This Old Masters Museum is in a complex. The museum entrance was hard to find because of the…read moretourist groups gathering and blocking the entrance. Once we made it into the building, we were rudely greeted by two old and angry women, and told to go downstairs for tickets. We were directed to self service lockers for coats and backpacks then to purchase tickets. The same rude "greeters" on the first floor practically yelled at me because I had my purse with me. She demanded that I return and store it in the locker. I asked if I could keep it with me because it contained my passport and with a stern and rude "nein" she turned me away. I did manage to put my valuables in my pocket in hopes that there are no pick pockets in the museum. The museum's collection is impressive, but the curation is not up to par. Many of the master works are behind glass such as Raphael's Sistina Madonna. The skylights and lighting above the Sistina Madonna casted a terrible glare, which made it impossible to enjoy the piece from a direct front view. The pieces are incredible, which would make this a 5* museum, but the terrible curation and horrible customer service bumped down 2*.

Ekstasis ~ "standing outside oneself" (from Greek, ex- "out" + histanai "to place")…read more First there was Raphael's Sistine Madonna. Then, somewhere between Giorgione's Sleeping Venus and Vermeer's Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window -- ecstasy waved and found us: sitting on round sofas, gazing at art.

The "Procession of Princes" is a large mural of the rulers of Saxony. It was originally painted…read morebetween 1871 and 1876. It is 102 metres (335 ft) and one of the highlights in Dresden.

We walked passed this place at the evening, right after the dinner. It was really great to walked…read morearound the place. The painting itself was great. Full of detail to dig into, very historical and cultural. All the historical moment show at one to they eyes of the visitor. There was a street music band playing some classic music at the back, when we were there. It made our experience even greater and at the same romantic. It was like wtaching a movie, my imagination was dancing with the paint on Fürstenzug along with the music. There was lights all around the painting. It definitely seem more interesting to me. We were here about 15 mins just looking at it and enjoying the atmosphere. After this we went on walked around. It was a great time. The location of Fürstenzug is really close to other famous sights in Dresden. At night, there are lots of cool bar around. Great place to hang around.

Very good museum displaying different kinds of transport with cool photos and models of cars,…read morebuggy's, trains, etc. I enjoyed this a lot. It a realtively small museum with 2 levels and should take about 30-45 minutes to visit. Some of the displays did not have English (some did) descriptions. A good place to visit if you find this type of subject matter interesting.

You have fantastic view of the impressive skyline of Dresden altstadt from this bridge!read more