Ein Museum am Straßenrand fotografiert©Ben Kuhlmann

Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt

As a key partner of World Design Capital 2026, the Museum Angewandte Kunst stands for an active and dynamic engagement with design, fashion and social developments. With its open collection practice, innovative presentation formats and focus on both contemporary and timeless questions, it provides a space where cultural values, everyday culture and aesthetic visions of the future intersect.

Bild, auf dem eine junge Person auf einem Spielplatz klettert.
July
August 2026
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Exhibition: dreams, ideas & prototypes
WDC-Campus
Innovative, research-based projects in design, architecture, and science by students, graduates, and startups present solutions to the current societal challenges.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
Ausstellungsansicht in einem Museum mit Grafiken©Günzel/Rademacher © Museum Angewandte Kunst
May
August 2026
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Design for Democracy. What design can achieve!
Museum Angewandte Kunst
The exhibition presents current design projects from the Frankfurt RheinMain region and connects them with international initiatives and key figures.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
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August 2026
February 2027
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Feb 27
Adler, Orden, Wahlurne. Redesigning Democratic Representation
HFBK Hamburg
In its first exhibition, the fictional “Office for Design of Democracy” (ODD) presents four redesigns for democratic representation.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
Schwarz/weiß Fotografie in einer zweier Collage©Sammlung des Centre Georges Pompidou
July
October 2026
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Im Modus der Serie. Differenz, Variation und Wiederholung in Architektur und Design
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt am Main
The exhibition, which will be on display at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt from 23 July to 18 October 2026, offers new approaches to the topic of seriality and examines serial strategies and processes in order to highlight both the potential and the limitations of seriality.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
Viele Menschen sitzen im WDC-Hub.©Ben Kuhlmann
January
November 2026
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WDC Hub
WDC 2026
The WDC Hub at Museum Angewandte Kunst is WDC 2026’s central home – a vibrant meeting point where the year’s themes come together. Here, international impulses and regional perspectives converge.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
Grafisches Plakat mit der Aufschrift: On Display
August
November 2026
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On Display. How Graphic Design Shapes Us
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt
The exhibition provides an insight into how graphic design shapes our reality – it is an invitation to ponder ensuing questions and to renegotiate the social responsibility of this discipline.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
Buchschnitt in den Farben Gelb und Pink©Schmott
September
November 2026
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Stiftung Buchkunst: 60 Jahre Schöne Bücher
Stiftung Buchkunst
The exhibition showcases the diversity and evolution of German book design on the occasion of the anniversary.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
Buch in einem Rahmen eingerahmt
November 2026
March 2027
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Mar 27
How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt
A comprehensive exhibition on graphic and industrial design during Salvador Allende’s government in Chile (1970-1973).

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