Museum category
Decorative Arts Museums
Decorative arts museums with furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, interiors, craft, applied arts, and material culture.
14 museum profilesMuseum Profiles
Bavarian National Museum
Munich, Germany
Ca’ Rezzonico
Venice, Italy
Gardiner Museum
Toronto, Canada
Horta Museum
Brussels, Belgium
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada
Moscow Kremlin Museums
Moscow, Russia
Musée Carnavalet
Paris, France
Musée Nissim de Camondo
Paris, France
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
Madrid, Spain
Museu Imperial
Petrópolis, Brazil
Richard H. Driehaus Museum
Chicago, United States
Royal Museums Turin
Turin, Italy
Swiss National Museum
Zurich, Switzerland
Museum Reviews
Bavarian National Museum Review
Munich, Germany
Ca’ Rezzonico Review
Venice, Italy
Gardiner Museum Review
Toronto, Canada
Horta Museum Review
Brussels, Belgium
Louvre Abu Dhabi Review
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
McCord Stewart Museum Review
Montreal, Canada
Moscow Kremlin Museums Review
Moscow, Russia
Musée Carnavalet Review
Paris, France
Musée Nissim de Camondo Review
Paris, France
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas Review
Madrid, Spain
Museu Imperial Review
Petrópolis, Brazil
Richard H. Driehaus Museum Review
Chicago, United States
Royal Museums Turin Review
Turin, Italy
Swiss National Museum Review
Zurich, Switzerland
Editorial category guide
Decorative arts museums for interiors, craft, and material culture
Decorative arts museums often reveal how people lived with objects: furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, textiles, interiors, craft, and applied design. Their value comes from showing taste, skill, trade, domestic life, and the social meaning of useful things.
This guide focuses on museums where objects are explained through makers, materials, rooms, techniques, patrons, and everyday culture, helping readers see decorative arts as more than attractive surfaces.