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.

July
August 2026
August 2026
03
Fr
Jul
09
Su
Aug
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
©Günzel/Rademacher © Museum Angewandte Kunst May
August 2026
August 2026
21
Th
May
09
Su
Aug
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

August 2026
February 2027
February 2027
28
Fr
Aug 26
21
Su
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
©Sammlung des Centre Georges PompidouJuly
October 2026
October 2026
23
Th
Jul
18
Su
Oct
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
©Ben KuhlmannJanuary
November 2026
November 2026
24
Sa
Jan
30
Mo
Nov
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

August
November 2026
November 2026
21
Fr
Aug
08
Su
Nov
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
©SchmottSeptember
November 2026
November 2026
05
Sa
Sep
01
Su
Nov
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

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).
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