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Construction site tour in the Pergamon Museum: completely closed until 2027
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The renovation of the Pergamon Museum in Berlin will cost at least 121.4 million euros more than previously known. The Federal Office for Construction and Regional Planning (BBR) announced this in response to a query from SPIEGEL. The authority's most recent known cost estimate is 1.5 billion euros. However, this sum only relates to the basic repairs and additions to the museum. There are two further measures: the restoration and clearing costs at least 86.8 million euros. 34.6 million euros are currently earmarked for the exhibition design and furnishing of the first part of the museum. The amounts have already been approved. There is still no cost estimate for the exhibition design of the second part.
According to the BBR, it can be assumed that the costs will continue to rise: "Additional costs, especially due to price increases, cannot be ruled out." The Pergamon Museum is currently closed and is not scheduled to fully reopen until 2037. As SPIEGEL reported in December, it could take until 2043. The reason is, among other things, a planned pedestrian zone on the island. The museum was originally supposed to be completely renovated by 2010. However, construction work only began in 2013.
The renovation of the Pergamon Museum is part of the “Museum Island Master Plan” from 1999. This planned to renovate all five museums on the island within ten years for two billion German marks. However, once the work on the Pergamon is completed, the Altes Museum still needs to be renovated. But the planning hasn't even started yet. When asked, the BBR said: It is not known when the renovation of the island will be completed or how much it will cost.
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