Admission to the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

Opened in 1877, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G) is one of Europe's leading museums of design and one of the most popular houses in Hamburg.

The MK&G's collection ranges from antiquity to contemporary innovations and encompasses the European, East Asian and Islamic cultural areas. Among them are spectacular highlights such as the Mirror Canteen (1969) by Danish designer Verner Panton, the Art Nouveau ensemble "Pariser Saal" (around 1900) or the installation "Shylight" by the artist duo DRIFT (2006).

Numerous exhibitions, events and projects open the view on social development and question the design of the world. In addition to aesthetic and entertaining themes, the focus is increasingly on socio-political issues revolving around the environment, sustainability and speculative visions of the future.

The exhibition GLITZER from February 28th to October 12th, 2025 shows glitter in current political contexts and collective movements, as a material and metaphor for visibility, belonging and self-determination. Around 40 international positions are dedicated to this topic as a means of protest, performance and pop culture, as a symbol of making marginalized groups visible and of resistance to body norms.