Education

The MAK offers a wide range of educational programs for various interest groups. Our regular program provides an overview, while our special tours are an invitation to delve that bit deeper.

Fees

Guided Tours
1 Hour: € 5,50
30 Minutes: € 3 
Children under the age of 7 and holders of the “Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur” pass: free of charge
MAK Annual Pass holders can take part in a guided tour free of charge.

 
MAK it! 
Online € 74 (incl. admission)
On Site € 80
(incl. admission)

Conversation Pieces
Online € 12 (incl. admission) / € 5 (if admission to the museum if free, eg with MAK Annual ticket)
On Site € 17 (incl. admission) / € 10 (if admission to the museum if free, eg with MAK Annual ticket)
 
MAK Design Kids:
Online € 14
On Site € 16

 
MAK4Family:
Online € 7
On Site € 8

 
Mini MAK Tour: € 4,50








Duration

All tours last for approx. 1 hour unless stated otherwise.

Language

All tours are held in German unless stated otherwise. 

Registration

Limited number of participants: sometimes registration is necessary - either in advance on our website or directly on site if the tour is not fully booked. 

Exclusive Offers

For guided tours outside opening hours and workshops in the museum, please visit MAK.at/makexclusive

Formats

Guided tours for adults

short and sweet (30 min.)
Insights into exhibitions
Every Tuesday at 6.15 pm
 
MAKtour (1 hour)
Tour through the MAK with a weekly focus
Every Sunday at 11 am
 
MAKtuell (1 hour)
All current exhibitions at a glance

Curator's tours (1 hour)
To the current special exhibitions on different dates

MAKplus (1.5 hours)
Every last Wednesday of the month from 2.30 to 4 pm there is a themed tour with exclusive additional offers

FOMO (30 min. or 1 hour)
Last guided tour before the end of the exhibition

Workshops for adults

MAK-it!
The MAK-it! workshop series offers the opportunity to try out a variety of craft skills and innovative techniques together with designers and creators. You can create your own works of art in the unique atmosphere of the MAK Columned Hall.

Talk series

Conversation Pieces
We talk to artists, activists, scientists and personalities from different communities about selected objects from the MAK Collection.

Children and families

Mini MAK
Guided tour for the whole family (from 4 years)
 
MAK4Family
Workshop for the whole family (from 4 years)
 
MAK Design Kids
Workshop for 8- to 12-year-olds (without accompanying person)

Schools

Guided tours through all exhibitions, the Permanent Collection and the MAK Design Lab




Experience the MAK by listening
 
Audio pieces and high-resolution images offer you an entirely new access to one hundred fascinating MAK objects and their stories. Free of charge and without download on your mobile at guide.MAK.at 
 
Since December 2024, the Direktion für Alle! has been open to all visitors of the MAK. As a place to simply take a rest but also for creative activities such as workshops, readings, receptions, or performances.

Originally, this room served as the meeting room of the board of trustees. Later it was used as the Directors’ Office. The distinctive shelves made of cast concrete, designed by Peter Noever during his tenure, now contain numerous educational materials in handcrafted archive boxes. In 2021, General Director Lilli Hollein opened this room to the public.

The mischer’traxler design studio took the needs of a diverse audience into account when designing the room. This spatial design was implemented with the support of the Heinzel Group und Cornelius Grupp.

A room with a large table and seating
The MAK Volunteers' art information desk is usually open on Tuesdays from 11 am to 1 pm and Fridays from 2 pm to 4 pm. You will find them at the following highlights of the MAK Collection:

  • Gustav Klimt, Design Drawings for the Stoclet Frieze: Vienna 1900
  • Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Frankfurt Kitchen: MAK Design Lab
  • Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Bedroom for Caroline Neubacher: Vienna 1900
  • Helmut Lang Archive: MAK Design Lab
More on the MAK Volunteers
Education and Outreach
T +43 1 71136-298

Adults

Our regular program provides an overview, while our special tours are an invitation to delve that bit deeper.
 
In addition to guided tours with curators, which facilitate deeper thematic insights, guided tours with designers, artists, and architects invite visitors to communicate with creatives directly.

Children and Families

For over 150 years, children both young and old have come to us for ideas: everywhere there are things just waiting to be discovered. Knowledge, history, and visions are taught in a clear, playful, and constantly changing way. Workshops provide the opportunity for you to get involved and bring your ideas to life.

Schools

The MAK School Program is oriented to children and young people aged 3 to 18. We individually incorporate the needs of the smallest, as well as the prior knowledge and areas of interest of the older participants. 

Groups

Groups of various sizes are very welcome at the MAK! At our main address on Vienna’s Ringstraße, we offer introductory tours of the permanent exhibitions as well as guided tours of current exhibitions at a time of your choosing. 

Companies

Spend a productive and relaxed time with your colleagues, friends or family at the MAK, also outside of our Opening Hours.


Upcoming Educational Program

New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
MAKtuell: All Current Exhibitions at a Glance
People composed of letters
MAK Design Kids Special: How to write poetry with a hammer
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour in English: HELMUT LANG
Tufted tapestry
(Morning - Slot 1) MAK-it! Paradise Rug Tufting-Workshop with textile artist Bettina Willnauer
MAKtour: Tradition and Experiment
Tufted tapestry
(Afternoon - Slot 2) MAK-it! Paradise Rug Tufting-Workshop with textile artist Bettina Willnauer
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour HELMUT LANG
Illuminated car, three people dance around it with torches, text “Trapped in the AI's dream, Narin we dance”
short and sweet: HITO STEYERL
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
HELMUT LANG Curator's Tour with Marlies Wirth
Videostill Helmut Lang Show
MAK4Family: Crazy Catwalk
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour in English: HELMUT LANG
Museum building in neo-Renaissance style on Vienna's Ringstrasse
MAKtour: The MAK’s Architecture (in German)
Exhibition space with display cases and books
MAK-it! Special: Magical Words with Picture Book Author and Conservator Sigrid Eyb-Green
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour HELMUT LANG
Camera arm moves over brittle ground
short and sweet: FELIX LENZ: Soft Image, Brittle Grounds
Workshop Paper Scissors Poem
MAK-it! Special: Paper Scissors Poem
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Mini MAK Tour: HELMUT sicher nicht LANGweilig
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour in English: HELMUT LANG
MAKtour: Bentwood and the Thonet Brothers (in German)
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour HELMUT LANG
short and sweet: TURNING PAGES
Museum entrance in the neo-Renaissance style
MAKplus: VIENNA 1900—Everyday. A Total Work of Art
Girl is drawing
MAK4Family: Checkerboard Hats and Swirl Dresses
Free Guided Tour VIENNA 1900—Everyday. A Total Work of Art
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour in English: HELMUT LANG
MAKtour: Highlights of the MAK (in German)
Free Short and Sweet Guided Tour VIENNA 1900—Everyday. A Total Work of Art
Exhibition space with display cases and books
MAK-it! Special: Magical Words with Picture Book Author and Conservator Sigrid Eyb-Green
Free Short and Sweet Guided Tour VIENNA 1900—Everyday. A Total Work of Art
Free Short and Sweet Guided Tour VIENNA 1900—Everyday. A Total Work of Art
Girl is drawing
MAK4Family: Checkerboard Hats and Swirl Dresses
Free Guided Tour VIENNA 1900—Everyday. A Total Work of Art
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour HELMUT LANG
Illuminated car, three people dance around it with torches, text “Trapped in the AI's dream, Narin we dance”
short and sweet: HITO STEYERL
Camera arm moves over brittle ground
MAKtuell: All Current Exhibitions at a Glance
Exhibition space with display cases and books
MAK Design Kids Special: Magical Words
Golden sugar bowl
Guided Tour in English: VIENNA 1900—Everyday. A Total Work of Art
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour in English: HELMUT LANG
MAKtour: Rebels of Everyday Life (in German)
Blurred nude model
OPEN: The Feminist Act
Black and white photography by Vally Wieselthier
Guided Tour VIENNA 1900—The Women Artists of the Wiener Werkstätte
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour HELMUT LANG
short and sweet: 100 BEST POSTERS 24
Videostill Helmut Lang Show
MAK4Family: Crazy Catwalk
Golden sugar bowl
Guided Tour in English: VIENNA 1900—Everyday. A Total Work of Art
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour in English: HELMUT LANG
Vienna 1900: Klimt in Detail
Guided Tour VIENNA 1900—Everyday. A Total Work of Art
New York taxi top with HELMUT LANG lettering
Guided Tour HELMUT LANG
Exhibition HELMUT LANG
short and sweet: HELMUT LANG: SÉANCE DE TRAVAIL 1986–2005