German Dresden is considered to be one of the most beautiful and rich in attractions cities on our planet. The museum, art gallery, park, theater and many other cultural sites of this metropolis deserve to be visited at least for five minutes. Everything here seems to breathe history, restraint, inherent only to the Germans, and some kind of aristocracy. Museums of the city deserve special attention. Some of them are truly unique and offer exposures that are unparalleled anywhere else on Earth.
The largest museum in the city
The first sight to see in the metropolis of Dresden is the City Museum, or, as it is rightly called, the Dresden City Museum. This is the most significant and largest object among those that are included in the State Art Collections of this locality. The institution has both temporary and regular exhibitions. All of them tell the 800-year history of Dresden. They also tell about the culture, life and art of the city during these eight centuries.
In an institution other thanexhibits, there is also a wonderful scientific exhibition that Dresden is proud of. The museum offers to get acquainted with photographs, postcards and daguerreotypes with panoramas of the city. The most valuable is the exposition, consisting of one thousand photographs taken during the late 19th century and up to the 30s of the last century.
The place where all the transport gathered
Transport Museum (Dresden) is one of the most interesting places in the city. The institution is located in a modest building on Neumarkt Square. If you look at this building, you can hardly say that a huge number of vehicles can fit in it. But nevertheless, this is true: the museum has quite a lot of different exhibits.
The landmark dates back to May 1956. Today there are six expositions here: water and rail transport, trams, aviation, a model railway, bicycles, cars and motorcycles. The exhibition features all sorts of retro cars, vintage trailers, trams, locomotives and wagons.
Here visitors will get acquainted with the history of trams in the city, and will also be able to see an old tram dating back to 1895. In the hall demonstrating air transport, 1894 gliders are presented. It also tells how the first German passenger turbojet "152" was created. The museum's collection includes bicycles whose history reaches two centuries, and rare motorcycles that were used as far back as the century before last.
One of the best gatheringsporcelain in Europe
If you decide to visit Dresden, the Porcelain Museum is a must-see. It is located in the south wing of the Zwinger Palace. The institution was founded in 1715 and is of great interest to visitors. The founder of the museum was August the Strong, Elector of Saxony. The man was obsessed with a passion for porcelain. The prince's passion allowed him to collect an unsurpassed collection of porcelain, which at that time was considered the largest in the world. During the years 1710-1721, he managed to collect more than 23 thousand pieces of early Chinese, Meissen and Japanese ceramics.
Modern exposition consists of about 20 thousand exhibits. Of these, 750 of the best items are exhibited in the stunning baroque interiors of the Zwinger Palace. In addition, samples of East Asian porcelain of the 17th - early 18th centuries are presented here.
Museum of Man
The Museum of Man, or Museum of Hygiene, in Dresden was opened in 1912 by Karl August Lingner, a German entrepreneur. The original mission of the institution was to improve the he alth status of the poor.
Modern exhibitions of the museum are devoted to issues of anatomy, he alth, medicine and hygiene. The hall called "Glass Man" is the most popular in the institution. He depicts a person in the system of modern sciences. It demonstrates a variety of figures in which pressing a button allows you to highlight one or another of the organs. The exposition also has models of the human body, body parts and wax figures. ATThe museum has such permanent exhibitions as “Remember. Think. Learn”, “Eat and drink”, “Movement” and others.
Zoology Museum
These are not all the attractions that Dresden boasts. The Museum of Zoology, or the Dresden Zoological Museum, is another place that may be of interest to tourists. The history of the institution dates back to 1728. You can find it on the outskirts of the city, where it borders on coniferous protected forests. The oldest exhibits of the exhibition date back to 1587.
The museum consists of six departments: insects, preparation room, vertebrates and invertebrates, library and molecular genetics laboratory. By the way, the local library is considered one of the largest specialized zoological not only in Germany, but throughout Europe.
The institution has over six million zoological preparations in its collection.
