The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich is the leading museum for design and visual communication in Switzerland. The exhibition programme covers a broad spectrum of themes and monographic positions from the fields of industrial and product design, graphics, typography, photography, posters, film, furniture, fashion, jewellery, arts and crafts, architecture and scenography. With its educational programme, the museum offers visitors the opportunity to delve deeper into design. The collections on design, graphics, applied arts and posters comprise over 500,000 objects and are among the most important of their kind internationally.
Christoph Hefti—The Missing Cat and Other Textile Stories
Eyes, moons, and cats: The world of Swiss textile designer Christoph Hefti is surreal, colorful, and wild. The exhibition Christoph Hefti—The Missing Cat ...
until 03.01.2027
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Avant-Garde—Graphic Design on the Rise
Graphic design experienced a radical renewal between the World Wars, when Constructivism, the New Typography, and photography dominated the visual language ...
until 21.02.2027
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Avant-garde – Modernism in poster design during the interwar period
The publication *Avant-Garde*, Poster Collection 38, illustrates the emergence of graphic design as an independent creative discipline. The poster served ...
22.10.2026
18:00
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Guided tour of the ‘Swiss Design Collection’ exhibition
Join the guided tour of the exhibition and find out more about the objects on display from our design collection.
The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich houses ...
25.10.2026
11:00
More dates available
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Open Studio for Everyone
In the open studio, creative projects are developed based on the current exhibitions or the museum’s architecture.
Discover, experiment, have a go: every ...
from 25.10.2026 until 25.10.2026
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Open Studio for Everyone
In the open studio, creative projects are developed around the current exhibitions or the museum’s architecture.
Discover, experiment, create: every ...
25.10.2026
14:00
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
eMuseum
eMuseum.ch is the largest Swiss online database for design and art. Browse through the nearly 110,000 objects from the collections of the Museum für ...
Permanent exhibition
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Swiss Design Lounge
Why not bide your time and discover and test outstanding Swiss design at the same time? The Swiss Design Lounge enables visitors to experience Swiss ...
Permanent exhibition
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Swiss Design Collection
The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich holds the largest international design collection in Switzerland. The permanent exhibition presents highlights from it ...
