Freiburg Region
Lörrach
Weil am Rhein

Vitra Design Museum

The Vitra Design Museum is a privately owned museum for design in , . The architect of this building was Frank O. Gehry. His architecture was based on the art movement of the early 20th century, deconstructivism.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Email: info@design-museum.de
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Weil am Rhein
  • Also known as: “Vitra Design Museum, Frank Gehry (1989)”
  • Address: Charles-Eames-Straße 2, Weil am Rhein, 79576
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vitra Prouvé Petrol Station and Balancing Tools.

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is situated 100 metres west of Vitra Design Museum.

Work of art
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is a work of art.

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The Vitra is a concrete and steel building of 852 m2 located at the Vitra Furniture factory in , Germany. Completed in 1993, it was the first constructed project by Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. is situated 360 metres southwest of Vitra Design Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haltingen and Ötlingen.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a Stadtteil and Ortschaft of , , . It is located on the northwestern foothills of the . Once an independent community, this area was incorporated into Weil am Rhein in 1971.

Town
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is a municipality in the canton of in Switzerland. Together with the city of and , is one of three municipalities in the canton. is situated 3 km southeast of Vitra Design Museum.

Vitra Design Museum

Latitude
47.60167° or 47° 36′ 6″ north
Longitude
7.61889° or 7° 37′ 8″ east
Open location code
8FV9JJ29+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 208410276
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q700747
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Vitra Design Museum” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Catalan: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Chinese: “維特拉設計博物館”
  • Czech: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Dutch: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Estonian: “Vitra disainimuuseum”
  • French: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Georgian: “ვიტრას დიზაინის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Italian: “Museo Vitra Design”
  • Italian: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Japanese: “ヴィトラ・デザイン・ミュージアム”
  • Persian: “موزه طراحی ویترا”
  • Polish: “Vitra Design Muzeum”
  • Portuguese: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Romanian: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Slovak: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Slovenian: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Spanish: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Swedish: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Turkish: “Vitra Design Museum”
  • Turkish: “Vitra Tasarım Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей дизайну Vitra”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Conference Pavillion and VitraHaus.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vitra Design Museum”. Photo: Taxiarchos228, CC BY-SA 3.0.