Corty Galerie, Book museum in Räcknitz, Dresden, Germany

The Book Museum of the SLUB Dresden occupies the northern of the two above-ground blocks of the library building on Zellescher Weg. A ring-shaped exhibition area with display cases surrounds the central treasure chamber, and both rooms host temporary exhibitions.

The museum traces its origin to 1835, when head librarian Konstantin Karl Falkenstein moved frequently consulted valuable books into the Manuscripts Room, later called the Cimelia Room, where they were shown under glass covers. In 1935 the librarian Erhart Kästner completed a book museum around this room under director Martin Bollert. The 1945 air raids burned the Japanese Palace and the museum with it; after a stay in the Albertstadt it reopened on 14 January 2003 in the new SLUB building on the TU campus.

The museum's name refers to the Cimelia Room, the "Zimelienzimmer" set up in 1835, where valuable books were kept under glass covers. The central treasure chamber is ringed by a display area with vitrines; both rooms host rotating thematic exhibitions drawn from the SLUB's collections, such as a 2022 show on printed works of Heinrich Schütz.

The location is near the Technical University campus and is easily accessible by public transport. Visitors should know that access to certain collection areas may require advance notice or have special opening hours.

The most important exhibit is the Codex Dresdensis, a Maya manuscript dated to around 1200 AD that Elector Friedrich August II acquired in 1739 for his collection. It is one of only four surviving codices of its kind.