Museum/art collection
Family vacation

Learning and growing together is the focus of the permanent exhibitions “Adventure Human” and “World of the Senses” at the Hygiene Museum Dresden.

At the German Hygiene Museum Dresden, people are at the centre of attention. For over 100 years, the museum has been providing fascinating insights into human life. The variety of topics covers the human body, sexuality, nutrition and much more. This is where the whole family learns. Even for the little ones, the museum offers a hands-on exhibition suitable for children. For a joint museum visit, numerous tours, scavenger hunts, experiments and games offer space for knowledge, diversity and encounters. Located in the centre of Dresden, the museum combines not only permanent exhibitions, but also annual presentations on current topics.

Openings

Tuesday – Sunday, holidays: 10 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Closing time: 5:30 p. m.

24. and 25 December and 1 January: closed

Dayoff: Monday

Price info

Price adult: €12.00

Price reduced: €6.00

Price family: €15.00

Partnerjahreskarte: €45.00

Children up to 16 years free

Information on reduced prices: Pupils and trainees over the age of 16, students, recipients of the citizen's allowance, asylum seekers, persons in the Federal Voluntary Service or FSJ, holders of the volunteer pass and severely disabled persons with a degree of disability of 50% or more. Persons accompanying a severely disabled person (H or B) are admitted free of charge.

Eligibility

Bad Weather Offer
for Groups
for Class
for individual guests
Suitable for the Elderly

Family vacation

Highlights:

The human adventure - permanent exhibition
Our senses - museum for children
programmes for families - guided tours for families, guided tours in easy language through the permanent and the special exhibitions, changing offers during the holidays and weekends, individual exploration-tours and playful tours for families with children from 6 to 12 years

Directions & Parking facilities

On foot:
15 minutes walk from the Frauenkirche on the edge of the Großer Garten.

By car:
Coming from Chemnitz/Leipzig (A4/E40) via the Dresden Altstadt motorway exit in the direction of VW-Manufaktur to the Rudolf Harbig Stadium, immediately after the stadium turn left. You are now heading directly to the building of the German Hygiene Museum, which is about 300 metres away.

Coming from Berlin (A13/E55) take the Dresden Hellerau motorway exit on the B170/E55 in the direction of the city centre to Pirnaischen Platz. At Pirnaischer Platz turn left and the first cross road (Blüherstraße) right. After about 300 meters you can see the German Hygiene Museum on the left.

By train:
From the main station take tram line 10 in the direction of Striesen to the stop “Georg-Arnhold-Bad/Deutsches Hygiene-Museum. ” From there it is about 5 min walk.

By tram:
Line 10 / 13 stop “Georg-Arnhold-Bad/German Hygiene Museum”
Line 1 / 2 / 4/ 12 stop “German Hygiene Museum”

By plane:
From the airport take the S2 to the Mitte station and then take the tram line 1 towards Dresden Prohlis to the stop “Deutsches Hygiene-Museum. ”

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