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a Austrian Museum of Applied Arts
The Wiener Werkstätte VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
MAK (Museum für angewandte Kunst) acts both as a . Josef Hoffmann, In 1903 Josef Hoffmann (pictured) and Practical Information
showcase for Austrian decorative arts and as a repository Tafelaufsatz Kolo Moser founded a co-operative Stubenring 5. Map 2 F5 & 6 F3.
for fine objects from around the world. Originally founded Josef Hoffmann designed the arts and crafts workshop, the Wiener Tel 711360. Open 10am–10pm
Werkstätte. This promoted all aspects
Tue, 10am–6pm Wed–Sun.
centrepiece in silver and
in 1864 as a museum of art and industry, it expanded agate for the Vienna 1900 of design from postage stamps and Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec. & 7 8
and diversified over the years to include objects collection book illustrations to fabric, furniture, 0 - = ∑ mak.at
representing new movements and contemporary design. in 1905. jewellery and interiors. The museum Transport
houses its archives, which include
The museum has a fine collection of furniture, including sketches, fabric patterns and fine pieces. % Stubentor. @ 3A, 74A. v 2.
works of the German < Landstrasse.
cabinet-maker David Stairs to
second
Roentgen, textiles, glass, floor Lecture Hall
carpets, East Asian art
and fine Renaissance
jewellery. In 2012, the Mundus Chair
museum was completely Bentwood furniture was
renovated and new made popular by the
multimedia exhibitions 19th-century designer
were added to the existing . Baroque Rococo Classicism First floor Michael Thonet (1796–1871),
who pioneered bentwood
permanent collection. A reassembly of a room (around 1724) in the furniture techniques in the
Dubsky Palace at Brno, Czech Republic. First floor Reading Room 1830s. This example was
mezzanine manufactured by Mundus
Entrance to MAK around 1905.
MAK Permanent café (see p211)
Collection Asia
One of the most
remarkable collections
of Asian art and applied
arts in Europe.

Entrance
hall Ground
floor

Museum Guide Stubenring
The basement houses the MAK Design Lab, MAK Forum and entrance
MAK Gallery. Most of the permanent collection is displayed in
the ground-floor galleries, which include the MAK Permanent
Collection Asia and the museum’s collection of carpets. Stairs in Mamluk Carpet
the west wing lead to the MAK Exhibition Hall, which houses This mid-15th-century knotted
temporary exhibitions . Egyptian rug features two
octagonal medallions.
Basement
Key
MAK Permanent Collection Asia
Baroque, Rococo
Vienna 1900 . Biedermeier Room
Art Nouveau, Art Deco This cherrywood sofa (1825–30),
Biedermeier designed and manufactured
by Danhauser’sche Möbelfabrik,
Contemporary Art MAK Design Lab is an outstanding example
Temporary exhibition space Over 2,000 thematically of Viennese Empire-style
arranged exhibits highlight
Carpets Biedermeier design (see
the role of art, architecture
MAK Design Lab, MAK Forum and and design in everyday life. pp32–3). The original upholstery
MAK Gallery has been replaced.

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