Top Secret! The search for the lost invention
A mysterious letter, a groundbreaking invention and plenty of exciting puzzles: 100 years ago, a brilliant female inventor hid her latest invention in the City Museum to protect it from spies. Help the museum find the hiding place before the invention falls into the hands of the spies! Follow the clues and use your wits! Can you solve all the puzzles?
€5 per person; accompanying adults get free entry
How houses are dressed: Discover the architecture of the Old Town
Join us on an exciting journey through the historic old town! Together, we’ll explore the buildings around the Frauenkirche and learn why each one has its very own ‘face’. After all, the façade is, so to speak, the face of a building! Then it’s your turn: design your own façade and show us what you’re made of!
€5 per person; accompanying adults get free entry
True or false? Unbelievable stories! Puzzle rally
We’ll show you some fascinating things in the museum and tell you their incredible stories. They really did happen in Dresden a long time ago. Or perhaps not? True or false? In a competition with the other children in your group, you’ll decide which stories to believe and which not to. Collect ‘lie points’ for the correct answers. Whoever gets the most wins!
€5 per person; accompanying adults get free entry
Carola and her sisters – Bridge building workshop
Bridges form the backbone of cities built along rivers. For many centuries, the city of Dresden only had one bridge over the Elbe - today there are 10! How did this dynamic development come about? Where and why were new crossings built over the Elbe? And how were the bridges actually built?
In search of answers, we embark on an interactive tour of the city museum, conduct experiments on the stability of structures and build our own bridges in our museum garden.
MA [cl. 2. WB 4] SU [cl. 2 - 4. LB 5] KU [cl. 4. LB 2] WK [cl. 1 - 2 LB 2, LB 3; cl. 3 WB
€5 per person, accompanying persons receive free admission
110! On the trail of jewellery thieves
The museum has been burgled! Go on a manhunt and try to find the treasure that has been stolen. But you'll have to be quick and clever to catch the thieves with their loot!
€5 per person, accompanying persons get free entry
My home?! The state capital Dresden
What does the city I live in look like? What is its history? What famous buildings are there in Dresden? On the large aerial photograph and by looking at various exhibits together, we get to know the characteristics and special features of the city.
Plus city tour
The offer can also be booked as a combined museum and city tour "On the way through the state capital of Dresden": after the museum visit, we go on a discovery tour through the old town and experience how the past and present belong together.
Primary school [cl. 1-4 SU LB 5]
€ 5 per person + € 1 city tour, accompanying persons receive free admission
Discover Dresden's treasures
What things does a museum actually collect? How are these treasures stored? How are they protected from damage and theft? And how are they displayed in the exhibitions? We explore the city museum and get to know some of its greatest treasures.
Primary school [cl. 1-4 SU LB 5]
€5 per person, accompanying persons receive free admission
Come on, let's find a treasure!
Co-operation event with the Dresden Municipal Libraries
The event at the Statdmuseum and the Central Library is all about "treasures". In the children's library, we learn about Janosch's book "Come on, let's find a treasure", while in the museum we find out what makes old things so special that they are collected by the museum as treasures.
Note: The event is organised in two groups. One group starts in the City Museum, the other in the Central Library. After a set time, the groups change location.
Primary school [cl. 1-4 SU LB 5]
€5 per person, accompanying persons receive free admission