Museum category

Design Museums

Design museums covering product design, interiors, graphics, craft, industrial design, and how objects shape daily life.

22 museum profiles

Museum Profiles

Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, United States Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum New York City, United States Designmuseum Danmark Copenhagen, Denmark Ducati Museum Bologna, Italy Frick Collection New York City, United States Harley-Davidson Museum Milwaukee, United States Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal, Canada Musée Carnavalet Paris, France Musée du Barreau Paris, France Musée du Parfum Fragonard Paris, France Musée Nissim de Camondo Paris, France Museo del Romanticismo Madrid, Spain Museo Franz Mayer Mexico City, Mexico Museo Moto Guzzi Mandello del Lario, Italy Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas Madrid, Spain Museo Piaggio Pontedera, Italy National Museum of Decorative Arts Madrid, Spain Neue Galerie New York New York City, United States Richard H. Driehaus Museum Chicago, United States Teatermuseet Copenhagen, Denmark The Samurai Collection Dallas, United States Triennale Milano Milan, Italy

Museum Reviews

Art Institute of Chicago Review Chicago, United States Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Review New York City, United States Designmuseum Danmark Review Copenhagen, Denmark Ducati Museum Review Bologna, Italy Frick Collection Review New York City, United States Harley-Davidson Museum Review Milwaukee, United States Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Review Montreal, Canada Musée Carnavalet Review Paris, France Musée du Barreau Review Paris, France Musée du Parfum Fragonard Review Paris, France Musée Nissim de Camondo Review Paris, France Museo del Romanticismo Review Madrid, Spain Museo Franz Mayer Review Mexico City, Mexico Museo Moto Guzzi Review Mandello del Lario, Italy Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas Review Madrid, Spain Museo Piaggio Review Pontedera, Italy National Museum of Decorative Arts Review Madrid, Spain Neue Galerie New York Review New York City, United States Richard H. Driehaus Museum Review Chicago, United States Teatermuseet Review Copenhagen, Denmark The Samurai Collection Review Dallas, United States Triennale Milano Review Milan, Italy

Editorial category guide

Design museums for objects, taste, and everyday culture

Design museums are about how things are made, used, desired, marketed, and lived with. They can explain furniture, graphics, industrial production, interiors, craft, fashion, digital culture, and the visual language of everyday life.

This category focuses on whether design museums give visitors more than beautiful objects: process, material choices, social meaning, production context, and a clear sense of why design matters culturally.