Education Adults - MAK Museum Vienna

Conversation Pieces

We need to talk! The MAK starts the new art education format Conversation Pieces. We will speak with artists, activists, scientists, and personalities from various fields about select objects from the MAK Collection.

Conversation Pieces is dedicated to themes like diversity, feminism, participation or loneliness, symbiotic bodies, racism in collections, planet care, and much more. We use the MAK as a polyphonic place for the exchange of ideas and to engage in various sociopolitical discourses and problems that enable new perspectives on an extraordinary collection. Conversation Pieces can be understood as an impetus to make widespread pictorial worlds and narratives visible and to critically question them by talking about them together.

Upcoming Conversation Pieces

Conversation Piece: Can Rave Save Culture? with artist Bogomir Doringer

Tue, 21.3.2023 7 PM

Conversation Piece Fashion and Costumes at the Fest with curator Mahret Ifeoma Kupka

Tue, 18.4.2023 7 PM

Exhibition room with white walls, placed in it, hanging and on the wall: 40,000-fold magnification of an amoeba

Conversation Piece: Verflochtene Körper mit Künstlerin Sonja Bäumel, Philosoph*in Jules Sturm und Performerin Doris Uhlich

Sat, 29.4.2023 4.30 PM

Conversation Piece: Rassismus im Wohnzimmer mit der Historikerin und Autorin Vanessa Spanbauer

Tue, 20.6.2023 7 PM

Past Conversation Pieces

Portrait of a woman, in the background boats and sea.

Conversation Piece with the artist Maria Ziegelböck

Tue, 7.3.2023 7 PM

Conversation Piece with photographer Elfie Semotan

Tue, 28.2.2023 7 PM

Conversation Piece: Radikale Zärtlichkeit with Şeyda Kurt

Tue, 14.2.2023 7 PM

Conversation Piece: Feste feiern with Electric Indigo

Tue, 10.1.2023 7 PM

Conversation Piece: Dinner for One with Karin Gutiérrez Lobos

Tue, 20.12.2022 7 PM

Conversation Piece: Following new patterns with Designer Enrico Bravi

Sun, 13.11.2022 4.30 PM

Conversation Piece: Über den Tod und seinen Platz in unserem Leben mit Gunnar Gamper

Tue, 1.11.2022 7 PM

Conversation Piece: Enormous transformations with Laura Wiesböck

Sat, 22.10.2022 7 PM

MAK it!

The new workshop series for adults MAK it! offers the opportunity to try out a variety of craft skills and innovative techniques together with designers and creators. In the unique atmosphere of the MAK Columned Main Hall, you can create your own works of art.

Paper models of various animals and insects

MAK it! Artenviel-Falten

Sun, 26.3.2023 2 PM

Space with scupltures made of jute bags, leaning against the wall. Accompanying the figures are small sculptures made of scrap metal and electrical wiring, with attached bulbs serving to light the exhibition space.

MAK it! the thing to put things in

Sun, 16.4.2023 2 PM

Guided tours of temporary exhibitions

At regular intervals you can participate in guided tours of our temporary exhibitions.

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sat, 25.3.2023 4.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sun, 26.3.2023 2.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sat, 1.4.2023 4.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sun, 2.4.2023 2.30 PM

MAKtuell: All Current Exhibitions at a Glance (in German)

Thu, 6.4.2023 4.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sat, 8.4.2023 4.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sun, 9.4.2023 2.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sat, 15.4.2023 4.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sun, 16.4.2023 2.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sat, 22.4.2023 4.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sun, 23.4.2023 2.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sat, 29.4.2023 4.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sun, 30.4.2023 2.30 PM

MAKtuell auf Farsi: alle aktuellen Ausstellungen im Überblick

Wed, 3.5.2023 4.30 PM

MAKtuell: All Current Exhibitions at a Glance (in German)

Thu, 4.5.2023 4.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sat, 6.5.2023 4.30 PM

Exhibition Tour The Fest (in German)

Sun, 7.5.2023 2.30 PM

Exhibition Tour /imagine

Sat, 13.5.2023 4.30 PM

Exhibition Tour /imagine

Sat, 20.5.2023 4.30 PM

Exhibition Tour /imagine

Sat, 27.5.2023 4.30 PM

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MAKtour

Every week you can explore our permanent collections anew together with our art educators. Each time they focus on something different, with fascinating stories, insights, and background information on the exhibits.

MAKtour / In English

Fri, 24.3.2023 4.30 PM

MAKtour / Focus: Festkulturen (in German)

Sun, 26.3.2023 11 AM

MAKtour / In English

Fri, 31.3.2023 4.30 PM

MAKtour / Focus: Highlights of the MAK Collection (in German)

Sun, 2.4.2023 11 AM

MAKtour / In English

Fri, 7.4.2023 4.30 PM

MAKtour / Focus: Festkulturen (in German)

Sun, 9.4.2023 11 AM

MAKtour / In English

Fri, 14.4.2023 4.30 PM

MAKtour / Focus: Gender Differences in Interiors (in German)

Sun, 16.4.2023 11 AM

MAKtour / In English

Fri, 21.4.2023 4.30 PM

MAKtour / Focus: Journeys in Time (in German)

Sun, 23.4.2023 11 AM

MAKtour / In English

Fri, 28.4.2023 4.30 PM

MAKtour / Focus: Festkulturen (in German)

Sun, 30.4.2023 11 AM

MAKtour / In English

Fri, 5.5.2023 4.30 PM

MAKtour / Focus: Highlights of the MAK Collection (in German)

Sun, 7.5.2023 11 AM

MAKtour / In English

Fri, 12.5.2023 4.30 PM

MAKtour / Focus: Bentwood and the Story of the Thonet Brothers (in German)

Sun, 14.5.2023 11 AM

MAKtour / In English

Fri, 19.5.2023 4.30 PM

MAKtour / Focus: World Tour through the MAK Collection (in German)

Sun, 21.5.2023 11 AM

MAKtour / In English

Fri, 26.5.2023 4.30 PM

MAKtour / Focus: Opulence and Reduction (in German)

Sun, 28.5.2023 11 AM

MAKtour / In English

Fri, 2.6.2023 4.30 PM

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Vienna 1900 Focus Tours

Come with us on a journey through the glamorous world of Viennese Modernism. In guided tours whose themes change weekly, we offer fascinating insights into the Vienna of 100 years ago. In our tours through this fascinatingly complex era, we immerse ourselves in historical contexts in the history of the Wiener Werkstätte and its products and personalities making them shine with fresh brilliance.

Vienna 1900 / Focus: Klimt in Detail (in German)

Sun, 26.3.2023 4.30 PM

Vienna 1900 / Focus: Werkstätte Hagenauer (in German)

Sun, 9.4.2023 4.30 PM

Vienna 1900 / Focus: Spring in Vienna (in German)

Sun, 23.4.2023 4.30 PM

Vienna 1900 / Focus: Hoffmann and Loos—Schoolfriends and Adversaries (in German)

Sun, 14.5.2023 4.30 PM

Vienna 1900 / Focus: Werkstätte Hagenauer (in German)

Sun, 21.5.2023 4.30 PM

Vienna 1900 / Focus: In Search of the Viennese Style (in German)

Sun, 28.5.2023 4.30 PM

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Pathways to Contemporary Design

This tour of the MAK Design Lab presents projects by contemporary designers and artists who are responding to the challenges of the 21st century, initiating change, and facilitating the conception and realization of new approaches to design.

Pathways to Contemporary Design / Focus: More than Human

Sun, 2.4.2023 4.30 PM

Pathways to Contemporary Design / Focus: Kreisläufe gestalten (in German)

Sun, 7.5.2023 4.30 PM

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Curators' and Dialogue Tours

In addition to tours with curators, which provide deeper thematic insights, tours with designers, artists, and architects invite direct exchange. Our dialog tours focus on the conversation between visitors and experts from various fields.

Carl Hagenauer, cassette, 1912 Alpaca, silver-plated © MAK/Katrin Wißkirchen

Curator Guided Tour Werkstätte Hagenauer (in German)

Fri, 24.3.2023 4.30 PM

Four circular objects in dark colors on a white wall, the curator stands in front of them.

Curator Guided Tour Folds (in German)

Fri, 14.4.2023 4.30 PM

Spezialführung Dagobert Peche

Sun, 16.4.2023 4.30 PM

Curator Guided Tour The Fest (in German)

Fri, 21.4.2023 4.30 PM

White man in front of a tank, he is holding a poster with a photo of himself on it in the same pose - holding a poster.

Artist's Tour Help Yourself with Julius Deutschbauer (in German)

Fri, 5.5.2023 4.30 PM

ICOM International Museum Day 2023 at the MAK

Thu, 18.5.2023 10.30 AM

MAK Design Lab: Designstrategien zur Nachhaltigkeit

Thu, 18.5.2023 10.30 AM

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Short and Sweet

This short tour provides a quick look at current exhibitions and special topics in the MAK collection.

Japanese woodblock print, motif: lampion with face (a ghost), reddened eyes, wrinkles in the corners of the eyes.

Short and Sweet: Folds (in German)

Tue, 21.3.2023 6 PM

Short and Sweet: Sonja Bäumel. Entangled Relations—Animated Bodies (in German)

Tue, 28.3.2023 6 PM

Short and Sweet: Help Yourself (in German)

Tue, 4.4.2023 6 PM

Short and Sweet: Folds (in German)

Tue, 11.4.2023 6 PM

Short and Sweet: Festliches (in German)

Tue, 18.4.2023 6 PM

Exhibition space photographed frontally, separated by a gray curtain. Placed behind it, hanging and on the wall: 40,000-fold magnification of an amoeba

Short and Sweet, FOMO Guided Tour: Sonja Bäumel. Entangled Relations—Animated Bodies (in German)

Tue, 25.4.2023 6 PM

Short and Sweet: das Fest zum Protest (in German)

Tue, 2.5.2023 6 PM

Short and Sweet: Birke Gorm: dead stock (in German)

Tue, 9.5.2023 6 PM

Short and Sweet: FOMO Tour Folds (in German)

Tue, 16.5.2023 6 PM

Short and Sweet: Help Yourself (in German)

Tue, 23.5.2023 6 PM

Short and Sweet: Rosemarie Castoro: Land of Lashes (in German)

Tue, 30.5.2023 6 PM

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Wednesdays at the MAK

These dialogue-focused tours through current exhibitions or on collection-specific themes are complemented and enhanced by further discussion over coffee in the MAK’s Salonplafond. For many a tale is brought into the MAK by its visitors, thus enriching our tours. Just come by on a Wednesday!

Wednesdays at the MAK: The Fest (in German)

Wed, 19.4.2023 3 PM

Wednesdays at the MAK: /imagine: A Journey into The New Virtual

Wed, 17.5.2023 3 PM

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MAK on Tour

The MAK has been going on tour since 2006. Cultural trips to selected centers of art and architecture are organized by experts. The destinations and themes of the trips are related to current MAK exhibitions and the MAK Collection. One of the fixed points is the MAK on Tour to the opening of the annual temporary exhibition at the Josef Hoffmann Museum in Brtnice (Czech Republic).

Upcoming MAK on Tours

MAK on Tour—Feminist Nightscapes with Elke Krasny, Sophie Lingg, and Claudia Lomoschitz

Sat, 22.4.2023 8.30 PM

MAK on Tour to the Josef Hoffmann Museum, Brtnice, Czech Republic

Sun, 30.4.2023 NaN.30 AM

MAK on Tour – Werkstattbesuch bei Kunstspengler und Gürtler Ludwig Kyral

Fri, 12.5.2023 4 PM

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Past MAK on Tours

MAK on Tour to the Josef Hoffmann Museum, Brtnice, Czech Republic

Sun, 25.9.2022 NaN.30 AM

MAK on Tour to the Josef Hoffmann Museum, Brtnice, Czech Republic

Sun, 12.6.2022 NaN.30 AM

MAK on Tour nach Bratislava in die Villa Arpád Lengyel

Sun, 8.5.2022 10 AM

MAK on Tour zur Österreichischen Postsparkasse

Sun, 30.9.2018 2 PM

MAK on Tour zur Österreichischen Postsparkasse

Sun, 30.9.2018 11 AM

MAK on Tour to the Austrian Postal Savings Bank

Sun, 16.9.2018 2 PM

MAK on Tour to Holíč Palace, Slovakia

Sun, 16.9.2018 NaN AM

MAK on Tour to the Austrian Postal Savings Bank

Fri, 7.9.2018 5 PM

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Groups of various sizes are very welcome at the MAK! At our main address on Vienna’s Ringstraße, we offer introductory tours of the permanent exhibitions as well as guided tours of current exhibitions at a time of your choosing.

We will discuss the length of the guided tour with you beforehand and adapt it to your wishes. Please book guided tours for groups as early as possible to ensure that your visit to the MAK meets your expectations.

The size of the group should not exceed 20 people; for special exhibitions, fewer people may be admitted under certain circumstances. However, guided tours can also take place in parallel.

Enquiery
Grouptour

€ 120
plus admission

Our guided tours can be held in German or English, and other languages upon request.

Certified Vienna tour guides are authorized to conduct tours in the MAK and receive free admission. No accreditation is necessary. Registration at tourism@mak.at

Discover the MAK together

The highlights of the MAK collection offer insights into different collection and exhibition areas. Past and present merge in an amazing journey of discovery.

Vienna 1900

The MAK Permanent Collection Vienna 1900. Design / Arts and Crafts 1890–1938 presents the history of art nouveau in three rooms-its emergence, heyday, and progression.

MAK Exhibition View, The Fest: Between Representation and Revolt, 2022

Temporary Exhibitions

We also offer education programs for the current temporary exhibitions. We would be happy to consider your wishes and compile an individually designed program for you.

We would be delighted to customize a guided tour to your individual wishes and interests, focusing on thematic areas or specific parts of the collection.

Education and Outreach

T +43 1 71136-298

education@MAK.at

Digital offerings

Explore the MAK on a digital level: with the MAK Guide, the digiSTORIES, the audio series Reflections, or in numerous video tours.

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Past Conversation Pieces

Upcoming MAK on Tours

Past MAK on Tours

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