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.
© Julia Dragosits/MAK
Length
We will discuss the length of the guided tour with you beforehand and adapt it to your wishes. Please book guided tours for groups as early as possible to ensure that your visit to the MAK meets your expectations.
Are you interested in a particular topic?
We would be delighted to customize a guided tour to your individual wishes and interests, focusing on thematic areas or specific parts of the collection.
Group size
The size of the group should not exceed 20 people; for special exhibitions, fewer people may be admitted under certain circumstances. However, guided tours can also take place in parallel.
Group visit with an external tour guide
Certified Vienna tour guides are authorized to conduct tours in the MAK and receive free admission. No accreditation is necessary. Registration at tourism@mak.at
Contact
Individually Bookable Group Tours during Opening Hours
1 hour
120 € / max. 20 participants
In German or English, other languages on request
120 € / max. 20 participants
In German or English, other languages on request
© Gerald Zugmann/MAK
Highlights of the MAK Collection
In this guided tour you will discover highlights of the MAK Permanent Collection. Outstanding objects from the various collections will be presented in the context of their fascinating history. Plunge into the exciting story of Austrian production history in the heart of the capital. Learn more about the vision behind the house on the Stubenring, and let yourself be inspired by its impressive objects, that will forever change the way you look at the city and its designers.
In this guided tour you will discover highlights of the MAK Permanent Collection. Outstanding objects from the various collections will be presented in the context of their fascinating history. Plunge into the exciting story of Austrian production history in the heart of the capital. Learn more about the vision behind the house on the Stubenring, and let yourself be inspired by its impressive objects, that will forever change the way you look at the city and its designers.
© kunst-dokumentation.com/MAK
Current Special Exhibitions
Is there something currently being shown in the MAK that interests you particularly? Then we would be glad to organize an exclusive tour for you. We also offer mediation programs on our current special exhibitions.
Temporary exhibitions in the MAK on the Stubenring
Is there something currently being shown in the MAK that interests you particularly? Then we would be glad to organize an exclusive tour for you. We also offer mediation programs on our current special exhibitions.
Temporary exhibitions in the MAK on the Stubenring
From Handicrafts to Industrial Design
This tour focuses on handicrafts and how different production techniques have left their mark on the design of objects over the centuries. We examine handmade one-off Wiener Werkstätte objects and 19th-century serially manufactured products, moving on to material innovations, open source software, 3D printing, and AI-generated design.
This tour focuses on handicrafts and how different production techniques have left their mark on the design of objects over the centuries. We examine handmade one-off Wiener Werkstätte objects and 19th-century serially manufactured products, moving on to material innovations, open source software, 3D printing, and AI-generated design.
© kunst-dokumentation.com/MAK
MAKtuell: an overview of all current exhibitions
What’s new in the MAK? This guided tour gives you a fantastic overview of all current exhibitions and installations and an insight into the diversity of the MAK’s program.
What’s new in the MAK? This guided tour gives you a fantastic overview of all current exhibitions and installations and an insight into the diversity of the MAK’s program.
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Vienna 1900the Dawn of Modernism
Discover the dazzling world of Viennese Modernism and enjoy this unique MAK collection in an exclusive setting. Telling tales of visionary ideas, of modern lifestyles, and of artistically designed everyday objects, the tour plunges into the fascinatingly complex epoch of the Wiener Werkstätte. Specially chosen for you, these insights into what was a historical watershed make the city shine forth anewthen as now!
Collection: Viennese Modernism
Discover the dazzling world of Viennese Modernism and enjoy this unique MAK collection in an exclusive setting. Telling tales of visionary ideas, of modern lifestyles, and of artistically designed everyday objects, the tour plunges into the fascinatingly complex epoch of the Wiener Werkstätte. Specially chosen for you, these insights into what was a historical watershed make the city shine forth anewthen as now!
Collection: Viennese Modernism
© L. Hilzensauer
The History of Consumerism
May I buy that? Learning to be “good consumers” has become part and parcel of our social self-image. In a highly revealing stroll through the MAK Permanent Collection, we trace the story of western consumerism, understanding this intensely lived second nature of ours by examining some fascinating objects and their historythus casting a critical eye on the causes and effects of hyperconsumerism.
May I buy that? Learning to be “good consumers” has become part and parcel of our social self-image. In a highly revealing stroll through the MAK Permanent Collection, we trace the story of western consumerism, understanding this intensely lived second nature of ours by examining some fascinating objects and their historythus casting a critical eye on the causes and effects of hyperconsumerism.
© Stefan Lux/MAK
Design in Times of Climate Crisis
As a reaction to the ubiquitous impact of the climate catastrophe, contemporary design pursues innovative solutions and new ways of thinking. In this tour we present new materials and connections and explain design cycles and future-oriented scenarios. For we all share in designing the future of our world.
Collection: MAK Design Lab
As a reaction to the ubiquitous impact of the climate catastrophe, contemporary design pursues innovative solutions and new ways of thinking. In this tour we present new materials and connections and explain design cycles and future-oriented scenarios. For we all share in designing the future of our world.
Collection: MAK Design Lab
© LWZ
Pathways to Contemporary Design
There is much more to design than just shaping products: design is a state of mind, a way of bringing about change, of making new solutions both imaginable and possible. We present future-oriented projects that invite you to reflect and be creative. This exclusive tour takes us along pathways that lead to contemporary design, through the extensive rooms of the MAK Design Lab. Here we present innovative projects by contemporary designers and artists who react to the challenges of the 21st century, inspire change, and suggest alternatives.
Collection: MAK Design Lab
There is much more to design than just shaping products: design is a state of mind, a way of bringing about change, of making new solutions both imaginable and possible. We present future-oriented projects that invite you to reflect and be creative. This exclusive tour takes us along pathways that lead to contemporary design, through the extensive rooms of the MAK Design Lab. Here we present innovative projects by contemporary designers and artists who react to the challenges of the 21st century, inspire change, and suggest alternatives.
Collection: MAK Design Lab
© Gerald Zugmann/MAK
Rebels of the Everyday
The everyday objects we use determine many of our rituals, actions, and social roles. They also tell us something of the unique personalities who designed them. How can everyday life be revolutionized? How can one face up to it and suggest alternative solutions to its challenges? In this tour we present some pioneering design strategies proposed by rebels of the everyday.
Collection: Permanent Collection and the MAK Design Lab
The everyday objects we use determine many of our rituals, actions, and social roles. They also tell us something of the unique personalities who designed them. How can everyday life be revolutionized? How can one face up to it and suggest alternative solutions to its challenges? In this tour we present some pioneering design strategies proposed by rebels of the everyday.
Collection: Permanent Collection and the MAK Design Lab
© MAK
Journeys through Time
In the history of design, we constantly find examples of designers utilizing earlier models, as well as astonishing examples of design far ahead of its time. In this tour of the MAK collection we take a journey through time. We humans learn from each otherover the millennia and across continents, techniques, styles, and material know-how are copied, adapted, passed on, even stolen. In a narrative journey through almost all of our Permanent Collection areas, we reveal cross connections, astonishing correlations, and examples of recourse to earlier designs. For almost all innovative design is the reworking of earlier creations.
In the history of design, we constantly find examples of designers utilizing earlier models, as well as astonishing examples of design far ahead of its time. In this tour of the MAK collection we take a journey through time. We humans learn from each otherover the millennia and across continents, techniques, styles, and material know-how are copied, adapted, passed on, even stolen. In a narrative journey through almost all of our Permanent Collection areas, we reveal cross connections, astonishing correlations, and examples of recourse to earlier designs. For almost all innovative design is the reworking of earlier creations.
© Joe Coscia Jr./MAK
MAKtour Opulence and Reduction
In this tour through the Permanent Collection we search for evidence of opulence and reduction in design. Which technical achievements and opulent experiments with materials are celebrated, and what inspires the simplification of form and style? Discover the fascinating interplay between excess and simplicity and let yourself be inspired by the fruitful conflict generated by these antitheses.
In this tour through the Permanent Collection we search for evidence of opulence and reduction in design. Which technical achievements and opulent experiments with materials are celebrated, and what inspires the simplification of form and style? Discover the fascinating interplay between excess and simplicity and let yourself be inspired by the fruitful conflict generated by these antitheses.
Guided Tours outside Opening Hours
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Vienna 1900the Dawn of Modernism
Discover the dazzling world of Viennese Modernism and enjoy this unique MAK collection in an exclusive setting. Telling tales of visionary ideas, of modern lifestyles, and of artistically designed everyday objects, the tour plunges into the fascinatingly complex epoch of the Wiener Werkstätte. Specially chosen for you, these insights into what was a historical watershed make the city shine forth anewthen as now!
Collection: Viennese Modernism
Discover the dazzling world of Viennese Modernism and enjoy this unique MAK collection in an exclusive setting. Telling tales of visionary ideas, of modern lifestyles, and of artistically designed everyday objects, the tour plunges into the fascinatingly complex epoch of the Wiener Werkstätte. Specially chosen for you, these insights into what was a historical watershed make the city shine forth anewthen as now!
Collection: Viennese Modernism
© MAK/Georg Mayer
Klimt and the Wiener Werkstätte
On this guided tour we take a close look at one of our collection’s highlights: Gustav Klimt’s meter-long cartoons for his mosaic frieze in the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. The mosaic’s elaborate creation with its world-famous motif of the embrace is wonderfully narrated in this exclusive guided tour. In addition, you will learn more about the Stoclets, their love of art and their demanding lifestyle, not to mention the radical idea of the total work of art.
Collection: Viennese Modernism
On this guided tour we take a close look at one of our collection’s highlights: Gustav Klimt’s meter-long cartoons for his mosaic frieze in the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. The mosaic’s elaborate creation with its world-famous motif of the embrace is wonderfully narrated in this exclusive guided tour. In addition, you will learn more about the Stoclets, their love of art and their demanding lifestyle, not to mention the radical idea of the total work of art.
Collection: Viennese Modernism
© Jakob Gsoellpointner
Tradition and Experiment
Experience the thrilling stories behind the objects in the MAK collection. In a wide-ranging tour, we recount tales of tradition and innovation, of time-honored handicrafts and visionary ideas, and engage in the fascinating dialog of the arts.
Collection: selected collection areas
Experience the thrilling stories behind the objects in the MAK collection. In a wide-ranging tour, we recount tales of tradition and innovation, of time-honored handicrafts and visionary ideas, and engage in the fascinating dialog of the arts.
Collection: selected collection areas
© Stefan Lux/MAK
Design in Times of Climate Crisis: Pathways to Contemporary Design
There is much more to design than just shaping products: design is a state of mind, a way of bringing about change, of making new solutions both imaginable and possible. As a reaction to the ubiquitous impact of the climate catastrophe, contemporary design pursues innovative solutions and new ways of thinking. In this tour we present new materials and connections and explain design cycles and future-oriented scenarios. For we all share in designing the future of our world. This exclusive tour takes us along pathways that lead to contemporary design, through the extensive rooms of the MAK Design Lab. Here we present innovative projects by contemporary designers and artists who react to the challenges of the 21st century and inspire and describe change.
Collection: MAK Design Lab
There is much more to design than just shaping products: design is a state of mind, a way of bringing about change, of making new solutions both imaginable and possible. As a reaction to the ubiquitous impact of the climate catastrophe, contemporary design pursues innovative solutions and new ways of thinking. In this tour we present new materials and connections and explain design cycles and future-oriented scenarios. For we all share in designing the future of our world. This exclusive tour takes us along pathways that lead to contemporary design, through the extensive rooms of the MAK Design Lab. Here we present innovative projects by contemporary designers and artists who react to the challenges of the 21st century and inspire and describe change.
Collection: MAK Design Lab
© Peter Kainz/MAK
Geymüllerschlössel
This historic Biedermeier jewel in the center of Pötzleinsdorf offers you a unique opportunity to experience the entire Biedermeier ambience in an exclusive guided tour. You will learn more about the remarkable history of the house and its owners.
More about the MAK Geymüllerschlössel
This historic Biedermeier jewel in the center of Pötzleinsdorf offers you a unique opportunity to experience the entire Biedermeier ambience in an exclusive guided tour. You will learn more about the remarkable history of the house and its owners.
More about the MAK Geymüllerschlössel
© MAK/Christian Mendez
Current Special Exhibitions
Is there something currently being shown in the MAK that interests you particularly? Then we would be glad to organize an exclusive tour for you. We also offer mediation programs on our current special exhibitions.
Temporary exhibitions in the MAK on the Stubenring
Is there something currently being shown in the MAK that interests you particularly? Then we would be glad to organize an exclusive tour for you. We also offer mediation programs on our current special exhibitions.
Temporary exhibitions in the MAK on the Stubenring