The MAK – Museum of Applied Arts (German: ''Museum für angewandte Kunst'') is an arts and crafts museum located at Stubenring 5 in Vienna's 1st district

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. Besides its traditional orientation towards arts and crafts and design, the museum especially focuses on architecture and

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. The museum has been at its current location since 1871. Since 2004 the building is illuminated in the evenings by the permanent outdoor installation "MAKlite" of American artist

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. In 2015 the MAK became the first museum to use

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to acquire art, when it purchased the

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"Event listeners" of van den Dorpel. With over 300,000 objects displayed online, the MAK presents the largest online collection within the Austrian Federal Museums. The audio guide to this museum is provided as a web-based app.

History

On 7 March 1863, the ''Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry'' – today's MAK—was founded by Emperor Franz Joseph I. Rudolf von Eitelberger, the first Professor of art history at the

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, was appointed director. Following the example of London's ''South Kensington Museum'' (today's

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) which was founded in 1852, the museum aims at serving as an exemplary collection for artists, industrialists, and the public and as an institution for education and training of designers and craftspeople. The museum opened on 12 May 1864, at first provisionally in rooms of the Ballhaus building next to the Vienna Hofburg, which were adapted for the purpose of the museum by architect

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. With the establishment of the ''k.k. Wiener

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'' (Vienna School of Arts and Crafts) in 1867, theoretical and practical training was united. At first, the school was housed in the former gun factory at Währinger Straße 11–13/Schwarzspanierstraße 17 (nowadays the Anatomical Institute of the

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which was newly constructed in 1886). Only after the construction of an extension next to the ''Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry'', did the school move to Stubenring 3 in 1877. 1897, Arthur von Scala, until then director of the ''Royal Middle Eastern Museum'' (later ''Royal Austrian Trade Museum''), takes over as director of the Museum of Art and Industry, bringing

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, Felician von Myrbach,

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and

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on board to work at the museum and at the School of Arts and Crafts. Due to conflicts between Scala and the Arts and Crafts Association (founded in 1884), who sees his influence on the museum beginning to wane, Archduke Rainer resigns 1898 as the museum's protector. New statutes were drawn up. Two years later, around 1900, the museum and the School of Arts and Crafts each received their own separate administration, although their final separation did not take place until 1909: The museum was placed under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture and Education, the school stayed at the Royal Ministry of Cultus and Education. In 1907, the Museum of Art and Industry took over most of the collection of the Royal Austrian Trade Museum. From 1865 to 1897, the Museum of Art and Industry also published the magazine ''Mittheilungen des k. k. Österreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie'' (Transactions of the Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry). From 1898 to 1921, however, the Museum Journal was published with the new name ''Kunst und Kunsthandwerk'' and soon gained international reputation. The museum began publishing the periodical ''alte und moderne kunst'' (old and modern art). After the establishment of the First Republic, the holdings previously in the possession of the Habsburgs—e.g. oriental carpets—were handed over to the Museum. In 1936 and 1940, the Museum on Stubenring gave part of its sculpture collection to the

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useum of Art History In exchange, it received the arts and crafts section of the collections of Albert Figdor and of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Following Austria's annexation by Nazi Germany, the museum was renamed "''Staatliches Kunstgewerbemuseum in Wien''" (State Arts and Crafts Museum in Vienna). Between 1939 and 1945, Austria's museums take over several confiscated private collections. The collection of the "State Arts and Crafts Museum" also expanded in this way. Since 1998, numerous works of art have been restituted to their owners as a result of provenance research. In 1947, the "''Staatliches Kunstgewerbemuseum in Wien''" (State Arts and Crafts Museum) was renamed "''Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst''" (Austrian Museum of Applied Arts). In 1949, the museum reopened following the repair of war-related damage. In 1965, the Geymüllerschlössel in Vienna's 18th district was affiliated to the museum and became a new branch. At the same time as the building, the MAK also acquired Dr. Franz Sobek's important clock collection (160 Old-Viennese clocks from the time between 1750 and the second half of the 19th century) as well as furniture from the years 1800 to 1840. In the late 1980s, parts of the wall paintings were returned to their original state in the course of the renovation of the façade. The subsequent rearrangement of the furniture and the extraordinary clock collection in the rooms of the Geymüllerschlössel have provided visitors with an authentic insight into the diversity of Biedermeier interior decorating until today. The Arenbergpark Flak Tower—one of the six flak towers erected in Vienna during

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—became an additional branch of the museum in 1994 and since 1995 has served as the MAK Contemporary Art Depot (MAK Tower), which hosts major parts of the Contemporary Art Collection of the museum. Currently, the MAK Tower is closed to the public due to a lack of official approval. After a MAK exhibition about

in 1992 in his house of birth in Brtnice/Pirnitz (

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), contact with the Moravian Gallery in

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(Czech Republic) has been intensified. Finally, since 2006 both institutions have managed Hoffmann's birthplace as a joint branch—the ''Josef Hoffmann Museum''. The museum presents its collection in a permanent exhibition and, at the same time, temporary exhibitions about Josef Hoffmann and his contemporaries. In 1994, MAK CEO and artistic director

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founded the branch '' MAK Center for Art and Architecture'' in Los Angeles, USA. The center is located in three important buildings of the Viennese architect Rudolph M. Schindler in Los Angeles ( Rudolph Schindler House, Pearl M. Mackey Apartment House, Fitzpatrick-Leland House). The focus is on new trends and interdisciplinary developments in the fields of fine arts and architecture which are expedited through scholarships and projects and are expanded through temporary exhibitions. One important sphere of influence of the MAK is its presentation in public space. The museum actively supports contemporary artists, whose works are mostly presented in an exhibition in the MAK building and later as works of art in Vienna's urban space in order to mediate at the interface between art and public space. International artists such as James Turrell (MAKlite, Permanent installation on the façade of the MAK since 2004, Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna), Michael Kienzer (Stylit, 2005, Stubenring/Weiskirchnerstraße, 1010 Vienna), Franz West (4 Larvae (Lemur Heads) 2001, Stubenbrücke, 1010 Vienna), Donald Judd (Stage Set, 1996, Stadtpark, 1030 Vienna) and Philip Johnson (Wiener Trio, 1998, Franz-Josefs-Kai/Schottenring, opposite

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, 1010 Vienna) have been represented. In 2000, Austria's federal museums were removed from state administration; the museum became a "public-law academic institution". In 2015, the MAK initiated the

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to combine art, design and architecture. It lasted from 11 June to 4 October 2015 and was initiated by the MAK in partnership with the

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, the

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, and the Vienna Business Agency, creative center departure, and organized with support from the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology as a non-university research partner. The second Vienna Biennale took place from 21 June to 1 October 2017. The third Vienna Biennale took place from 29 May until 6 October 2019, the fourth from 28 May until 3 October 2021.

Directors

* Rudolf Eitelberger (1863–1885) * Jacob von Falke (1885–1895) * Bruno Bucher (1895–1897) * Arthur von Scala (1897–1909) * Eduard Leisching (1909–1925) * Hermann Trenkwald (1925–1927) * August Schestag (1927–1932) * Richard Ernst (1932–1950) * Ignaz Schlosser (1950–1958) * Viktor Griessmaier (1958–1968) * Wilhelm Mrazek (1968–1978) * Gerhard Egger (1978–1981) * Herbert Fux (1981–1984) * Ludwig Neustifter (Interim director, 1984–1986) *

(1986–2011) * Martina Kandeler-Fritsch (Interim director, February to August 2011) * Christoph Thun-Hohenstein (September 2011 to August 2021) *Lilli Hollein (since September 2021) In 2016, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein was appointed Director or rather General Director and artistic director of the MAK for another 5 years. At the same time, Teresa Mitterlehner-Marchesani—in the course of the introduction of joint management of the Austrian Federal Museums—was appointed managing director. In 2021 Lilli Hollein was appointed General Director and Artistic Director – she is the first female director in the MAK's history.

Building

From 1869, a new museum complex for the Imperial Royal Museum of Art and Industry was built at Stubenring 5 in the style of the

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, according to plans by

. The painter Ferdinand Laufberger made a

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and the fresco paintings on the mirror vault of the staircase. On 15 November 1871, the museum opened to the public within a big opening. It was the first museum building on the Vienna Ring Road. Laufberger's cartoons were lost, and so around 1893 the mural painting of the figures on the outer façade were recreated by students of Karl Karger of the School of Applied Arts. In 1875 the Austrian Museum was joined by an adjacent new building for the School of Applied Arts at Stubenring 3, whose plans were also drawn up by Heinrich von Ferstel. It was opened in 1877. In 1906, Ludwig Baumann designed an extension building for the museum located at Weiskirchnerstraße 3, it was completed in 1908. After World War II repair of war-related damage to the museum building lasted until 1949. In 1989, a complete renovation of the museum's old buildings and construction of both a two-story underground depot and a connecting wing by with a generous storage facility and additional exhibition space began. After this renovation, the museum opened in 1993. Its showrooms were designed by artists such as Barbara Bloom, Eichinger or Knechtl,

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, Gangart, Franz Graf,

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, Manfred Wakolbinger and Heimo Zobernig. In 2014, a repositioning of the Permanent Collection Carpets with an artistic intervention by

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and a repositioning of the Permanent Collection Asia, whose artistic design was entrusted to

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in 2014 and 2016, took place. The building in the Weiskirchnerstraße is reserved for temporary exhibitions, while the rooms at Stubenring host the permanent collections and the MAK DESIGN LAB.

MAK Permanent Collection

In accordance with its historical justification, the MAK Permanent collection is divided into different sections according to its functional purpose. * Vienna 1900 Design / Arts and Crafts 1890–1938 * Carpets * Asia. China – Japan – Korea *

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Highlights of the collection are the holdings of the

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, chairs by

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and

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, furniture by Danhauser,

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's cartoons for the Mosaic Frieze of

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, Du Paquier's Porcelain Cabinet chamber from Dubsky Palace, a collection of Bohemian and Venetian glass, Flemish and Italian lace, silver, porcelain and carpets as well as Chinese porcelain, Japanese colored woodcuts (

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) and Japanese printing stencils ( Katagami).

MAK Design Lab

On the occasion of its 150th anniversary, the MAK positioned itself more clearly than ever before as a museum for arts and the everyday world. Until 2014, the ''MAK Study Collection'' presented part of its extensive holdings in a material-specific technological order. In the course of this repositioning of the former study collection, MAK cooperated with the Austrian design team EOOS and the IDRV – Institute of Design Research Vienna in order to make cross-links between 21st century art and earlier epochs directly tangible. Frankfurter-kueche-vienna

Since its transformation into the MAK Design Lab, almost 2,000 exhibits – divided into themed islands – have created a newly conceived showcase in the entire basement of the museum for lifelike references between historical arts and crafts and contemporary design. Interactive thematic areas form an illustrative course on areas such as cooking (including a replica of

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's Frankfurt kitchen), eating and drinking, sitting, artistic, industrial and alternative production, transporting, communicating and ornament, and the Helmut Lang Archive, which shows the artistic highlights with selected designs. The newly created passageways and modular units lead to a connecting spatial experience and allow rapid adaptation to changing requirements. The MAK Forum forms a flexibly usable space, which is used as a meeting place as well as an experimental area for exhibitions and mediation formats. In the ''MAK Works on Paper Room'' temporary exhibitions take place—mostly from the holdings of the Library and the Works on Paper Collection—with a richness of topics presenting posters, architecture projects, style imitations, and Japanese woodblock prints, for example. The ''MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection'' conveys information about all areas of applied art. The literature encompasses the time from the 16th century up to the present with some manuscripts, incunabulas, and printed works ranging from the 15th century until today. The Works on Paper Collection comprises ornamental engravings, posters, photos, hand drawings, watercolors, and plans as well as hand drawings from the archives of the Wiener Werkstätte. The ''MAK Contemporary Art Collection'' serves as a presentation room for contemporary projects by international artists, i. a. engaging with topics from the fin de siècle period.

Digital Museum

The MAK has a wide range of digital offerings. Data on the collection or the in-house publications are released for research and formats such as the MAK-Digistories or the MAK-Blog provide information on a wide variety of topics. The audio guide is provided free of charge in the form of a web-based app.

MAK Collection Online

With its
MAK Collection Online
' the MAK makes large parts of its collection accessible to the public: * Japanese colored woodcuts / Ukiyo-e * East Asian Art * Late antiquity textiles * Posters * Ornamental prints *

– Drawings * Joseph Binder—Graphic Design * English fabrics and wallpapers around 1900 (

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) With over 300.000 objects, the MAK shows the largest online collection within the Austrian Federal Museums.

Publications

Over 50.000 pages of the MAK's journals are availabl
online

Google Arts & Culture

Since May 2017, the MAK with its ''collection highlights'' can also be visited virtually on ''

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'': Gigapixel images of

's design drawings for the execution of a frieze in the dining room of the

in Brussels (1910–1911) can be seen as well as parts of the heroic epic ''

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'', which is one of the major works of painting in the Islamic world.

3D-Tours

Both the museum's main building as well as the Geymüllerschlössl can be discovered with 3D-tours. Furthermore, some exhibitions like

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were virtually available in 3D during the

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Multimedia and Games

In addition to video and audio formats, the MAK presented its first online games, "Mix MAK" and
World Wide Wonderland
.

Awards

* 1996: "Museum of the Year Award" from the Council of Europe, Strasbourg

Exhibitions

* 2010: ''Firing Cells. About Having A Moment – curated by Gregor Eichinger'' * 2010: ''

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. Gypsy Urbanism'' * 2010: ''Josef Dabernig. Excursus on Fitness'' * 2010: Artists in focus: ''#8 Hans Weigand. Vortex'' * 2010: ''Fat / Sam Jacob. Duplicate Array: Buildings / Places / Objects'' * 2010: ''Ming. Interlude'' * 2010: ''Ina Seidl.'' Jewelry * 2010: Flowers for ''Kim Il Sung. Art and Architecture from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea'' * 2010: ''Minimal. Art and Furniture from the MAK Collection'' * 2010: ''Apokalypse / Keinen Keks heute.'' ''Otto Mühl'' * 2010: ''Project Vienna. How to React to a City'' * 2010: ''Josef Dabernig. 1 sculpture 2 versions'' * 2010: ''Artists in focus #9 Plamen Dejanoff. Heads & Tails'' * 2010: ''Design Criminals. Or a New Joy into the World curated by Sam Jacob'' * 2010: Mihály Biró. Pathos in Red * 2010: '' David Zink Yi. Manganese Make My Colors Blue'' * 2010: ''Crossover.'' ''Two Collections – Private and Public'' * 2010: ''Leather, Fabric and Zipper. Bags and Purses from the MAK Collection'' * 2010: Contemporary. ''Jewelry from Austria. The "Eligius" Austrian Jewelry Design Award, 2010'' * 2010: ''100 Best Posters 09. Germany Austria Switzerland'' * 2010: ''Andrea Branzi. The Weak Metropolis: for a "New Charter of Athens"'' * 2010: ''Eva Schlegel. In Between'' * 2011: ''Bruno.

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as portrayed by Konrad Rufus Müller'' * 2011: The Great Viennese Café: A Laboratory. ''Phase I'' * 2011: ''APPLY! Taste Art'' * 2011: ''Artists in focus #10

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. Schöner Wohnen'' * 2011: ''SPAN (

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& Sandra Manninger). Formations'' * 2011: ''Kurt Ryslavy. Collector, Wine Merchant, Sunday Painter. A Conceptual-Sculptural Intervention'' * 2011: ''The Emperor's New Colors. 19th-Century Chinese Art from the MAK Collection'' * 2011: ''The Second Skin. Objects for Packing and Preserving'' * 2011: ''Industrial Furniture. Prototypes of the Modern Era'' * 2011: ''

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– Alchemy of the Everyday'' * 2011: ''Artists in focus #11 Walter Pichler. Sculptures Models Drawings'' * 2011: ''Michael Wallraff. looking up.vertical public space'' * 2011: ''The Great Viennese Café: A Laboratory. Phase II & Experimental Design'' * 2011: A''rtists' Books on Tour. Artist Competition and Mobile Museum'' * 2011: ''Gôm Sú'. Ceramics from Viêt Nam, a 2000-Year History'' * 2011: ''2 x 100 Best Posters at the MAK'' * 2011: ''Envisioning Buildings: Reflecting Architecture in Contemporary Art Photography'' * 2012: ''Patrick Rampelotto. Adventures in Foam'' * 2012: ''The Magic of Diversity. The MAK as Applied Space of the Future'' * 2012: ''

. Cartoons for the Mosaic Frieze at Stoclet House'' * 2012: ''sound:frame festival 2012. Exhibition "substructions"'' * 2012: ''...Furniture of All Kinds. Design drawings from the Danhauser Furniture Factory'' * 2012: ''Stiefel & Company Architects. Faux Terrains'' * 2012: ''Made 4 You. Design for Change'' * 2012: ''Things. plain & simple'' * 2012: ''Kurt Spurey. Sedimente. Chawan. 4 Colors 4 Forms'' * 2012: ''Benjamin Hirte. the classic mob ballet'' * 2012: ''taliaYsebastian. The Committee of Sleep'' * 2012: ''Masterpieces'' * 2012: ''Contemporary Necklaces'' * 2012: ''Others curated by

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'' * 2012: ''Vienna 1900. Viennese Arts and Crafts, 1890–1938'' * 2012: ''100 Best Posters 11. Germany Austria Switzerland'' * 2012: ''WerkStadt Vienna. Design Engaging the City'' * 2012: ''Kathi Hofer. craftivism'' * 2013: ''

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. Japan Sinks. A Manga'' * 2013: ''Signs Taken in Wonder. Searching for Contemporary Istanbul'' * 2013: ''Marco Dessí. Still Life'' * 2013: ''A Shot of Rhythm and Color. English Textile Design of the late 19th Century'' * 2013: ''JEX – Jewelry Exhibition. Jewelry by Petra Zimmermann'' * 2013: '' Loos. Our Contemporary'' * 2013: ''Kerstin von Gabain. City of Broken Furniture'' * 2013: ''Verena Dengler.'' * 2013: ''Lisa Truttmann. My Stage is your Domain'' * 2013: ''Sonic Fabric feat. BLESS N°45 Soundperfume engineered by Popkalab'' * 2013: ''100 Best Posters 12. Germany Austria Switzerland'' * 2013: ''

. Orllegro'' * 2013: ''Scientific Skin feat. Bare Conductive in collaboration with Fabio Antinori + Alicja Pytlewska'' * 2013: '' Franz von Zülow. Paper'' * 2014: ''sound:frame 2014. If this is the Answer, what is the Question?'' * 2014: ''soma architecture. Immanent Elasticity'' * 2014: ''After-Images.150 Years of the MAK – Exhibitions in Pictures'' * 2014: ''Exemplary.150 Years of the MAK – from Arts and Crafts to Design'' * 2014: '' Hollein.'' * 2014: ''Hanna Krüger'' '' ie Sammlunga collective structure'' * 2014: ''South meets North: Local Innovation. Global Conversation'' * 2014: ''Tomorrow is...'' * 2014: ''Valentin Ruhry. Grand Central'' * 2014: ''100 Beste Posters 13. Germany Austria Switzerland.'' * 2014: ''Schwadron Brothers: new places und traces'' * 2014: ''I Santillana.'' * 2014: ''photo::vienna. Retrospective 2014'' * 2014: ''Ways to Modernism.

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, and Their Impact'' * 2015: ''Jewellery 1970–2015. Bollmann Collection. Fritz Maierhofer – Retrospective'' * 2015: ''Eoos. Design between Archaic and High Tech'' * 2015: ''Alfredo Barsuglia. Cabinet'' * 2015: ''Amie Siegel. Provenance'' * 2015: ''Future Light. Escaping Transparency'' * 2015: ''Uneven Growth. Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities'' * 2015: ''2051. Smart Life in the City'' * 2015: ''The Art of Working – Agency in Digital Modernity'' * 2015: ''Mapping Bucharest. Art, Memory, and Revolution 1916–2016'' * 2015: ''24/7. the human condition'' * 2015: ''Christoph Niemann. Drawing the Line'' * 2015: ''photo::vienna. Retrospective 2015'' * 2015: ''

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: The Happy Show'' * 2015: ''100 Best Posters 14. Germany Austria Switzerland'' * 2015: '' Josef Frank. Against Design.'' * 2016: ''Fashion Utopias. Haute Couture in the Graphic Arts'' * 2016: ''Kay Walkowiak. Forms in Time.'' * 2016: '' Josiah McElehny. The Ornament Museum'' * 2016: ''Robert La Roche. Personal View'' * 2016: '' Friedrich Kiesler. Life Visions'' * 2016: ''Eligius Award 2016.'' Jewelry in Austria * 2016: ''100 Beste Posters 15.'' Germany Austria Switzerland * 2016: ''City Factory. Social Furniture Collection by Eoos'' * 2016: ''photo::vienna. Retrospective 2016'' * 2016: ''

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.'' ''Erotic Art from Japan'' * 2016: ''Patrycja Domanska. Stimuli'' * 2016: The ''Goldscheider Company. Viennese Ceramics 1885–1938'' * 2016: ''handiCRAFT. Traditional Skills in the Digital Age'' * 2017: ''The Glass of the Architects. Vienna 1900–1937'' * 2017: ''Glasses from the Empire and Biedermeier Period'' * 2017: ''Book Covers of the

'' * 2017: ''650 Years of Gold- and Silversmiths. The Competitions'' * 2017: ''Library for Social Design'' * 2017: ''Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine.'' An exhibition of the MAK, the

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, and the Design Museum Gent * 2017: ''CityFactory:'' ''New Work. New Design'' * 2017: ''What Do We Want?'' ''Dimensions of a New Digital Humanism'' * 2017: ''LeveL. the fragile balance of utopia'' * 2017: ''ich weiß nicht. Growing Relations between Things.'' * 2017: ''Artificial Tears. Singularity & Humanness—A Speculation'' * 2017: ''Design for Agency.'' * 2017: ''photo::vienna. Retrospective 2017'' * 2017: ''100 Best Posters 16. Germany Austria Switzerland'' * 2017: ''Thomas Bayrle. If It's Too Long—Make It Longer'' * 2017: ''Aesthetics of Change:150 Years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna'' * 2018: ''

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's Magic Garden. A Virtual Reality Experience by Frederick Baker'' * 2018: ''

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.'' ''15 Buildings for His 90th'' *2018:
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MAK Branches

The MAK Branches cover several continents and countries: * Vienna: MAK Branch Geymüllerschlössel MAK Tower Contemporary Art Depot at the Arenbergpark (currently closed) MAK Art in Public Space * Czech Republic:

-Museum, Brtnice/Pirnitz (since the beginning of 2006, a joint branch of the

Moravian Gallery The Moravian Gallery in Brno () is the second largest art museum in the Czech Republic, established in 1961 by the merging of two older institutions. It is in five buildings: Pražák Palace, Governor's Palace, Museum of Applied Arts, Jurkovič ...

in Brno and MAK Vienna) * USA: MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles ( Rudolph Schindler House, Pearl M. Mackey Apartment House, Fitzpatrick-Leland House).

Nearby buildings

Stadtpark, Vienna The Stadtpark (, ''City Park'') in Vienna, Austria is a large municipal park that extends from the Ringstraße in the Innere Stadt first district up to the Heumarkt (Hay Market) in the Landstraße third district. The park is divided in two sectio ...

Urania Urania ( ; ; modern Greek shortened name ''Ránia''; meaning "heavenly" or "of heaven") was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and astrology. Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, her attributes being the globe and compass. T ...

* Café Prückel * Wien Mitte railway station *

Austrian Postal Savings Bank The Austrian Postal Savings Bank building (, ) is a famous building in Vienna, designed and built by the architect Otto Wagner. The building is regarded as an important work of the Vienna Secession movement, a branch of Art Nouveau. It was cons ...

* Hotel Intercontinental Vienna *

Konzerthaus, Vienna The Konzerthaus is a concert hall located in Vienna, Austria, which opened in 1913. It is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both traditional and ...

Kursalon Hübner Kursalon (''Kursalon Hübner'') is a music hall in Vienna, designed by Johann Garben in the style of the Italian Renaissance and built between 1865 and 1867. History In 1857, Emperor Franz Josef I ordered the demolition of all of the fortifi ...

Stephansplatz, Vienna The Stephansplatz is a square at the geographical centre of Vienna, Austria. It is named after its most prominent building, the Stephansdom, Vienna's cathedral and one of the tallest churches in the world. Before the 20th century, a row of hous ...

References

External links

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MAK Collection Online

MAK Audio-Guide

3D-Tour Main Building
* 3D-Tours Geymüllerschlössl: *
Entrance
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Inside
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Park

MAK Publications

MAK Design Shop

Wien Geschichte Wiki: MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst (in German)

Oesterreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie. In: Allgemeine Bauzeitung, 1871
(with plans) on Anno (Austrian Newspapers Online) *
Virtual tour of the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
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