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Meeting point: Porcelain Museum in the Augarten Park (Obere Augartenstraße 1, 1020 Vienna), guided tour continued at the MAK
Attendance fee: € 24 (full price) or € 20 (reduced)
Duration: ca. 3–3.5 hrs.
With its wide-ranging jubilee exhibition 300 YEARS OF THE VIENNA PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, the MAK is drawing attention to the history and significance of the second-oldest porcelain manufactory in Europe. Founded in May 1718 when the imperial privilege for porcelain production was granted to Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier, the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory set new aesthetic standards over the following decades. Some 1 000 objects from the holdings of the MAK as well as national and international collections offer a formidable overview of Viennese developments in the context of Asian precursors and European competitors.
The MAK has housed the legacy of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory—under imperial ownership from 1744 and closed in 1864—and has been dedicated to researching porcelain since its founding years. With examples from all eras of production, the legacy provides an overview of some 150 years of porcelain production in Vienna. Viennese porcelain production covered a wide spectrum of ceramics: from dinnerware sets and vases to clocks, from high-quality porcelain sculptures to scenic and floral miniatures, from porcelain paintings with cobalt blue and gold decorations in relief to large-format porcelain pictures with floral still lifes.
The exhibition 300 YEARS OF THE VIENNA PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY presents the latest research findings with as yet unpublished documents on major works by the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, such as the porcelain room from the Palais Dubsky in Brno (ca. 1740) and the centerpiece from Zwettl Abbey (Vienna, 1767/68). Both the “Dubsky Room,” one of the first rooms to be decorated with European porcelain, and the centerpiece from Zwettl Abbey are on permanent display in the MAK Permanent Collection Baroque Rococo Classicism, designed by Donald Judd.
Publication
The exhibition is accompanied by the publication 300 Years of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, edited by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein and Rainald Franz, with texts by Rainald Franz, Andreas Gamerith, Michael Macek, Errol Manners, Waltraud Neuwirth, Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, A. Philipp Revertera, Elisabeth Schmuttermeier, Ulrike Scholda, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Leonhard Weidinger, and Johannes Wieninger. German/English, ca. 208 pages with numerous color illustrations. MAK, Vienna/Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2018. Available at the MAK Design Shop and at MAKdesignshop.at, for € 44.
Curator
Rainald Franz, Curator, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection
Research Associate
Michael Macek, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection
Every Sun, 3 p.m.
VIENNA PORCELAIN DAY
Exhibition tours
Sun, 27.5.2018, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
EVENING OF PORCELAIN TREASURES
Tue, 12.6.2018
6 p.m., Expert-Guided Tour
with Michael Macek, Research Associate, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection
6–9 p.m., Have Your Porcelain Valued!
The experts Regina Herbst, Magda Pfabigan and Ursula Rohringer, Dorotheum Vienna, will share their expert opinions of your porcelain and provide an estimate of its worth in the MAK Kaminzimmer.
With the password “Porzellan-Schätze,” admission is free from 6 p.m. onwards.
Curator-Guided Tours
with Rainald Franz, Curator, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection
Tue, 29.5.2018, 6 p.m.
Tue 17. 7.2018, 6 p.m.
Expert-Guided Tours
with Michael Macek, Research Associate, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection
Tue, 12.6.2018, 6 p.m.
Tue 14.8.2018, 6 p.m.
The MAK has housed the legacy of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory—under imperial ownership from 1744 and closed in 1864—and has been dedicated to researching porcelain since its founding years. With examples from all eras of production, the legacy provides an overview of some 150 years of porcelain production in Vienna. Viennese porcelain production covered a wide spectrum of ceramics: from dinnerware sets and vases to clocks, from high-quality porcelain sculptures to scenic and floral miniatures, from porcelain paintings with cobalt blue and gold decorations in relief to large-format porcelain pictures with floral still lifes.
The exhibition 300 YEARS OF THE VIENNA PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY presents the latest research findings with as yet unpublished documents on major works by the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, such as the porcelain room from the Palais Dubsky in Brno (ca. 1740) and the centerpiece from Zwettl Abbey (Vienna, 1767/68). Both the “Dubsky Room,” one of the first rooms to be decorated with European porcelain, and the centerpiece from Zwettl Abbey are on permanent display in the MAK Permanent Collection Baroque Rococo Classicism, designed by Donald Judd.
Publication
The exhibition is accompanied by the publication 300 Years of the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory, edited by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein and Rainald Franz, with texts by Rainald Franz, Andreas Gamerith, Michael Macek, Errol Manners, Waltraud Neuwirth, Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel, A. Philipp Revertera, Elisabeth Schmuttermeier, Ulrike Scholda, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Leonhard Weidinger, and Johannes Wieninger. German/English, ca. 208 pages with numerous color illustrations. MAK, Vienna/Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2018. Available at the MAK Design Shop and at MAKdesignshop.at, for € 44.
Curator
Rainald Franz, Curator, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection
Research Associate
Michael Macek, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection
Guided Tours
Exhibition ToursEvery Sun, 3 p.m.
VIENNA PORCELAIN DAY
Exhibition tours
Sun, 27.5.2018, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
EVENING OF PORCELAIN TREASURES
Tue, 12.6.2018
6 p.m., Expert-Guided Tour
with Michael Macek, Research Associate, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection
6–9 p.m., Have Your Porcelain Valued!
The experts Regina Herbst, Magda Pfabigan and Ursula Rohringer, Dorotheum Vienna, will share their expert opinions of your porcelain and provide an estimate of its worth in the MAK Kaminzimmer.
With the password “Porzellan-Schätze,” admission is free from 6 p.m. onwards.
Curator-Guided Tours
with Rainald Franz, Curator, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection
Tue, 29.5.2018, 6 p.m.
Tue 17. 7.2018, 6 p.m.
Expert-Guided Tours
with Michael Macek, Research Associate, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection
Tue, 12.6.2018, 6 p.m.
Tue 14.8.2018, 6 p.m.
Combined Guided Tours
Combined Guided Tour Porcelain Museum Augarten/MAK 300 YEARS OF THE VIENNA PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY
WEDNESDAYS AT THE MAK
Guided tour through the exhibition followed by further discussion at the restaurant Salonplafond im MAK.
Guided tour through the exhibition followed by further discussion at the restaurant Salonplafond im MAK.
MINI MAK
Sun, 20.05.2018, 11.00 AM registration no longer possible
Porcelain, What’s That?
Guided tour for the whole family (ages 4 and older)
MAK4FAMILY
Sat, 26.05.2018, 2.00 PM - 4.00 PM registration no longer possible
Sat, 23.06.2018, 2.00 PM - 4.00 PM registration no longer possible
Porcelain This, Porcelain That, Porcelain the Other: Just don’t drop it!
Workshop and guided tour for the whole family (ages 4 and older)
MAK Design Kids
Sat, 19.05.2018, 2.00 PM - 4.00 PM registration no longer possible
Wild Porcelain Manufactory
Workshop for 8- to 12-year-olds (unaccompanied)
Sat, 02.06.2018, 2.00 PM - 4.00 PM registration no longer possible
Wild Porcelain Manufactory
Workshop for 8- to 12-year-olds (unaccompanied)
Sat, 16.06.2018, 2.00 PM - 4.00 PM registration no longer possible
Wild Porcelain Manufactory
Workshop for 8- to 12-year-olds (unaccompanied)
MAK on TOUR
Day Trip by Bus incl. guided tour of the exhibition
Loosdorf Palace, Lower Austria
Sun, 17.06.2018, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Holíč Palace, Slovakia >>
Sun, 16.09.2018, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Loosdorf Palace, Lower Austria
Sun, 17.06.2018, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Holíč Palace, Slovakia >>
Sun, 16.09.2018, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
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Opening Hours
Tue 10 a.m.–10 p.m.Wed–Sun 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Mon closed
Admission
€ 12 / reduced € 10Free admission for children and teens under 19
Tuesdays 6–10 p.m. admission € 5
Family ticket € 15
(two adults and at least one minor child up to 14)
Porcelain-Combined Ticket
€ 16 / reduced € 12
valid for MAK and Porcelainmuseum at the Augarten
Guided Tours
MAK TOURS – every Saturday at 11 a.m. a tour through the MAK in German; every Sunday at noon in English.Attendance fee: € 3,50 per person (1 h), € 5 per person (1,5 h), except children up to 6 and holders of “Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur-Pass”
Special and Group Tours
by advance bookingGabriele Fabiankowitsch, Head of Educational Program and Guided Tours
T +43 1 711 36-298
(Mon–Fri 10 a.m.–4 p.m.),
Multimedia Guide
for Vienna 1900, Asia, Carpets: € 2Or download the app for free to your own tablet (iOS and Android)!
Barrier Free Access
Elevator and toilets at the entrance Weiskirchnerstraße 3
