Museum in Knappenrode shows traveling exhibition on the energy transition

Perspectives for a climate-neutral future without oil and gas are highlighted by an exhibition that opens on March 1 at the Knappenrode energy factory in Hoyerswerda. The traveling exhibition entitled "Power2Change: Mission Energiewende" has been touring Germany since 2022.

After Hattingen, Bremerhaven, Peenemünde and Wolfsburg, the industrial museum in eastern Saxony is now the fifth stop, the institution announced on Thursday. Until May 26, 2024, research projects and solutions will be presented in the former briquette factory to show how a secure, affordable and climate-neutral supply of energy and raw materials can work.

The special exhibition in Knappenrode is also a contribution to the "Energy" theme year, which the special-purpose association for the four Saxon industrial museums launched at the end of 2023. The "Chemnitz shines" exhibition has been on display at the city's industrial museum since December. In Crimmitschau, the new permanent presentation in a former cloth factory is due to open in mid-May, while the Zinngrube in Ehrenfriedersdorf will host an exhibition on hydropower in the mine from the fall.

The balance sheet for Saxony's industrial museums shows a total of around 110,000 visitors in 2023. That was around 25,000 more than in the previous year. The Knappenrode energy factory counted around 28,000 visitors last year. The facility wants to advertise the special exhibition on the energy transition to a larger catchment area. Museum director Maria Schöne hopes that this will also attract interested visitors from as far away as Dresden and Cottbus.