 Originally meant to be torn down after this exhibition, the building was later transformed into a municipal art gallery.In 1909 the museum and the collection were opened under the first director Fritz Wichert.In 1983 Heinz Fuchs, Director of the Kunsthalle from 1959, handed over an extension building, designed especially for the sculpture collection by architect Hans Mitzlaff, to his successor Manfred Fath.