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[[File:Geistliche Schatzkammer Wienb.jpg|thumb|Ecclesiastical treasury in Vienna's [[Hofburg Palace]]]]

[[File:Juwelenzimmer 2 Grünes Gewölbe.jpg|thumb|The [[Green Vault]] in [[Dresden Castle]] (as at 1904)]]

'''''Schatzkammer''''', a German word which means "treasury" or "treasure chamber", is a term sometimes used in English{{dubious|date=December 2019}} for the collection of treasures, especially ''[[Objet d'art|objets d’art]]'' in precious metals and jewels, of a ruler or other collector which are kept in a secure room and often found in the basement of a palace or castle.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wQ9qDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA187 ''Contemporary Clay and Museum Culture''], p. 187, 2016, Routledge,

edited by Christie Brown, Julian Stair, Clare Twomey; [https://waddesdon.org.uk/blog/renaissance-jewels-authentic-forgery/ "Renaissance jewels - authentic or forgery?", by Phillippa Plock, [[Waddesdon Manor]] blog]; [https://www.tatler.com/gallery/rothschild-family-collection-permanent-exhibition-waddesdon "The Rothschild family’s extraordinary collection gets permanent display" by Rebecca Cope, ''[[The Tatler]]'', July 2019]; [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UdJIBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA104 "Spectacular objects in the Schatzkammer genre that Baron Lionel bought during his lifetime included ...."]</ref> It also often included the wider types of object typical of the Renaissance [[cabinet of curiosities]]. A very small but evocative Renaissance room in a tower at [[Lacock Abbey]] was designed for keeping and viewing the treasures of the newly rich owner.{{Citation needed |date=December 2019|}}

{{dubious span|date=December 2019|text=The term is normally used of the collections of European rulers or very wealthy families.}} Well-known examples are:

* The [[Imperial Treasury, Vienna|Imperial Treasury]] at the [[Hofburg Palace]] in Vienna, Austria.

* The collection of the royal regalia and treasures of the [[Bavaria]]n [[Wittelsbach]] dynasty, housed in the ''[[Residenz, Munich|Residenz]]'' Palace in [[Munich]], [[Germany]].

* The vast collection of the [[House of Wettin|Wettin]] [[Monarch]]s of [[Saxony]], kept in the [[Green Vault]] at [[Dresden Castle]] in [[Dresden]], Germany.

* The [[Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom]] in the [[Tower of London]].{{Citation needed |date=December 2019|}}

* A display of Bourbon treasures in the basement of the [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid.{{Citation needed |date=December 2019|}}

* The [[Waddesdon Bequest]], a 19th-century collection of mostly Renaissance treasures now displayed together in the [[British Museum]].

*The [[Waddesdon Manor]] permanent display of the [https://www.timeless-travels.co.uk/post/a-rothschild-treasury-reveals-more-gems-at-waddesdon-manor Treasury] displays more than 300 precious objects reflecting generations of [[Rothschild family|Rothschild]] collecting.

* [[Rosenborg Castle]] in [[Copenhagen]] displays [[objet de vertu]] in silver, ivory and other precious materials, some in the cabinets and treasure rooms (porcelain room, glass room) specially constructed over the centuries by the [[Danish Royal Family|Kings of Denmark]] for their display. The [[Crown Jewels]] and the [[Danish Crown Regalia]] are displayed in a series of modern galleries built inside an enormous vault in the basement.{{Citation needed |date=December 2019|}}

Church establishments also had treasuries where similar objects were kept, which are often now open as museums. Especially important and largely intact examples are:

* The treasury of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in [[Rome]]

* The treasury of [[San Marco]], [[Venice]], which retains a unique collection of [[Byzantine art]], looted during the [[Fourth Crusade]].{{Citation needed |date=December 2019|}}

* The [[Trier Cathedral Treasury]]

* The [[Essen Cathedral Treasury]]

* The [[Aachen Cathedral Treasury]] at the [[Aachen Cathedral]] (Germany), one of the most important collections of church cultural artefacts in Europe

* The [[Treasury of the Basilica of Saint Servatius]] in [[Maastricht]], a church treasury with some fine specimens of Medieval Mosan metalwork

Examples outside Western Europe include:

* The [[Treasury of St. Vitus Cathedral]] in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]]{{Citation needed |date=December 2019|}}

* The [[Imperial Crown of Russia|Russian Crown]] treasury at the [[Diamond Fund]] of [[Moscow Kremlin]].{{Citation needed |date=December 2019|}}

* The Treasure Rooms of [[Topkapi Palace]] display Ottoman treasures.{{Citation needed |date=December 2019|}}

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