All historic houses to visit in Dresden

Step into the past at 10 historic houses in Dresden. These preserved homes offer a glimpse into the lives of notable figures and everyday people from different eras.

Are you interested in exploring historic homes? Here are the must-see historic houses in Dresden:

  1. Green Vault1

    Green Vault

     Dresden
    The Green Vault (Grünes Gewölbe) is a museum in Dresden that holds the largest collection of treasures in Europe and contains many exhibits from the Baroque to Classicism. The Green Vault is named after the formerly malachite green painted column bases and capitals of the main rooms. The museum open
  2. Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments2

    Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments

     Dresden
    Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments (Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon) is a museum in Dresden that belongs to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. It is a museum of historic clocks and scientific instruments. The museum holds and exhibits a collection that includes globes, ast
  3. Dresden City Museum3

    Dresden City Museum

     Dresden
    The Dresden City Museum (Stadtmuseum Dresden) is the central city and local history museum of the Saxon capital Dresden in Germany. The museum is housed in the Landhaus and is dedicated to the more than 800-year history of the city. The permanent exhibition of the Dresden City Museum addresses vario
  4. Gedenkstätte Bautzner Straße4

    Gedenkstätte Bautzner Straße

     Dresden
    The Gedenkstatte Bautzner Strasse (Memorial site Bautzner Straße) in Dresden is a memorial site for the victims of the GDR Ministry for State Security (MfS) in the Saxon capital Dresden. It is the only originally preserved remand prison of the "Stasi" in the 'Freistaat' that is open to the public. T
  5. Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Museum5

    Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Museum

     Dresden
    The Carl-Maria-von-Weber Museum is a music museum in Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony. The museum is dedicated to the life and work of German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic Carl Maria von Weber and is located in her former summer residence. A permanent exhibitio
  6. Palitzsch-Museum6

    Palitzsch-Museum

     Dresden
    The Palitzsch Museum is a museum in Dresden that is dedicated to the 7000-year settlement history of today's district of Prohlis and the Prohlis natural scientist Johann George Palitzsch, who in 1758 first saw the then eagerly awaited Halley's comet. The museum is housed in a former farm and its exh
  7. Schulmuseum Dresden7

    Schulmuseum Dresden

     Dresden
    The Schulmuseum Dresden (School Museum Dresden) is a school museum in Dresden in Germany. The extensive collections of the school museum document the school history of Dresden and consist of an extensive collection of textbooks, teaching aids, pictures and photographs and other objects related to sc
  8. Kuegelgenhaus - Museum of Dresden Romanticism8

    Kuegelgenhaus - Museum of Dresden Romanticism

     Dresden
    Kuegelgenhaus - Museum of Dresden Romanticism is an art, literature and music museum in Dresden that is housed in the former home of the painter Gerhard von Kügelgen. The museum is dedicated to artists from the Romantic era and their works. The museum's exhibition covers nine rooms that cover the ti
  9. Kraszewski-Museum9

    Kraszewski-Museum

     Dresden
    The Kraszewski Museum is a literary museum in Dresden that is dedicated to the Polish writer, painter, historian and composer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812-1887). The exhibitions in the museum feature both the German and the Polish language (as well as English). The permanent exhibition illustrates
  10. Schiller Pavillion10

    Schiller Pavillion

     Dresden
    The Schillerhäuschen (Schiller Pavillion) is a literary museum in Dresden that is dedicated to the important German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright Friedrich Schiller. The museum is housed in a small building in which Schiller is said to have lived. The Schillerhäuschen (Sch