17,
Monday closed
The Porzellansammlung remains closed until 17.04.2025 due to construction works.
- Labour Day, 01/05/2025, 10—17
- Special Opening and Closing Times
Entrance without any steps via Theaterplatz and Zwinger courtyard (lift next to the entrance to the museums).
Admission
ticket valid for: Old Masters Picture Gallery and Sculpture Collection up to 1800, Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments, Porcelain Collection at the Zwinger
normal16 €
reduced12 €
under 17free
groups (10 persons and more)12,50 €
Ticket valid for: Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments at the Zwinger
normal6 €
reduced4,50 €
under 17free
groups (10 persons and more)5,50 €
Ticket valid for: Porcelain Collection at the Zwinger
normal6 €
reduced4,50 €
under 17free
groups (10 persons and more)5,50 €
Albertinum
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Albertinum
MuseumOpening Hours- daily 11—17, Monday closed
- late opening "Wolfgang Tillmans. Weltraum" (not on 08.05.2025), Thursday, 17—20
- Labour Day, 01/05/2025, 11—17
- Special Opening and Closing Times
Entrance without any steps via Georg-Treu-Platz
Admission
Ticket valid for: Albertinum (Art from Romanticism to the Present) and Sculpture Collection from 1800
normal14 €
reduced10,50 €
under 17free
groups (10 persons and more)12,50 €
Blockhaus
Blockhaus
MuseumOpening Hours- Exhibition, Tuesday to Friday, 15—19
- Saturday to Sunday, 11—18
- Research (after prior registration), Tuesday to Friday, 9—15
- Labour Day, 01/05/2025, 11—18
- Special Opening and Closing Times
A step-free entrance is located on the right-hand side of the building (staff entrance).
Eintritt ADA
Ticket valid for a visit to the current special exhibition
normal5 €
reduced3 €
under 17free
Jägerhof
Jägerhof
MuseumOpening Hours- Friday to Sunday, 10—17
- Labour Day, 01/05/2025, 10—17
- Special Opening and Closing Times
Entrance without any steps via Köpckestraße
Admission
normal5 €
reduced4 €
under 17free
groups (10 persons and more)4,50 €
Japanisches Palais
Japanisches Palais
MuseumOpening Hours- daily 10—17, Monday closed
- Labour Day, 01/05/2025, 10—17
- Special Opening and Closing Times
Entrance without any steps via main entrance for the exhibition areas on the ground floor. For access to the other floors, please contact the supervisory staff.
Admission
admissionfree
admissionfree
Josef-Hegenbarth-Archive
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Josef-Hegenbarth-Archive
MuseumOpening Hours- Sunday, 15—18
- Special Opening and Closing Times
Please note that access is not barrier-free (stairs).
Tickets
admissionfree
Kraftwerk Mitte
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Kraftwerk Mitte
MuseumOpening Hours- Thursday to Friday, 14—18
-
Saturday to Sunday,
10—18
From Tuesday to Friday, groups (e.g. school classes) can visit the museum in the morning by appointment.
- Labour Day, 01/05/2025, 10—18
- Special Opening and Closing Times
The main entrance to the museum and all exhibition areas are barrier-free.
Tickets
normal7 €
reduced5 €
groups (10 persons and more)6 €
under 17free
normal7 €
reduced5 €
groups (10 persons and more)6 €
under 17free
normal10 €
reduced7,50 €
groups (10 persons and more)8,50 €
under 17free
Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau
Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau
MuseumOpening Hours- daily 11—17, Monday closed
- Special Opening and Closing Times
-
17.03.2025—07.05.2025
Please note that the Kunsthalle at Lipsiusbau remains closed until the new exhibition "Spiegel im Spiegel" starting 08.05.2025.
Entrance without any steps via Georg-Treu-Platz (lift next to the entrance to the museum).
Schloss Pillnitz
GRASSI Museum Leipzig
GRASSI Museum Leipzig
MuseumOpening Hours- daily 10—18, Monday closed
- Labour Day, 01/05/2025, 10—18
- Special Opening and Closing Times
Entrance without any steps via Johannisplatz.
Admission
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.
admissionfree
Herrnhut
Völkerkundemuseum Herrnhut
MuseumOpening Hours- Friday to Sunday, 9—16
- Special Opening and Closing Times
Admission
normal3 €
reduced2 €
under 17free
groups (10 persons and more)2,50 €
Annual tickets
Ticket valid for: all museums and exhibitions of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Validity: 1 year from the date of purchase
normal75 €
reduced25 €
reduced: pensioner50 €
Day tickets
Ticket valid for: all museums and exhibitions of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; except Historic Green Vault and special exhibition Caspar David Friedrich.
normal24 €
under 17free
Ticket valid for: all museums incl. special exhibitions of the Dresden State Art Collections; except the Historic Green Vault and the special exhibition Caspar David Friedrich.
Period of validity: valid for two days from the day of validation with single admission to the museums of the Dresden State Art Collections
normal27 €
reduced Sparkasse20,50 €
under 17free
Visitor centre "art and info"
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.)
Notes on your visit
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:
- Albertinum
- GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig
- Japanisches Palais
- Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau
- Residenzschloss (Royal Palace)
- kleiner Schlosshof (small Courtyard)
- Kupferstich-Kabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings)
- Zwinger
- Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery)
- Porzellansammlung (Porcelain Colllection)
- Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon (Entrance)
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.
