150 Years of the MAK
Redesign of the MAK Study Collection
The MAK Study Collection has been closed for reconstruction work. It will reopen as the MAK Design Lab in May 2014.
Redesign of the MAK Study Collection
The MAK Study Collection has been closed for reconstruction work. It will reopen as the MAK Design Lab in May 2014.
With the MAK’s renovation in 1986 and the associated development of new strategies for presenting the museum’s holdings, the MAK Permanent Collection—conceived to present the museum’s collection highlights in interplay with artistic interventions—was joined by the MAK Study Collection.
In the Study Collection, the MAK shows a small cross-section of its extensive holdings according to a material and technology-specific form of organization to which the respective collection curators’ specializations correspond. In this area of the museum, the items on exhibit are also embedded within their typological, historical and/or functional contexts. The presentation of objects in a system of display cases with a uniform appearance across the entire range of holdings serves to underline the Study Collection’s specific character and allow clear visual access to the greatest possible number of objects. This mode of presentation is meant to encourage visitors to compare the various items on exhibit.
With the directorship of Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, the Study Collection is to be developed further into a new kind of place for informal learning, with the numerous objects—placed on display either individually or in groups at regular periodic intervals within the context of new exhibiting formats—amounting to an overall presentation that is innovative in terms of both content and design.
With the directorship of Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, the Study Collection is to be developed further into a new kind of place for informal learning, with the numerous objects—placed on display either individually or in groups at regular periodic intervals within the context of new exhibiting formats—amounting to an overall presentation that is innovative in terms of both content and design.
