MAK Permanent Collection
The MAK houses Europe’s oldest and largest museum library as well as a unique collection of precious arts and crafts from the fields of furniture, glass, porcelain, silver, and textile dated from the middle ages until today. The spacious exhibition rooms were designed by contemporary artists and present selected highlights of the MAK Collection.
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The MAK houses Europe’s oldest and largest museum library as well as a unique collection of precious arts and crafts from the fields of furniture, glass, porcelain, silver, and textile dated from the middle ages until today. The spacious exhibition rooms were designed by contemporary artists and present selected highlights of the MAK Collection.
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Vienna 1900 - Paving the way for modernity
Referred to as Art Nouveau and Secessionism, design and arts and crafts from this cultural epoch, which long ago became the stuff of legend, take an outstanding position. The extensive MAK Permanent Collection Vienna 1900 is entirely dedicated to the development of Viennese arts and crafts between 1890 and 1938, tells the story of the search for and development of a unique Viennese style, and sheds light on the sociopolitical aspects relevant to Viennese Modernism.
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Wiener Werkstätte
Founded in 1903, the Wiener Werkstätte defined the style of the era of Vienna around 1900 and left a lasting mark on the history of design. The MAK not only houses its extensive archive but also the largest museum collection of objects of the Wiener Werkstätte in the world.
Hoffmann. Wagner. Moser. Loos.
Masterpieces and icons of design by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser are just as much part of the Permanent Collection Vienna 1900 composed of more than 500 objects as trendsetting furniture design by Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos.
Gustav Klimt - Stoclet Frieze Cartoons
The Stoclet Frieze is one of the masterpieces of art around 1900 and one of Gustav Klimt’s most important works. Created for the Palais Stoclet in Brussels as a Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), the cartoon existing of nine parts was realized using gold leaf, silver leaf, and platinum leaf, and numerous handwritten notes were added by Klimt.
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MAK Design Lab
At the MAK Design Lab historical objects from the collection and contemporary productions enter into an intensive dialogue and make the potential and the transformation of design throughout different epochs tangible.
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Temporary Exhibitions
In the MAK’s main exhibition halls temporary exhibitions from the fields of art, design, and architecture regularly take place on two floors.
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MAK Geymüllerschlössel
The Geymüllerschlössel in Pötzleinsdorf is one of the few places in Austria offering an authentically original look at the decorative art of Biedermeier. From May to December the architectural gem on the outskirts of Vienna invites visitors to explore the world of the 19th century. Open every Sat and Sun 10 am to 6 pm as well as on appointment.
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