Museum of Applied Arts

Stunning atrium. The basement exhibitions, both permanent and temporary, are more inspiring than the classics on the ground floor. The second floor (2nd in the US and Chinese sense, but 1st floor in the German speaking areas) are basically closed ( three rooms under renovation and the lecture hall only open to events). I was kindly warned about the closures before I paid for the ticket. The lockers take both 1 euro and 2 euro coins. You will be refunded as you vacate the lockers.

Spent about 1.5-2 hours, no waiting for tickets. Beautiful building with ornate ceilings, interesting exhibits on modern design/innovation juxtaposed with antique furniture+decor. They have a gorgeous exhibit on Christmas ornaments running until early January. It was a highlight.

This museum is supposed to have a great collection, for example of carpets, but the things on display are really limited. The display in the room dedicated to Asia is maybe interesting as an instalation but totally visitor non-frienly (handwriten captions on a transparent glass???). The building is stunning though ! A Renaissance vila in the centr of Vienna.

I had a nice time and also I had lunch there. It’s a little difficult to guide yourself through the museum and there’s some mistakes with the online audio tour. I spent more time than I thought I would spend there, but it was interesting. I wouldn’t say it’s the best museum, but it was fine for what it was.

A beautiful and truly fascinating museum. The exhibitions are not only visually impressive but also explore important topics like sustainability and ecological design. There’s so much to see and reflect on – a must-visit for anyone interested in art, design, and the future of how we live.

Located at Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹. The MAK (Museum of Applied Arts) is an amazing museum in Vienna that not only focuses on traditional arts and crafts and design but also architecture and contemporary art. At night, the building is illuminated with a wonderful permanent MAKlite. It’s wonderful to watch. Ticket prices - Online €15.50 On site €16.50 I suggest using the museum audio guide, it provides great information about the artefacts and lets you go at your own pace. I also suggest getting your tickets online, you save money and also you can skip the lines. The museum traces its roots back to 1864 and the opening of the Imperial Royal Museum of Art and Industry, intended as Austria’s equivalent to what is now the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. There’s so much to see at the MAK, from Baroque glassware to industrial design. We were kept interested throughout the whole time we were there. There’s always the permanent exhibitions and collections but there also the temporary ones that we found so interesting. The building itself is truly inspiring, the architecture is simply amazing. We had a wonderful time at this museum and would definitely recommend. Thumbs up!!! 👍👍

Great musueam with very friendly staff at the reception, multiple expositions with some permanent and other changing depending on the time of the year. In the center there is a bunch of sofa to chill in between expositions. Divers thèmes and estethics

badly designed for a museum that covers design. the historical exhibit, especially about chair design, was interesting but somewhat spoilt inconsistently available explanations, exhibit descriptions supposedly accessible through online guide often don't load. temporary exhibits too preachy and patronizing

MAK is an excellent Museum of Applied Arts. They do an excellent job getting guest curators and artists to engage with the collection in inventive and dynamic ways to highlight various items & how they relate to each other. This makes the collection come alive, and it becomes much more interesting to experience, compared to the standard, more static, approach I see in many museums. One highlight was the stunning 1907 gesso panels, Seven Princesses by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh. You need to see it in person to appreciate its subtle beauty and impressive scope. Apparently, the Seven Princesses only survived WW1 because a curator hid the piece to keep it safe. The curator brought it down to the museum's basement, put the panels into three crates along the wall, then built a brick wall in front of them, which was painted to match the existing walls. They stayed hidden like this until they were discovered in 1990. Another highlight was an installation from Superflux called Invocation for Hope, which featured hundreds of dead trees burned from a forest fire that were installed around some live plants & moss around a 'pool'. When I visited, they also had a lot of environment & sustainability related projects on display -- there were some really interesting projects there. The building itself also has lovely architectural features.

I happened to go to MAK on free night which is Tuesday from 6 PM to 10 PM so I had a really good time. Does it compare to the Victoria & Albert in London, NO.... but then again what does. Also this museum building has a lot of space, a lot of space that they don't really utilize very well. There could be a whole lot more on display. But anyway my favorite part was the permanent collection which is on the top floor, lots of decorative items from around 1890 into 1940's.

Wonderful museum for decorative arts. especially good for Weiner Werkstatte items. Excellent temporary exhibit featuring virtual reality glasses for 'entering' Gustav Klimt paintings!

Such an interesting, thoughtful set of exhibits. Really loved the "handmade" quality of many of the exhibits (way to walk your talk, MAK) and the "guest curation" by so many modern artists and writers. Highly recommended for visitors who are interested in applied arts. One sour note: MAK needs a re-usable shopping bag that is all MAK, instead of the ones you sell now. I would LOVE to advertise you in all my schlepping.

Worth seeking out as the exhibits cover so many aspects of design - clothing, architecture, sustainability, tech, food/eating, play ... totally kid-friendly and with a nice restaurant attached. I would totally go again when back in Vienna