Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Applied arts museum in Gera, Germany.
The Museum für Angewandte Kunst is housed in the Ferberschen Haus and displays furniture, ceramics, glass, and textiles from different design periods. The rooms feature works from early modernism and functionalism alongside photographs by Aenne Biermann.
The Ferbersche Haus, a merchant's estate with an inner courtyard, has a portal dated 1760. After the 1780 town fire, Heinrich Ebeling extended it southward in 1785/86; Moritz Rudolf Ferber bought it in 1842, and after his death in 1875 his heirs redesigned the first-floor rooms in the Historicist style. In 1984, during the GDR Workers' Festival, it became the Museum für Kunsthandwerk, the only specialized museum of its kind in Thuringia.
The collection showcases design objects and advertising graphics from the interwar period, reflecting the style of that era. Visitors can observe how craftsmanship and industrial design merged during this time.
The museum is located on Greizer Straße 37-39 and is open Wednesday through Sunday, including public holidays. Plan enough time to explore the different material collections at your own pace.
The collection focuses on German and international objects with specialized sections for ceramics, glass, and textile crafts. This focused collection allows deep insights into the crafting techniques and design innovations in these fields.
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