Online Collection
26,000 times inspiration
What is on display in the museum comprises only a fraction of the actual collection. Online, you can discover a selection of around 26,000 of the more than 600,000 objects in the collection and freely reuse many of the digitised objects. Some of them have already been the inspiration for novels, models for new works of art, DIY or school projects. The information and images published online also form the basis for scientific research and illustrate the diversity of MK&G's collection areas. We have redesigned the offer according to the wishes of the users. Find your favourite objects and new discoveries (think cat content!).
Design Lab
Touch it, try it, unscrew it ...
What is the difference between a miswak root and a plastic toothbrush with multiple ergonomic bends? One is a purely natural product and the oldest toothbrush in the world. The other is an invention of marketing strategists. In our refurbished design lab, everyday products are waiting to be used, as are the many different types of seating, most of which have already made design history. Everything can and should be touched and tested. Bookable offers are available from the Museumsdienst Hamburg:
Hello Image meets design lab
Does the product fulfil what the advertising promises? A question that everyone asks themselves. We can help, at least when it comes to coffee makers, tableware, toothbrushes, juicers, door handles and chairs. Our designlabor is a test track. Some of the products presented in the special exhibition "Hello Image. The Staging of Things" by graphic designers and photographers can be tested thoroughly in our design lab. Comparable products are also available. Touching and trying things out is highly encouraged. After a tour of the exhibition and an immersion in the world of advertising, it's time for the reality check.
Hello Image: From tool to celebrity
The “Mayday” lamp is already an icon on Instagram. Its users stage it in various settings, which can be seen in the exhibition. The task for the participants is to stage the lamp in selected rooms of the museum and thus expand the Instagram presence. The aim is to think about the function of this lamp and to showcase its use as clearly as possible.
Hello Image: A Stop Motion Workshop
After a short tour of the exhibition, the participants stage products/objects in the design lab in short animated films. In this way, they playfully explore the functions of the products, how they differ and how they can be staged or alienated in an interesting way. The aim is to engage intensively with the objects, but also with their images.
Digital Storytelling
A bowl tells its story
As part of a project to make the European Decorative Arts and Sculpture Collection digitally accessible, new experimental ways of mediation were explored with the support of the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS. Using the example of an iconic bowl from the majolica service of Isabella d'Este, various types of digital storytelling were created: an online exhibition as scrollytelling via Google Arts & Culture, object study in 3D and AR/VR via Sketchfab, an interactive chat using artificial intelligence and an AI-generated podcast.
Google Arts & CultureThe bowl in 3DChatbot
AI podcast:
Art Nouveau Web Journal
Exciting Years. In the Footsteps of the Visionaries
In the web journal “Exciting Years. In the Footsteps of the Visionaries” (only available in German) you accompany the fictional reporter Christian Heller during his encounters with real artists, visionaries, and reformers. In his travel diary he draws a lively picture of the Art Nouveau epoch. Numerous original photos and documents provide insights into studios, workshops and residential buildings of the leading actors. From Hamburg via Paris and Vienna to Glasgow and Ascona – get together with Christian Heller! In 2018, the web journal is awarded with the Grimme Online Award.
MK&G Studio
DIY-Ideas
At “MK&G Studio”, we present selected projects of the educational work at MK&G and share “Do it yourself!“ craft ideas and tutorials with the MK&G Collection Online. It is important for us to offer our visitors inspiring and interesting accesses to our collections and special exhibitions. We want them to participate in creative processes, encourage them to form their own opinions and share them with others. As heterogeneous as our audience is, as varied as possible we want to make the program, in an appealing and understandable language. Numerous projects are being developed in close collaboration with creatives, teachers and various NGOs.
App
Musical Instruments
The free multi-media catalog app “MK&G Musical Instruments” presents 100 highlights of the world-famous collection of the MK&G. All instruments are shown in high-resolution photos. The instruments are described and the historical development of individual instrument types as well as the cultural-historical context are presented.
Projects
at MK&G
In addition to special exhibitions, the MK&G also initiates, realises and presents a variety of projects - out of research interest, to review and further develop museum practice and to enable new access to the collection.
Booklets
