Dresden Museum of Ethnology

The Dresden Museum of Ethnology is an ethnographic museum that is part of the Dresden State Art Collections. It was founded in 1875 and contains a collection with more than 90,000 artefacts from Oceania, Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe.

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Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Germany
Also known as: “Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden” and “Royal Ethnographic Museum, Dresden”
Address: Palaisplatz 11, Dresden, 01097

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Semperoper and Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.

Semperoper

Theater building

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The Semperoper is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden. It is also home to the Semperoper Ballett. Semperoper is situated 620 metres south of Dresden Museum of Ethnology.

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister

Museum

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The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany, displays around 750 paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries. It includes major Italian Renaissance works as well as Dutch and Flemish paintings. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister is situated 750 metres south of Dresden Museum of Ethnology.

Palaisgarten

Park

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Palaisgarten is a park, which is situated 100 metres west of Dresden Museum of Ethnology.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Innere Neustadt and Innere Altstadt.

Innere Neustadt

Suburb

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The Innere Neustadt is a neighborhood in Dresden within the administrative district of Neustadt. The name is derived from "Neue Königliche Stadt", the name given to the former district of Altendresden when it was rebuilt after a fire before 1732.