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monastery, whose shape is still traced by the ground plan and the square inner courtyard. The late-Gothic Minoritenkirche on the south side still survives. The inner courtyard wall on the north side has been almost entirely glazed, acting as a "shop window" for the museum. A low, modest
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from the 10th century to the present. This is arranged chronologically by era, and includes furniture, decorative carpets, small sculptures, dining utensils, luxury items, and decorative objects. For the sake of preservation, the
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in 2008, is spread across two floors of one of the wings. It features a thematic and chronological presentation of furniture, lamps, telephones, televisions, cameras, radios and household items, by designers including
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The city of Cologne decided to found an applied art museum in 1888. The core of the exhibition originally came from the collections of
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Statues of Johann Heinrich Richartz and Ferdinand Franz Wallraf in front of the museum (photomontage).
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antechamber leads into the museum's very large entrance hall and central staircase.
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The plain, red-brick Schwarz-Bernhard building stands on the site of a former
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Since 1989 the museum has had a permanent home in the former building of the
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collection is mostly displayed only in short-term special exhibitions.
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The museum has a large collection (over 100,000 items) of European
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The museum is particularly known for its collection of modern
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Museum für Angewandte Kunst Koln Opens New Design Department
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The museum also hosts special temporary exhibitions.
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Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Art)
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Cologne
Germany
50°56′23.15″N 6°57′17.43″E / 50.9397639°N 6.9548417°E / 50.9397639; 6.9548417
Cologne

Ferdinand Franz Wallraf
Matthias Joseph de Noël
Neo-Gothic
Hansaring
destroyed by bombs
Wallraf-Richartz
Ludwig Museums
Rudolf Schwarz
Conventual
applied art
textile

De Stijl
Bauhaus
design
Vitra Design Museum
Weil am Rhein
Ray Eames
Dieter Rams
Frank Lloyd Wright
Philippe Starck
Ettore Sottsass
Joe Colombo

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