The Rüstkammer Dresden is a Dresden museum dedicated to weapons and armor. It is located in the Dresden Castle, or Royal Palace (Residenzschloss), a 16th century palace that houses other museums (the Grünes Gewölbe , the Numismatic Cabinet and the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints). The museum is part of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, the state collection of the Land of Saxony. It is one of the largest collections in the world of ceremonial weapons, armor and historical textiles. The collection has ancient origins: it was founded in 1409 and contained the weapons used by citizens to defend the city. The entire collection contains around 10,000 pieces made by goldsmiths and gunsmiths, artisans, painters and court costume designers from all over Europe. An important emphasis of the collection is on edged weapons, with around 2,200 swords, rapiers, sabers and daggers, as well as historic firearms, consisting of around 1,400 pistols and 1,600 rifles. An entire section, the Türckische Cammer - Turkish Room, is dedicated to the objects of the Ottoman Empire: in fact, over the course of several centuries, diplomatic gifts, purchased objects and loot conquered in various battles against the Ottomans were gathered in a museum, creating one of the oldest and most significant collections of Ottoman art outside of Turkey.