The Abbey was completely renovated by the Walloon Region between 1999 and 2002 for a sum of 16,000,000 €. The architects restored its cloister to the monastery by building a new wing made of glass and stainless steel on the foundations and within the same proportions of the fourth wing destroyed after the French Revolution.

Three new and fascinating museums were inaugurated on 29 March 2002. They drew on the collections of Stavelot’s former museums, but also on the most modern scenographic and multimedia technologies. The three museums are: The Museum of the Principality of Stavelot-Malmédy, the Spa-Francorchamps Racetrack Museum and the Guillaume Apollinaire Museum.