Overview
- State authorities formally transferred the fully restored Schlosskapelle to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden on Monday after a three‑year conversion phase.
- The venue now features advanced lighting and sound and will host music, scientific and societal discourse, and private events, with seating for about 270.
- Public access begins with an open day on Saturday, guided tours start on November 19, and event bookings are planned from December.
- Specialists rebuilt the interlaced rib vault between 2010 and 2013 using traditional techniques, a feat Saxony’s finance ministry described as a first of its kind.
- The latest construction phase cost €8.4 million including roughly €3.75 million in federal funds, bringing chapel restoration to about €12 million within a larger palace program projected at €407 million through 2027.