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Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
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Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg is located in Hamburg
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Location of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg is located in Germany
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Location of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Location Hamburg, Germany
Coordinates 53°33′04″N 10°00′34″E / 53.551111°N 10.009444°E / 53.551111; 10.009444
Type Fine, applied and decorative arts
Public transit access Hauptbahnhof
Website http://www.mkg-hamburg.de/

The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Museum of Arts and Crafts) is a museum of fine, applied and decorative arts in Hamburg, Germany. It is located centrally, near the Hauptbahnhof.

The museum was founded in 1874, following the models of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Museum für angewandte Kunst in Vienna, and the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin. In 1877 it moved to its current premises, a building on the Steintorplatz built from 1873–75.

1877–1908

1877–1908

1908–1952

Between 1919 and 1933, under the direction of Max Sauerlandt, the museum acquired a large collection of Expressionist works. After 1933, the Nazi campaign against "degenerate art" resulted in the loss of numerous contemporary works, as well as the forced departure of Sauerlandt. The building was partly destroyed by bombs in 1943; the rebuilding was finished in 1959. By Harold A. Hartog redesigning the central axis was donated that could be completed in 2006.

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