Museum für Angewandte Kunst

The Museum für angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Arts), better known as the MAK, has an extensive collection of household items better described as art. MAK shares its home with the excellent cafe Österreicher im MAK, and the building – a neo-Renaissance construction dating from 1871 – offers some fine features in its own right, especially the ceilings. Each exhibition room is devoted to a different style or sometimes a region. The basement houses the Study Collection. Here exhibits are grouped according to the type of materials used: glass and ceramics, metal, wood and textiles. MAK is free on Saturdays, and tours (€2) are available in German at 11am on Saturday and in English at noon on Sunday.