- Albertinum
The Albertinum is a famous fine art museum in
Dresden ,Germany , close toBrühl's Terrace and theZwinger .The Albertinum, named after Saxon king
Albert , was built in1887 byCarl Adolf Canzler on the site of a former armoury to serve as a publicmuseum and archive. Since 1889 the Albertinum has displayed an excellent sculpture collection, including the celebrated but problematic reconstructions of theLemnian Athena . Destroyed in February1945 , the Albertinum was rebuilt by1953 .Until
2004 the Albertinum was the postwar home of theGreen Vault (Grünes Gewölbe), often called Germany's most meaningful collection of royal treasures, such as a cherry pit with 365 engraved faces. However the Green Vault is now back in the innercity Residence castle inDresden and no longer in the Albertinum. Regarding new masters, sometimes the students of the Dresden art academy show their works of future masters, or not, in front of the Albertinum.Today it hosts the
Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister (New Masters Gallery) and theMünzkabinett (Coin Cabinet) of the Dresden State Art Collections (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden ) but is currently under construction. The New Masters Gallery features masterpieces from the 19th and 20th century including works by Degas, Dix, Manet, Monet, Richter, Van Gogh, and others.External links
* [http://www.skd-dresden.de Public art collections of Dresden]
* [http://www.dresden-tourist.de Incomming Service]
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