Design museum
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A design museum is a museum with a focus on product, industrial, graphic, fashion and architectural design.
Many design museums were founded as museums for applied arts or decorative arts and started only in the late 20th century to collect design.
The first museum of this kind was the Victoria and Albert Museum
in London. In Germany the first museum of decorative arts was the Deutsches-Gewerbe-Museum zu Berlin (now Kunstgewerbemuseum
), founded in 1868 in Berlin.
in 2010 opened the Design Museum Holon
.
Also some museums of contemporary or modern art have important design collections, like the MoMA
in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
A special concept has been realised in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, in which four independent museums cooperate, one of them being Die Neue Sammlung
- the largest designmuseum of the world.
Today corporate museums like the Vitra Design Museum
, Museo Alessi or Museo Kartell play an important role.
Many design museums were founded as museums for applied arts or decorative arts and started only in the late 20th century to collect design.
The first museum of this kind was the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
in London. In Germany the first museum of decorative arts was the Deutsches-Gewerbe-Museum zu Berlin (now Kunstgewerbemuseum
Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
The Kunstgewerbemuseum, or Museum of Decorative Arts, is an internationally important museum of the decorative arts in Berlin, Germany, part of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin...
), founded in 1868 in Berlin.
in 2010 opened the Design Museum Holon
Design Museum Holon
Design Museum Holon is the first museum in Israel dedicated to Design.The building of the museum was planned and designed by israeli architect and Industrial designer "Ron Arad" in cooperation with Bruno Asa. The museum is in the east part of the new culture area of Holon that includes the...
.
Also some museums of contemporary or modern art have important design collections, like the MoMA
Moma
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in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
A special concept has been realised in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, in which four independent museums cooperate, one of them being Die Neue Sammlung
Die Neue Sammlung
Die Neue Sammlung is located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany....
- the largest designmuseum of the world.
Today corporate museums like the Vitra Design Museum
Vitra Design Museum
The Vitra Design Museum is an internationally renowned, privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany.Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private foundation...
, Museo Alessi or Museo Kartell play an important role.