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The Albertinum is a famous fine art museum in Dresden , Germany , close to Brühl's Terrace . If somebody has been to the Old Masters gallery at the Zwinger then the Albertinum just off the Bruehl Terrace (east end) has arguable the perfect complementary paintings exhibition. The New Masters Gallery (Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister) features masterpieces from the 19th and 20th century including works by for example Degas, Manet, Richter, Monet, Dix and Van Gogh. Named after a Saxon king - Albert, the Albertinum was built in 1887 by Carl Adolf Canzler on the site of a former armoury to serve as a public Museum and archive. The museum is said to belong to the most meaningful ones of its kind worldwide, as also some nearby collections do, which show for example old technical machines. Destroyed in february 1945 the Albertinum itself was rebuilt till 1953 . Till 2004 the Albertinum was the after-war-home of the Green Vault (Grünes Gewölbe) which is often called Germany´s most meaningful collection of royal treasuries, like for example a cherry pit with 365 engraved faces. It´s now back in the innercity Residence castle in Dresden 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. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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