Vitra Design Museum

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Vitra Design Museum © Vitra Design Museum; photo: Norbert Miguletz
Exterior view, Vitra Design Museum Gallery © Vitra Design Museum 2011; photo: Bettina Matthiessen
The Vitra Design Museum numbers among the world's leading museums of design. It is dedicated to the research and presentation of design, past and present, and examines design's relationship to architecture, art and everyday culture. In the main museum building by Frank Gehry, the museum annually mounts two major temporary exhibitions. In addition, smaller shows are presented in the Vitra Museum Gallery, which often follow a more contemporary and experimental approach. The Vitra Schaudepot, which was designed by Herzog & de Meuron, presents approx. 400 key objects from the extensive collection and hence resembles one of the largest permanent collections and research sites on modern furniture design world-wide.
Often developed with renowned designers, many of the museum's exhibitions cover highly relevant contemporary themes, such as future technologies, sustainability or questions like mobility and social responsibility. Others are presenting historical topics or monographic exhibitions on iconic designers.
The work of the Vitra Design Museum is based on its collection, which includes not only key objects of design history, but also the estates of several important design personalities. The museum library and document archive are available to researchers upon request. The museum conceives its exhibitions for touring, and they are shown at venues around the world. On the Vitra Campus, they are complemented by a diverse programme of events, guided tours, and workshops.
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Vitra Design Museum

Charles-Eames-Straße 2
79576
Weil am Rhein
Germany
+49 7621 70 23 200
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Vitra Design Museum is open daily from 10 to 6 pm!

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Iwan Baan, Museum M+, Hong Kong, China, 2022, Architektur: Herzog & de Meuron
Weil am Rhein
Iwan Baan

The exhibition »Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture« at the Vitra Design Museum will be the first large retrospective of the Dutch photographer’s work. Iwan Baan’s photographs are characterised by a ...
Exhibition
Tsuyoshi Tane
Weil am Rhein
Tane Garden House

The Garden House, designed by Japanese architect Tsuyoshi Tane, is the latest addition to the Vitra Campus. The building is a strong sustainability statement, since its design mostly relies on natural ...
Exhibition
Key visual for the exhibition » Colour Rush! An Installation by Sabine Marcelis«
Weil am Rhein
Colour Rush! An Installation by Sabine Marcelis

The new annual exhibition in the Vitra Schaudepot will address the role of colour in design. It is conceived in collaboration with Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis, who is known for her poetical and ...
Exhibition
Lloyd Schwan, Statuette, 1995
Weil am Rhein
Future Furniture: From Science Fiction to Metaverse

How was and is the future being imagined in design? The annual presentation at the Vitra Schaudepot is dedicated to the vision of a new world, and crosses a bridge from the furnishing in early science ...
Exhibition