The Semperoper is a very beautiful building and the home of not only the state opera company but the ballet company as well. The opera house hosts productions of traditional favourites as well as premieres of new works.

Next to the Frauenkirche, the Zwinger is the most popular destination for tourists. The building complex with gardens and foundations is one of the most important and impressive baroque buildings in Germany. The name Zwinger refers to the original position of the complex, between the inner and outer castle walls.

Whether it's an altarpiece or a portrait, in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister every work is a masterpiece. Strolling through the high-ceilinged halls of the Gemäldegalerie, one encounters a host of familiar paintings that have been reproduced time and again: The "Chocolate Girl" by Jean-Etienne Liotard, the "Sleeping Venus" by Giorgione and Titian, Johannes Vermeer's "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window", Bellotto's views of Dresden's historic city centre and many more.

The exhibits in the cabinet shine a spotlight on objects that show how we began to understand our world: The development of the clock – from the early modern period to its production in the manufactory in Glashütte, Saxony, in the nineteenth century – is presented next to a Islamic celestial globe dating from the late thirteenth century, one of only five known globes from this period, created in today’s Iran, and the oldest exhibit in the collection.

Presented before leather hangings, mirrored expanses, or silk-paneled walls, each grouping in the porcelain collection establishes a world of its own. In this way, lions and fighting dogs made from Meissen porcelain take up position next to peacocks, parrots and a family of monkeys, beneath the canopies of exotic-seeming pavilions.

Royal seat and cultural center of the Saxon capital: Dresden Castle or Residenzschloss tells of almost 800 years of history. Severely damaged during World War II, the restored and reconstructed castle houses the Dresden State Art Collections today. Dresden Castle is home to the world-famous New Green Vault, the Dresden Armoury, the Coin Cabinet and the Cabinet of Prints, Drawings and Photographs.

The Dresden Armoury, also known as the Dresden Historical Museum is one of the world’s largest collections of historical textiles, ceremonial weapons and armour. It is part of the Dresden State Art Collections.

The Münzkabinett is one of the three largest numismatic collections in Germany. Its nearly 300,000 objects include coins from most countries of the world from antiquity to present day, historic and modern medallions, medals and insignia, historic bank notes and bonds, minting dies for coins and medals, seals, models, early forms of money, and minting machines and equipment.

The famous 100-meter panel depicting the procession of princes of a thousand-year-old Saxon dynasty of the ruling house of the Wettin is located on the outer wall of the so-called Long Gallery of the Dresden residence castle.

From Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter: The exhibition in the Albertinum contains masterpieces from the GalerieNeue Meister (New Masters Gallery) and Skulpturensammlung (Sculpture Collection) from 1800 by the Romantic painters as well as 20th-century art and contemporary works.