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.
©Institut für StadtgeschichteMay 2025
January 2026
January 2026
10
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May 25
11
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Jan 26
Was war das Neue Frankfurt? Kernfragen zum kommunalen Bauprogramm der 1920er Jahre
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt am Main
Exhibition marking the hundredth anniversary.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
©DFF/ Sünke MichelMay 2025
January 2026
January 2026
10
Sa
May 25
11
Su
Jan 26
Yes, we care. Das Neue Frankfurt und die Frage nach dem Gemeinwohl
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt am Main
The exhibition is dedicated to the topic of care for the common good and welfare.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
©Rose StachFebruary
May
May
07
Sa
Feb
24
Su
May
Wolle. Seide. Widerstand.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
Carpets by contemporary artists as critical expressions of socio-political themes.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
©Anton AndrienkoFebruary
April
April
13
Fr
Feb
26
Su
Apr
AI-Worlding: Künstlerische Forschung zu KI-generierten Weltmodellen
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt and saasfee*pavillon
The ongoing process of AI-based worlding lies at the heart of this thematic group exhibition.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
©Roberto Fortuna / Sugar cane knife, 1800s, Danish West Indies/ Nationalmuseet / CC BY-SA 2.0 Joe Haupt / Vintage RCA "AA" Transistor Radio Battery / CC BY-SA 2.0 Arend041 / Scharnier lossepen001 / GNU Free Documentation License young shanahan / Bunker B-S 4 Lány / CC BY-SA 2.0 Unknown author / Body image scanner avatar / CC 0 El nomad / Portable radio Olympic, by Mykola Lebid / CC 0 Gr5/ Tatyana McFadden 2025 / CC 0 Seabee314 / Iron Glaze Teapot With Bamboo Handle / CC 0 Gift of H. O. Havemeyer, 1896 / Vase MET DT190 / Tiffany / CC 0May
June
June
14
Th
May
28
Su
Jun
Positions on Freedom. Gestaltung und ihre Grenzen – the thing Fellowship 2026
the thing
Designers and companies develop positions on the theme of freedom, documented in both analogue and digital formats and presented in a comprehensive exhibition.
Frankfurt am Main
May
June
June
22
Fr
May
28
Su
Jun
Design for Democracy. Was Design bewirken kann!
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
July
October
October
11
Sa
Jul
11
Su
Oct
Not ODD at all!
HFBK Hamburg
In its first exhibition, the fictional “Office for Design of Democracy” (ODD) presents four redesigns for democratic representation.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
July
October
October
23
Th
Jul
25
Su
Oct
Im Modus der Serie. Differenz, Variation und Wiederholung in Architektur und Design
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt am Main
The exhibition 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
August
November
November
21
Fr
Aug
08
Su
Nov
On Display. Grafikdesign als soziale Praxis
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt
The exhibition presents graphic design as a socially impactful practice and invites visitors to critically reflect on their own role as unconsciously professional viewers, designers, or commissioners.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
November 2026
March 2027
March 2027
28
Sa
Nov 26
07
Su
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).
