Dresden City Museum
The Stadtmuseum Dresden (Dresden City Museum) tells the history of the city in the Landhaus, built in the 1770s for the Saxon estates, a few metres from the Frauenkirche.
What it is
The museum is one of the Museen der Stadt Dresden, the city's group of museums. The Städtische Galerie Dresden, the city's art gallery, shares the Landhaus with it.
History
The museum
The museum was founded in 1891. Its first rooms were in the Loßsches Palais in Kreuzstraße, and the city archivist Otto Richter was its first director. In 1910 it moved into the new town hall.
From 2003 to 2006 the Landhaus was converted. In 2006, for Dresden's 800th anniversary, the museum opened its permanent exhibition on the city's history.
The Landhaus
The Landhaus was built in the 1770s as the Land- und Steuerhaus for the Saxon estates. It was designed by the Saxon court architect Friedrich August Krubsacius and combines late Baroque, Rococo and early classicist elements.
After Saxony's first constitution of 1831, the new Saxon parliament met in the Landhaus in 1833/34. In the early 20th century it was converted into state government offices and given a western wing.