MAK (Museum of Applied Arts) Collection
When it was opened in 1864 the museum had no collections of its own; so exhibits from various sources had to be collected over the years.

In line with its claim of being an exemplary collection of art and industry, articles of arts and crafts in the form of manufacturers' estates, sample collections, graphic pattern books as well as the results of direct commissions arrived in the museum.

Collections and bundles of paper that have been donated as gifts form the museum's basic stock of exhibits.

The inventory of the present Museum für angewandte Kunst ("Museum of Applied Arts") encompasses a total of 200,000 to 300,000 objects.

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The collection of the Museum of Applied Arts today - the Wiener Werkstätte ("Viennese Workshops") Room.
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