New special exhibitions planned at the Energiefabrik

The energy factory in Knappenrode in eastern Saxony attracted around 23,000 visitors last year as part of the Saxon Industrial Museum. That was around 4,000 more than in the previous year, according to the institution. However, the number of visitors was still lower than in 2022 and 2023.

Two special exhibitions are planned this year. From March 29, the show "Industrial Stories. Reportages from museums that weren't" will be shown. Photographer David Brandt and cultural scientist Cornelia Munzinger-Brandt will report on their encounters with people who experienced the transformation of Saxon industry after German reunification themselves and helped shape it in a special way.

An in-house production, "The Coal Baron Ignaz Petschek: Man, Jew, Entrepreneur", will then be on display from November, also thanks to funding. According to the information provided, new events will also be offered this year. For example, there will be a "Technology Day" for the first time on June 13 and the "Night at the Museum" format on October 10.

The Knappenrode energy factory is a former briquette factory in the Lusatian Lakeland that has been converted into a museum and showcases the history of lignite mining and processing in the region. Among other things, it houses historical machines and a large collection of furnaces. From 2028, a selection from the furnace collection comprising more than 800 objects is to be shown again in a new exhibition.