Museum of Applied Art Cologne

5 vladimir lorent - 10 months ago

i don’t have a lot to say except that there was great pieces of art, but the hole museum was a bit small. also the staff was very nice, charming and helpful. it’s really a must-do museum in Cologne. it’s near the station so very accessible. the museum sits inside an old church so it’s really funny to see the old infrastructure of the church on the outside of the building even though it looks very much not like the inside. the temporary exhibition was a bit small but cool and some things were really interesting and i would like to have them in my living room.

4 Stephen Sedgwick - a month ago

It was very good. It didn't see everything. The 'middle age' section was closed to the public when I went. That was what I wanted to see. Friendly and helpful staff.

2 Alkaios Bournias Varotsis - 3 months ago

The exhibition was very interesting, but the security spoiled the experience for us. By far the most annoying and creepy curators of all museums in town. They checked our tickets 5 times and they would follow us around in all 3 exhibition floors.

5 Aylin A. - 3 weeks ago

Awesome Design exhibition ????

4 Cedric Vanasbroeck - 2 years ago

Easy u0026 cheap but very fun to visit small design museum. Worth the visit and the money if you like the history of design appliances and end-user items. There's more exhibitions in one building. Minor improvement for the security start, they are watching every step non-stop.

5 Dave M - 8 months ago

Small museum with a really nice collection nestled in back of a large church. The contextual descriptions of the permanent collection were excellent.

3 R van der Zouw - 9 months ago

Due to the renovation the MAKK only had a small exhibit, hence the reduced admission fee. I liked the small exhibit 'Kunst + Design im Dialog', which was worth the €4. It made me want to come back and revisit the museum in the future after the renovation. The museum makes use of an app that you can download on your smartphone and use as a free audio guide. That worked really well. So overall a thumbs up for the MAKK.

What dampened the experience was the attitude of the people working at the museum. Aside from the elderly lady working the cloakroom who was very friendly and hospitable, everyone came across uninterested and bored.

Even though there are cameras everywhere it felt as if they were stalking us. This was worsened by the fact that they didn't interact with the public from saying 'hi' or maybe engaging in brief conversations about the experiences of the visitors at the MAKK.

The worst experience was someone barking down (from two stories up) to get off the round red carpet where a Classic Mercedes was displayed. This guard-like behavior, was illustrative of a bigger organizational culture problem among the people in visitor facing functions at MAKK, which, I believe, management of the MAKK should address

To me as an outsider it was almost as if there were too many people for the tasks at hand, boredom of the people, and no genuine interest of the people working there to act as a host of what could potentially be a great museum experience.

Maybe the lady at the cloakroom should reveal her secret to the others and train them....