Museum of Applied Arts

The Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt am Main was founded in 1877. It is located in two buildings at once – the museum exposition is so extensive. One of these buildings is Villa Metzler, built in 1803, the second is a modern one, designed by Richard Meyer (1985) in a park next to the villa. The museum found its place on the famous Embankment of Museums (Shaumayinkai).

The exposition of the Museum of Applied Art includes more than 30 thousand works collected from around the world. There are examples of decorative and applied art of the Far East, Islamic and European countries from ancient times to the present day, some exhibits are more than 6 thousand years old. The collection of Persian carpets, unique furniture in the Baroque style, glassware of the Renaissance (part of it was created in Venice), samples of modern digital graphics deserve attention.

The modern building of the museum itself is a work of art - there is an original lighting system and unusual architectural solutions.