Vitra Design Museum, Design museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany
The museum building features angular white forms and curved sculptures designed by architect Frank Gehry, creating a dynamic exterior structure in 1989.
The museum started as a private furniture collection and transformed into an international design institution through exhibitions focusing on Charles and Ray Eames.
The exhibitions encompass furniture design, industrial products, and drawings from early 20th century to present day, with over 7,000 pieces in the collection.
The museum opens daily from 10:00 to 18:00, offering guided tours, workshops, and educational programs for design enthusiasts of all ages.
The Vitra Schaudepot building displays 400 fundamental objects from modern furniture design, forming one of the largest permanent collections worldwide.
Location: Weil am Rhein
Inception: November 3, 1989
Founders: Vitra
Architects: Frank Gehry
Official opening: 1989
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Part of: Vitra Campus
Address: Charles-Eames-Strasse 1 79576
Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 10:00-18:00
Phone: +4976217023200
Email: info@design-museum.de
Website: http://design-museum.de
GPS coordinates: 47.60278,7.61806
Latest update: May 27, 2025 08:47
Frank Gehry designs buildings with curved metal facades, irregular forms and experimental construction methods. His work defines urban spaces from Bilbao to Los Angeles. The exterior surfaces use titanium, steel or glass formed into wave-like or folded volumes. The interior spaces accommodate art collections, concert halls and commercial offices. The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao displays titanium panels that reflect the light of the Basque coast. The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles combines stainless steel surfaces with wooden acoustics for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein demonstrates his early approaches with white stucco surfaces and angled walls. The buildings emerge through computer-aided design that translates complex geometries into buildable structures.
Laguna Badeland
1.9 km
Landscape Formation One
1.9 km
Palmrain
1.9 km
Vitra Slide Tower
238 m
Schlaich Tower
1.6 km
Grenzbrücke Weil am Rhein–Basel
2.2 km
Ottilienkirche
1.8 km
Schaudepot
393 m
Castle Friedlingen
1.1 km
Rheinpark
2.2 km
Peter and Paul Church
886 m
Haltingen water tower
300 m
St. Georg (Weil am Rhein)
1.3 km
Friedensbrücke
1.3 km
Church Alt-Weil (Weil am Rhein)
1.4 km
Church of the Good Shepherd
1.8 km
Church St. Maria (Weil am Rhein)
947 m
Krebsbachtal
970 m
Johanneskirche
1 km
Friedenskirche (Weil am Rhein)
1.7 km
Kiesgrube Käppelin
2 km
Tüllinger Berg und Tongrube Rümmingen
1.6 km
Wasserturm Friedlingen
2.1 km
Fabrikationshallen von Vitra
268 m
Balancing Tools
184 m
Vitra-Produktionsgebäude
264 m
Vitra Design Museum
176 m
Tüllinger Berg
1.8 kmReviews
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