Red Dot Design Museum

Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen, Germany
Museum Tourist attraction
User Reviews

5 Daniel Zhuk - 3 months ago

THE museum for product designers/industrial design engineers. Great location, interior, and yearly changing collection. Only wish there was more detailed info about each product on the signs next to them.

3 Marie Louise - 11 months ago

Super friendly stuff and super cool location. The idea itself is also nice but it totally misses out on explanations on the items itself. Why is it so special? Just a few had that info. Maybe less products (but more info on the item) would be helpfull for the visitors in order to understand why the product has won the award. Sometimes you feel like in a store.

5 Ellegancia S - a year ago

The visit to the modern design museum is very interesting, it is the largest museum in Europe. It's a very interesting visit because the modern design museum is inside an old iron factory and it is wonderful to be able to see what the old factory was like inside and at the same time enjoy the modern design exhibition.
The museum closes at 6 pm.

4 Simon van de Beek - 3 months ago

Not a design lover but it was quite interesting. Little too hot upstairs though. And some info boards were at weird/wrong spots.

4 Phil Reviewer - a year ago

Really enjoyed this museum, my only negative would be some more understanding of the designs, why and how they were designed. A more indepth explanation of some of the exceptional design pieces would be good. I did particularly enjoy the lighting exhibition. It costs 6euro to enter.

5 Anthony Mc Nicol - a month ago

This is a really fun museum. A lot of the products you can touch and the building itself is really something. TIP: if you visit on a Friday you can choose wat you pay to enter!

2 Nicking Annerbs - 2 months ago

Beware: the museum actually closes at 5,00 pm (last admission). But no one will tell you, not even the official website... and when you will enter at 5,20pm, they will let you feel it's your fault :-)

No signs to indicate the entrance, btw

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