Precious Presents wrapped in Gold: Special Tour through the New Green Vault

Gifts that keep on giving: Immerse yourself in the culture of giving and receiving and discover the unique masterpieces of the New Green Vault.
Join us this winter for a Christmas special focused on the marvellous objects on display in the New Green Vault. This tour will take you through the social and cultural aspects of gifts and the history of Saxony in the global context.

Giving and receiving has a long tradition related not only to festivities like Christmas and Easter, but also to occasions like birthdays or name days. Gifts can be signs of attentiveness and care; they allow to maintain good relationships not only in the family, but also in the diplomatic sphere of politics.

Made by hand, wrapped in gold and decorated with precious stones – these are the treasures of the New Green Vault. Many of them were given as presents within the European elite from the 16th to the 19th century.

We begin our journey in the Age of European Expansion, so-called 'Age of Discoveries': from the Renaissance period marked by the fascination of goods from the 'New World' and scientific inventions, we will move through the Thirty Years War – the period, in which the arts flourished in Dresden.

Then we move on to the life and times of king August the Strong and his master artisan Johann Melchior Dinglinger, when the overwhelmingly excessive rich splendour of Baroque art came to Dresden. At the end, we will see how the glitz and glam of this period changed into the elegant forms of Classicism.

Christmas is a magical time of giving and receiving. Treat yourself and your dear ones and book this unforgettable guided tour through this magnificent display of gifts wrapped in gold!

The one-hour guided tour requires a ticket for the New Green Vault. You can buy it online or in the Dresden’s Castle (Residenzschloss) or we can buy it together before the tour. The ticket costs 18 Euros and it allows you to visit the entire castle including the New Green Vault, but excluding the historical green vault. After the guided tour in the New Green Vault, you can visit the whole castle by using the same ticket, which we recommend. We will meet 15 minutes before the tour to organise the tickets if you do not buy them beforehand. The meeting point ( signed as C on the wall) is in the small courtyard of the Residenzschloss, where tickets can be bought.

Para garantizar la disponibilidad de la reserva lo antes posible. Vale la pena reservar con antelación, especialmente si planeas el viaje durante la temporada alta, como los días festivos o los fines de semana.

Esta excursión se puede cancelar sin costo alguno hasta :tiempo de cancelación horas antes del inicio del viaje. Si lo cancela después de 24 horas o no se presenta en la excursión, se le cobrará el precio total de la actividad. El retraso en la recogida o en la salida se considerará como no presentarse.