Brilliant renovation of the King Albert Museum: Zwickau is investing 8.5 million euros!

Brilliant renovation of the King Albert Museum: Zwickau is investing 8.5 million euros!

Zwickau, Deutschland - Today, on July 8, 2025, the partial renovation of the historic museum complex in Lessingstrasse began as scheduled. Here, the city is investing around 8.5 million euros in a comprehensive upgrading that will extend over more than two and a half years. The museum, which was opened in 1914 as a König-Albert Museum, has been facing renovation measures again and again since the mid-1990s; Among other things, windows and exterior doors were renewed and offices in the basement were prepared.

The current work focuses on the energetic renovation of the building envelope, which includes the roof and facade, as well as to improve accessibility and the renewal of technical building equipment, including fire protection. After completing the energetic measures, painter and floor covering work follows. The construction site structure was already implemented on July 1st and represents an important step towards a modern museum experience.

funding and past of the renovations

In the total cost of 8.5 million euros, 3.3 million euros in funding are included. These come from the Free State of Saxony to the Saxon Austro -Baubank (SAB) as part of the urban development funding for the Nordvorstadt funding area. The necessary fundamental decisions were already unanimously caught by the city council in March 2023. This underlines the commitment and the importance of the city to preserve its cultural treasures.

Between the years, various minor renovation work was necessary to preserve the charm of the listed building, but the comprehensive partial renovation is now crucial for the sustainable future of the museum. Such energetic renovations are a challenge for many listed buildings, but can be facilitated by grants such as those of the KfW, which provides up to 150,000 euros per unit of residence. These funding applies not only to private individuals, but also to bodies who want to rent or use such monuments themselves.

• building that are classified as a monument
• parts of a monument ensemble
• of municipalities defined buildings defined as particularly worth preserving building fabric

The KfW promotes energetic renovation with simplified requirements, which, however, all have to meet the requirements of monument protection. This includes that builders have to obtain the consent of the monument protection authority before the start of renovation and involve qualified experts. The use of such experts is essential for proper planning and support for the renovation measures.

news from the museum

The art collections ZWICKAU Max-Pechstein-Museum has housed part of its stocks in the historic art club building in Domhof 2 since January. In addition, a digital staging of Max Pechstein's works is offered in the Maxraum, while an exemplary presentation takes place in the color space. The freedom is available for smaller and current exhibition projects. Currently, this shows an interesting exhibition entitled "Bridge Schlag" with works from Chemnitz and Zwickau.

Another important aspect is that the council school library, the oldest public and scientific library in Saxony, is temporarily moving to the administrative center. It will probably be open to its visitors from October. All of this shows that a lot is currently being moved in Zwickau, for the benefit of the citizens and for the preservation of the cultural heritage.

In this sense it becomes clear how important the investments in historical buildings are and how you not only keep history with a good plan and the right funding, but also create space for the future. By preserving the monuments, not only the historical value is estimated, but also made accessible to today's and future generations.

For comprehensive information regarding financial support and suitable grants for listed buildings, institutions such as KfW or the German Energy Agency support are available. So if you plan to acquire or renovate a listed object, you have a good chance of benefiting from these offers in order not only to keep your home but also a piece of history.