
Vitra Design Museum
Cancelled until further notice: Highlights from the Collection (Guided tour in German)
06 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
Vitra Design Museum
Today: Closed
Permanent exhibition
The Schaudepot was initiated with the goal of making the constantly growing collection of the Vitra Design Museum more accessible to the public.
The cornerstone for the collection was laid by the museum's founder Rolf Fehlbaum. In the 1980s he assembled a collection of furniture, which he transferred to the Vitra Design Museum upon its founding in 1989. Ever since, the collection has been expanded by the museum's directors Alexander von Vegesack (1989 to 2010) and Mateo Kries and Marc Zehntner (since 2011) together with Rolf Fehlbaum and now numbers among the largest of its kind.
Today the collection of the Vitra Design Museum encompasses a total of around 20 000 objects. The core is formed by the furniture holdings, with some 7000 pieces covering almost all important epochs and protagonists of design from 1800 to the present. A second focal point is the lighting collection, which contains more than 1000 objects by such designers as Gino Sarfatti, Achille Castiglioni, Serge Mouille or Ingo Maurer. Further holdings include electrical appliances, architectural models and textiles as well as objects of everyday use. The museum's archive comprises about 100 000 units, including several significant estates, such as those of Charles & Ray Eames, Verner Panton and Alexander Girard. The goal of the collection is to document the past and present of the interior and foster research in a broader context.
The presentation at the Schaudepot is divided into three areas with a total of around 1600 sqm. The ground floor contains the main hall where the extensive permanent exhibition is shown. The central focus is a selection of more than 400 key pieces of furniture design, including rare works by such designers as Gerrit Rietveld, Alvar Aalto, Charles & Ray Eames or Ettore Sottsass, but also lesser-known or anonymous objects, prototypes and experimental models. The selection reflects the main areas of emphasis and key pieces of the museum collection while simultaneously providing a comprehensive overview of the history of furniture design - from stylistic and technical innovations to the societal transformations reflected in the objects. Detailed information on the objects is communicated in a digital catalogue that Schaudepot visitors can call up via smartphone or tablets that can be loaned. While the permanent exhibition in the main hall of the Schaudepot is structured chronologically, the glimpses of the other collection holdings on the lower ground level present thematic focal points and offer a view behind the scenes of the museum where conservators and curators deal with objects from the collection on a daily basis. Other aspects of the Schaudepot also serve to make museum work more comprehensible and accessible to the public.
From the café, guests can see into the museum offices and the library, which is open to researchers and students on request. The restoration workshop can also be viewed on guided tours. The Schaudepot thus creates a «transparent» design museum, which opens up the research of design in all its many facets to a wider public. On one hand, the Vitra Design Museum is raising the awareness of furniture design as the focus of its collection and making it accessible to visitors and scholars. On the other, it is responding to a characteristic development in the world of design and museums today. Contemporary design surrounds us in all aspects of life - from iconic furniture objects to digital communication and social processes.
A design museum in the twenty-first century must therefore not merely collect and exhibit objects, but also needs to communicate the significance of design beyond the individual object by initiating discussions, demonstrating social correlations and establishing references to other areas such as architecture, art or new technologies. With the expansion related to the Schaudepot, the Vitra Design Museum is specifically addressing this development and disseminating design in the same breadth and diversity with which it presents itself in our world today.
Vitra Design Museum
06 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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07 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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13 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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14 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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20 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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21 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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27 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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28 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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03 April 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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04 April 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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10 April 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
Vitra Design Museum
Closed
Charles-Eames-Strasse 2, DE-79576 Weil am Rhein, Germany
Opening Hours
The Vitra Campus and the Vitra Design Museum will remain closed until further notice due to current developments in the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
Vitra and the Vitra Design Museum are obliged to take these necessary measures to protect visitors and employees on the Vitra Campus from infection with the coronavirus. Our medically assisted task force will continue to review our policy on a regular basis.
We hope that the current situation will soon improve and that we will be able to welcome you back to the Vitra Campus soon. As soon as the Vitra Campus reopens for visitors, we will communicate this on www.vitra.com/campus and www.design-museum.de
Institution
The Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein 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.
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 exhibitions are accompanied by lectures, guided tours, workshops and educational programmes. Many of the museum’s exhibitions travel to partner museums all over the world. The work of the Vitra Design Museum is based on its unique collection of furniture, lighting and interior design.
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Vitra Design Museum
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06 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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07 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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13 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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14 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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20 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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21 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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27 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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28 March 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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03 April 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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04 April 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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10 April 2021 | 1.00 PM - 2.00 PM
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20 March 2021 - 05 September 2021
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Today 02 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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Today 02 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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Tomorrow 03 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 1.30 PM
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Tomorrow 03 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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Tomorrow 03 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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04 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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04 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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05 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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05 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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05 March 2021 | 3.00 PM - 4.00 PM
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12 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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13 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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13 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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14 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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14 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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15 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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25 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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26 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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26 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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27 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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27 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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28 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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28 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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29 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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29 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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30 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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30 March 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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31 March 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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01 April 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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01 April 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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02 April 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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02 April 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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03 April 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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03 April 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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04 April 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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04 April 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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05 April 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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05 April 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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06 April 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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06 April 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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07 April 2021 | 12.30 PM - 1.30 PM
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07 April 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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07 April 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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08 April 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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08 April 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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09 April 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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09 April 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM
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10 April 2021 | 12.30 PM - 2.30 PM
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10 April 2021 | 1.30 PM - 3.30 PM