Japanisches Palais
The Japanisches Palais stands on Dresden’s Neustadt bank of the Elbe as a Baroque landmark with Japanese curved roofs. Architectural sculptures in chinoiserie style frame its distinctive exterior. Built in 1715 and expanded between 1729 and 1731, the palace reflects Augustus the Strong’s ambitions for Dresden. Pöppelmann, Longuelune, and de Bodt shaped its design.
Augustus intended the enlarged building to house his Japanese porcelain collection, but it instead became the Saxon Library. The porcelain collection never filled these rooms. After wartime damage in 1945, much of the structure returned through restoration during the 1980s with French assistance.
The palace houses the Museum of Ethnology Dresden, the State Museum for Pre-History, and the Senckenberg Natural History Collection. Earlier collections included the royal Kunstkammer, classical sculptures, coins, and the electoral library. Its motto, “museum usui publico patens,” describes a museum open for public use.
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