High-rise building transformation into a GDR museum
In an exciting development for history enthusiasts, the DDR Museum is set to move from Radebeul to a high-rise at Albertplatz in Dresden. The move, which was successfully achieved by the museum's management in cooperation with local authorities, will see the museum occupy around 2,000 square meters in the high-rise.
The high-rise renovator and businessman, Peter Simmel, has confirmed that the DDR Museum will be moving into the Albertplatz high-rise. The room preparation for the museum is ongoing at a cost of around 250,000 euros, and a breakthrough to the high-rise is already in progress.
The museum, which expects more than 100,000 visitors per year, will be open daily from 10 am to 7 pm. The entrance price for adults will be nine euros, matching the current prices of the museum in Radebeul.
Regine Töberich, an architect at DresdenBau and Projectierungsgesellschaft, the company involved in the high-rise at Albertplatz, has overseen the preparations.
The move comes after the Radebeul DDR Museum filed for insolvency in July and had several interested parties for the museum with around 60,000 exhibits. Despite earlier speculations, the library is not moving into the high-rise at Albertplatz.
Instead, the museum space will be filled with a variety of exhibits, including a Jawa 50, a popular Czech moped in the DDR in the 1960s, which has been brought for decoration at the high-rise.
Peter Simmel has made plans to accommodate all the exhibits in the high-rise at Albertplatz, though the actual cost of moving the exhibits has not yet been determined. Simmel's initial estimate is less than 400,000 euros.
The DDR Museum in Radebeul is expected to remain open until the end of October and then move to the high-rise at Albertplatz from January. Unfortunately, due to the dissolution of the DDR Museum, the museum at Albertplatz will not be operated by the DDR Museum.
This move is set to bring a significant cultural boost to Dresden and offers an exciting opportunity for visitors to explore the history of the DDR in a new and modern setting.
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