Green Vaults (Gruenes Gewoelbe)

From 1723 to 1729, Augustus the Strong had the vaults in the west wing of the Dresden Palace converted into a magnificent treasury museum open to the public. Officially, this series of rooms was known as "the secret safe". However, due to the original green colour of some of the architecture, it was soon referred to colloquially as the Green Vaults.
He used the vaults to store and display the masterpieces of jewellery and goldsmithing in his possession, as well as exceptional ivory pieces, cut stone and bronze statues.
The most important pieces in the collection, which was made homeless by the destruction in the Second World War, were on display in the Albertinum from 1974 to 2004. Since September 2004, the major works of art have returned to the Residential Palace of Dresden.

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