Overview
- Visitors can enter the Propositionsaal and the Großer Ballsaal starting Wednesday, completing the Festetage—the suite of festive state rooms—and creating a seamless tour through the palace.
- Masken und Kronen, a new permanent show on court festivals and power display, presents more than 450 objects, many back on view in Dresden for the first time since World War II.
- Notable pieces include a sleigh harness with over 500 bells used by Friedrich August II in a 1719 marriage courtship, Germany’s only surviving electoral cap, and a life-size figure of August the Strong in his original coronation attire.
- The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden is marking the opening with a festival week of tours and programs, with free entry for visitors in Baroque costume.
- Reconstruction began in 1985 and is financed by Saxony and the federal government at about €407 million, with remaining work due by 2028 and a ceremonial reopening planned for spring 2029.