Discussions regarding repairs have taken place since at least 1973, when the Ministry of Culture resolved to allocate funds for the synagogue’s restoration. Between 1974 and 1981 the National Institute for Cultural Monuments developed a project for restoration and conservation of the building. The project was approved in 1983 and implemented by the National Institute for Monuments of Culture beginning in 1984. The project continued until 1989 when it was stopped because of a lack of funding. The building has been given to the Jewish community in Bulgaria. Preoccupied with the restoration of the Sofia Synagogue and other urgent projects, the Jewish community has not been able to raise the estimated $1 million needed to carry out the work. 

In 2009, the building of the synagogue was transferred to the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture by the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” (World Monument Fund). In 2017, the Bulgarian Jewish community is donating the synagogue in Vidin to the municipality, raising new hopes that the hulking ruins of the once magnificent building may be restored as a cultural venue and tourist attraction (Jewish Heritage Europe).

The restored synagogue was unveiled as the Jules Pascin culture center on September 4, 2023.