As the first museum on the Ringstraße, the MAK assumed a very special role. Right now, you might be standing in the Columned Main Hall of this building by architect Heinrich von Ferstel, completed in 1871. The MAK had already been founded eight years before, in 1863, by Rudolf von Eitelberger, the first professor of art history in Vienna. Until the completion of the building in the style of Italian Early Renaissance on the Ringstraß in 1871, the so-called Ballhaus on the Ballhausplatz served as a provisional location. As nobody today will deny, the model for the museum was the great Victoria & Albert Museum in London that had been founded eleven years before as the South Kensington Museum.
The MAK
In a way that is virtually unparalleled by any other institution, the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts stands for the fruitful combination of the past with the future, something which can be clearly sensed and experienced when visiting its extensive collection, large exhibition halls, themed special exhibitions and discourse-centered program of events. Bringing together applied arts, design, architecture, and contemporary art is one of the museum’s core competencies.
© MAK/Mika K. Wisskirchen
The MAK is committed to sustainability and, to the best of its ability, strives to make an effective contribution to overcoming the global crisis threatening our climate and ecology. We wish to communicate this commitment to both our staff members and our partners-and especially to you, our Austrian and international visitors-both in the museum itself and online. The MAK has set itself the goal of being climate-neutral by 2030.
We have taken a significant step in this direction through our acquisition of the Austrian Ecolabel-the independent seal of approval with which not only business enterprises but also cultural institutions pledge themselves to quality and environmental protection.
The MAK is centrally located and is easily reached on foot, by bike, or by public transport. In the immediate vicinity you will find a number of different public transport stops. In addition, there are plenty of bike stands by the entrance to the MAK. And in an emergency, our porter can help you out with a bicycle repair kit.
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The MAK is also present in the public sphere, leaving its visible mark on the city’s urban order. Directly in front of the Stubenring building is the Tor zum Ring [Gate to the Ring] constructed by James Wines/SITE in 1992, which physically shifts a piece of the building's outer wall into the urban space, leaving behind a new point of access to the museum. A counterpart to this is Walter Pichler’s artistic and architectural intervention Tor zum Garten [Gate to the Garden] (1990), which opens the museum to its garden on the other side. Also in the MAK Garden is the MAK Terrace Plateau, constructed between 1991 and 1993 after a design by Peter Noever; it is oriented toward the Wien River and provides the museum with a further architectonic axis. Stylit by Michael Kienzer, located at the intersection Stubenring / Weiskirchnerstraße, was created in 2004: On the end of a several meter long rod or pipe, which grows out of a pot-like pedestal, he mounts a well pump which, unreachable for pedestrians passing by, sits at the height of the treetops and street lights.
James Turrell’s light sculpture MAKlite causes intense, variously colored light to pulse in the windows of the MAK, thus communicating the complex situations generated within the museum to the urban environment outside. Permanently installed since 2004, this installation releases the building’s brick façade from its urban uniformity.
Somewhat further afield, at the intersection of Franz-Josefs-Kai and Schottenring, one sees the Wiener Trio by Philip Johnson, conceived for the exhibition Turning Point (1996). The Stadtpark, one of the city’s green oases, lies just adjacent to the MAK and beckons refreshingly to museum visitors. The park has played host to Donald Judd’s sculpture Stage Set since 1996; this public artwork, as well, was created specifically for an exhibition at the MAK.
© Gerald Zugmann/MAK
© MAK/Georg Mayer
© Gerald Zugmann/MAK
© Gerald Zugmann/MAK
Lilli Hollein
General Director and Artistic Director
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direktion@MAK.at
General Director and Artistic Director
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Teresa Mitterlehner-Marchesani
Managing Director
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Managing Director
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Martina Kandeler-Fritsch
Deputy Artistic Director
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Deputy Artistic Director
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Antje Prisker
Executive Assistant to the General Director, Special Projects
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Executive Assistant to the General Director, Special Projects
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Katharina Egghart
Executive Assistant to the Managing Director, Sustainability Manager
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Executive Assistant to the Managing Director, Sustainability Manager
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Karoline Brand
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Aleksandra Drozdowska
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Alena Volk
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Rudolf Forstinger
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Guido Kraus
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Markus Schlüter
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Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel
Head
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Head
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Peter Klinger
Deputy Head
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Deputy Head
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Monika Angelberger
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Julia Grohmann
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Helga Kefeder-Skvarics
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Aline Müller
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Fernanda Romero-Velasquez
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Stefan Scherhaufer
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stefan.scherhaufer@MAK.at
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Museum Database
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Myrdith Eerland
Administration
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myrdith.eerland@MAK.at
Administration
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Reproductions, Photography
Georg Mayer
Head Photo Documentation
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georg.mayer@MAK.at
Head Photo Documentation
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georg.mayer@MAK.at
Kristina Wissik
Photographer
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Photographer
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Matthias Kalod
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Jochen Ladmann
T +43 1 71136-266
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Julia Krah
Marie Nemeth
Petra Colzada
Mia Angelina Fehlinger
Samina Molfetta
Mia Angelina Fehlinger
Samina Molfetta
Gabriele Puchegger
Amber Sanchez Kenlok
Karina Uhl
Amber Sanchez Kenlok
Karina Uhl
Sophia-Magdalena Verbeek
Nils Wächter
Nils Wächter
Myrdith Eerland
Administration
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Administration
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myrdith.eerland@MAK.at
Julia Santa-Reuckl
Administration
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Administration
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Human Ressources
and Legal Affairs
and Legal Affairs
Provenance Research
and Restitution
and Restitution
Leonhard Weidinger
Provenance Researcher on behalf of the Commission for Provenance Research at the Federal Chancellery
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Provenance Researcher on behalf of the Commission for Provenance Research at the Federal Chancellery
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Collection
Martina Kandeler-Fritsch
Deputy Artistic Director, Director Collection and Exhibitions
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martina.kandeler-fritsch@MAK.at
Deputy Artistic Director, Director Collection and Exhibitions
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Library and Works on Paper Collection/Archive
Helena Grünsteidl
Project Assistant EU project Art Nouveau 2
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Project Assistant EU project Art Nouveau 2
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helena.gruensteidl@MAK.at
Asia Collection
Design Collection
Glass and Ceramics Collection
Metal Collection and Wiener Werkstätte Archive
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Textiles and Carpets Collection
Cross-Collection Coordination and EU-Projects
Roman Gazo
Building Services
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Building Services
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Robert Ghetau
Electrician
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Electrician
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Andreas Jansky
Electrician
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Electrician
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Text- and Publicationmanagement
Ticket Desk
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Akiko Fujishima
Franz Schremser
Supervisors
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T +43 1 711 36-300
Kajetan Ehrenhöfer
Karim Paierl
Karim Paierl
Abdullah Gilli
Hemin Latif
Hemin Latif
Attendants/Concierge
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Paul Bögle
Attendant
Rudolf Prokesch
Day Concierge
Harald Widler
Day Concierge
Petra Wiesner
Day Concierge
Attendant
Rudolf Prokesch
Day Concierge
Harald Widler
Day Concierge
Petra Wiesner
Day Concierge
Erich Gabler
Night Concierge
Gracian Kaminski
Day Concierge
Franz Putz
Night-/Day Concierge
Night Concierge
Gracian Kaminski
Day Concierge
Franz Putz
Night-/Day Concierge
Umar Hoy
Attendant
Christian Lisy
Attendant
Serif Özsoy
Night Concierge
Attendant
Christian Lisy
Attendant
Serif Özsoy
Night Concierge
Works Council
Judith Huemer
Chair
Beate Murr
Vice Chair
Kajetan Ehrenhöfer
Aline Müller
Alfred Bochno
Chair
Beate Murr
Vice Chair
Kajetan Ehrenhöfer
Aline Müller
Alfred Bochno
MAK Supervisory Board
Astrid Gilhofer
Chair
Elisabeth Gürtler
Vice Chair
Chair
Elisabeth Gürtler
Vice Chair
Claudia Oetker, Art Collector, Frankfurt/Vienna
Barbara Glück, Director Mauthausen Memorial
Martin Böhm, Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG
Alfred Grinschgl, Federal Ministry of Finance
Alexander Palma, Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs
Otto Aiglsperger, Union of Public Services
Beate Murr, MAK
Barbara Glück, Director Mauthausen Memorial
Martin Böhm, Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG
Alfred Grinschgl, Federal Ministry of Finance
Alexander Palma, Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs
Otto Aiglsperger, Union of Public Services
Beate Murr, MAK
Currently there are no positions available.