After more than a year of reconstruction and renovation, the Icon Museum in Frankfurt am Main opened in 2021 with new exhibition architecture and a new conception of content. Under the direction of Prof. Matthias Wagner K and the curatorial leadership of Dr. des. Konstanze Runge, who has held the position since September 2019, the museum placed the relationship between people and icons at the center of its completely renewed exhibition.

The 130 selected icons and religious objects appear in all new splendor after extensive conservation and restoration. In the process, the traces of use that are particularly characteristic of the icons were carefully preserved as a sign of the relationship between people and their icons. The icons are presented as far as possible without glass and at eye level. Particularly valuable icons, metal icons and small objects are protected by glass and hoods.