State Museum of Zoology, Dresden

Name: State Museum of Zoology
Address: Dresden, Germany

#163 among attractions in Dresden

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The State Museum of Zoology in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000–50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war damage and whilst catalogued the database is not computerized. Loans are possible and material can be studied in the collection. The address is Augustusstrasse 2, D-01067 Dresden, Germany. The museum's collections contain more than 6 million items from all over the world. ()

Local name: Museum für Tierkunde Dresden Coordinates: 51°7'44"N, 13°47'24"E

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KlotzscheDresden Germany

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Nearby attractions include: Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Albrechtsberg Palace, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Nordfriedhof.

3.7 miS
Museum, Military museum, History museum
Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden
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4.4 miS
Event space in 1800s mansion and gardens
Albrechtsberg Palace, Dresden
113 min walk • Nestled on the banks of the Elbe River, the Albrechtsberg Palace in Dresden, Germany, is a testament to the architectural opulence of the 19th century. This majestic castle, completed in 1854, was designed by the renowned architect Adolf Lohse under the commission of...
1.9 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater, Event space
Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden
49 min walk • Festspielhaus Hellerau is a theatre/studio building/classroom building located in Hellerau, the famous garden city district of Dresden, Germany.
3.4 miS
Cemetery
Nordfriedhof, Dresden
88 min walk • The Nordfriedhof in Dresden is the former military cemetery of the capital of Saxony, now used as a public cemetery. The Nordfriedhof is in the district of Albertstadt and is situated to the north-east of the inner city, near the south-western edge of the Dresdner Heide.
3.8 miSW
Neighbourhood
Albertstadt, Dresden
96 min walk • The Albertstadt is a neighborhood of Dresden, Germany. It was named after Albert of Saxony, who initiated the construction of this suburb. At that time it was the largest garrison in Germany.
3.1 miSE
Nature, Forest, Natural attraction
Dresden Heath, Dresden
80 min walk • The Dresden Heath is a large forest in the city of Dresden. The heath is the most important recreation area in the city and is also actively forested.
4.2 miE
Park
Seifersdorfer Tal, Dresden
108 min walk • The Seifersdorf Valley is the name for one of the oldest German landscape gardens, conceived and laid out at the end of the 18th century by Christina von Brühl, and for the valley in which it is located.
4.5 miS
Forts and castles, View point
Lingnerschloss, Dresden
115 min walk • Lingnerschloss, actually Villa Stockhausen, is the geographically middle of the three Elbe castles in Dresden. Situated at the central point of the former Dresden Elbe Valley World Heritage Site, its terrace offers an imposing view of a large part...
3.5 miSW
Church
Weinbergskirche, Dresden
91 min walk • Weinbergskirche is a sacred building built in the 20th century in the Saxon state capital Dresden. It is located in the district of Trachenberge and belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Laurentiuskirchgemeinde Dresden-Trachau.
4.3 miS
51°4'0"N • 13°47'2"E
Gedenkstätte Bautzner Straße Dresden, Dresden
110 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum
1.9 miSW
City, Neighbourhood
Hellerau, Dresden
49 min walk • Hellerau is a northern quarter in the city of Dresden, Germany, slightly south of Dresden Airport. It was the first garden city in Germany. The northern section of Hellerau absorbed the village of Klotzsche, where some 18th century buildings remain.