Dresden's new treasure chamber

in Residenzschloss

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In times of Pay Pal, credit cards and digital coins – so-called BitCoins – cash has increasingly vanished from everyday life. At the same time special events, such as the minting of the five-euro coin in 2016, meet with unimagined interest. The Dresden Münzkabinett brings together a collection of approximately 300,000 objects, ranging from antiquity to the present day.

Exhibition of the Coin Cabinet at the Royal Palace
Date of the special exhibitions is 27.05.2023—14.07.2024

Pest, Cholera und Corona

Epidemien gestern und Heute

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The permanent exhibition

ungleichmäßig geformte Münze, darauf ein Tierkopf
Münze, darauf eine Eule
Münze, darauf ein Wappen
Münze, darauf ein seitliches Portrait von August
Münze, darauf eine Kirche
Münze, darauf arabische Schrift
Münze, darauf Hände zweier Personen, die zwei Herzen zusammenschnüren
Münze, darauf zwei gekrönte Personen
Münze, darauf eine 1 mit zwei Blättern links und rechts, unten Aufschrift "Pfennig 1984"
Münze, darauf Seitenportrait von Queen Victoria
Münze, darauf ein seitliches Portrait
Münze, darauf ein Drache

Dresden's new treasure chamber

In June 2015, the Münzkabinett returned to its original home in the Residenzschloss with its long-awaited permanent exhibition, designed around a new concept. This reopening also marked the completion of a further stage in the reconstruction of the Dresden Residenzschloss.

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One of Dresden‘s oldest museums

The Münzkabinett is one of Dresden‘s oldest museums, dating back to the time of Duke Georg the Bearded (1500 -1539). Over the following centuries, the electors and kings of Saxony, particularly August the Strong, his son continued to expand the Münzkabinett through purchases and gifts.
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Münzen, Medaillen und Orden

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