This museum is famous for two great collections related to gold: the Green Vault (Grünes Gewölbe) with one of the finest displays of jewellery and goldsmiths' work in Europe, and the Coin-Cabinet (Münzkabinett) dedicated to European coins and medals.

The Green Vault collection originated between 1723 and 1729 when Frederick Augustus I of Saxony converted the strong rooms of Dresden Castle into a public treasure chamber museum. The Castle was destroyed in World War II, but half the original collection is now at the Albertinum Museum. It is the most important treasure chamber collection in Europe. The displays include ornate goblets and jewellery by Johann Melchior Dinglinger, a great goldsmith who worked in Dresden in the 18th century, and work by other fellow goldsmiths, all encouraged by the patronage of Frederick Augustus.

The Coin Cabinet collection, located near the main museum at Guntzstrasse 34, was begun in the early 16th century by George der Bärtige and is the oldest in Germany. It includes a comprehensive range of coins from the Greek and Roman period through German coinage until 1871, together with coin dies and other old equipment from the mint in Dresden. The Cabinet is an education in the history of coins and money.

Albertinum Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Bruhlsche Terrasse
01067 Dresden
Germany

Tel.     +49 351 491 4714
Fax     +49 351 491 4616
Web    www.staatl-kunstsammlungen-dresden.de
           
Open

Friday to Wednesday 10 - 18.00
Wednesday 11 - 21.00
Closed Thursday