Architecture Tour (DE)
TOUR
Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m., VitraHaus
Friday–Sunday and on public holidays
11 am and 2 pm, VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Architecture Tour (EN)
TOUR
Monday–Thursday, 12 noon, VitraHaus
Friday–Sunday and on public holidays,
12 noon and 3 pm, VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Architecture tour (FR)
Every first Saturday of the month and on French public holidays (1 and 11 November, 25 December, 1 January)
2.30 pm. VitraHaus

Discover the Vitra Campus with a guided tour and learn about the story of the Vitra company and its architecture campus in Weil am Rhein. The tour spotlights the Fire Station by Zaha Hadid, the Conference Pavilion by Tadao Ando, and the Vitra Schaudepot by Herzog & de Meuron without neglecting the architectural landmarks along the way: the factory buildings by Frank Gehry, Nicholas Grimshaw, Álvaro Siza, and SANAA, the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara, Jean Prouvé’s petrol station, and the Doshi retreat by  Balkrishna Doshi with Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof. The VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron is open to the public and you are welcome to explore its interiors after the tour.

€ 18.00 per person, concessions € 16.00 per person 

Please book your ticket design-museum.reservix.de

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@design-museum.de or T+49.7621.702.3200

Private tours:
Information guided tours (EN) 
Information guided tours (FR) 

Private guided tours for school and university groups:
Information guided tours (EN) 
Information guided tours (FR) 

Registration form (EN)
Registration form (FR)

Bookings at: info(at)design-museum.de 

The guided tour focusses on the highlights from the Vitra Design Museum collection, including rare and singular pieces from designers such as Gerrit Rietveld, Alvar Aalto, Charles & Ray Eames but also less well-known or anonymous designs, rarities and prototypes. 

Science Fiction Design: From the Space Age to the Metaverse
TOUR
Every second Sunday and on public holidays
2 pm, Vitra Schaudepot

The tour will be held in German.
Join us for a tour of the themed presentation in the Vitra Schaudepot! Discover ideas of a future world in design creations ranging from early science fiction film sets to virtual spaces. Pioneering objects from the Vitra Design Museum collection illustrate how technological innovation and utopian concepts find their way into our everyday environment.

€ 10.00 per person, reduced rate € 8.00 per person  

Bookings at design-museum.reservix.de

Private tours:
Information guided tours (EN) 
Information guided tours (FR) 

Private guided tours for school and university groups:
Information guided tours (EN) 
Information guided tours (FR) 

Registration form (EN)
Registration form (FR)

Bookings at: info(at)design-museum.de 

More information at info(at)design-museum.de or  T +49.7621.702.3200 

Architectural highlights: Photography on the Vitra Campus
GUIDED TOUR & WORKSHOP (DE)
Saturday | 11 October 2025
2–5 p.m., Vitra Design Museum

The Vitra Campus offers architecture and design enthusiasts a wealth of motifs for impressive photographs. In this new combination of a guided tour and a workshop, you will learn how to photograph the iconic buildings to perfection and discover interesting facts about their history and creation.

The event focuses on three architectural highlights of the Vitra Campus and provides practical tips on architectural photography – from image composition and exposure to detailed shots. A conscious change of perspective will not only sharpen your photographic eye, but also allow you to rediscover architecture.

Please bring your own camera. To participate, you will need a manually adjustable digital SLR, system, bridge or compact camera and a tripod. A solid basic knowledge of how to operate your own camera is required.

The tour & workshop format combines theory, practice and inspiration and is suitable for beginners with good prior knowledge as well as advanced learners.

€65.00 per person

Booking at: www.design-museum.reservix.de/

Garden and Sculpture (DE)
TOUR
Every Sunday and on public holidays from 1 April to 31 October
1 pm, VitraHaus

Projects by renowned architects and landscape designers – including the Tane Garden House by Tsuyoshi Tane, the Oudolf Garten by Piet Oudolf, and Renzo Piano’s »Diogene« Tiny House – demonstrate practical new ideas for sustainable building. Join a guided tour of the Vitra Campus and discover its garden and garden architecture!

€ 12.00 per person, reduced rate € 10.00 per person  

Bookings at design-museum.reservix.de

Garden and Sculpture (EN)
TOUR
Every Saturday from 1 April to 31 October
1 pm, VitraHaus

Projects by renowned architects and landscape designers – including the Tane Garden House by Tsuyoshi Tane, the Oudolf Garten by Piet Oudolf, and Renzo Piano’s »Diogene« Tiny House – demonstrate practical new ideas for sustainable building. Join a guided tour of the Vitra Campus and discover its garden and garden architecture!

€ 12.00 per person, reduced rate € 10.00 per person  

Bookings at design-museum.reservix.de

Doshi Retreat (DE)
TOUR
Every first Sunday of the month and on public holidays
4 pm, Vitra Design Museum

The Doshi Retreat adds a new structure to the Vitra Campus with a unique function: a space dedicated to contemplation. Designed by Balkrishna Doshi with his granddaughter Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof, it is his first completed project outside India, and also the last he worked on before his passing in 2023. Doshi was awarded the Pritzker Prize in early 2018. With the exhibition »Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People«, the Vitra Design Museum presented the first international retrospective about Doshi outside of Asia in 2019.

XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel for the Doshi Retreat was generously donated by ArcelorMittal.

€ 10.00 per person, reduced rate € 8.00 per person  

Bookings at design-museum.reservix.de

Doshi Retreat (EN)
TOUR
Every first Saturday of the month
4 pm, Vitra Design Museum

The Doshi Retreat adds a new structure to the Vitra Campus with a unique function: a space dedicated to contemplation. Designed by Balkrishna Doshi with his granddaughter Khushnu Panthaki Hoof and Sönke Hoof, it is his first completed project outside India, and also the last he worked on before his passing in 2023. Doshi was awarded the Pritzker Prize in early 2018. With the exhibition »Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People«, the Vitra Design Museum presented the first international retrospective about Doshi outside of Asia in 2019.

XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel for the Doshi Retreat was generously donated by ArcelorMittal.

€ 10.00 per person, reduced rate € 8.00 per person  

Bookings at design-museum.reservix.de

Hidden Treasures: The Subterranean Storage Spaces (DE)
TOUR
Friday | 12 December 2025, 13 February and 6 March 2026
3 pm, Vitra Schaudepot

This tour will be held in German.

On this exclusive experience, you will explore the hidden treasures of the Vitra Design Museum. The Special Tour takes you through the highlights of our stored collections not generally accessible to the public. Discover industrial furniture design, lamps, and other masterpieces by designers including Aino Aalto, Verner Panton, Gaetano Pesce, and Charles & Ray Eames.

€ 40.00 per person

Please book your ticket at  www.design-museum.reservix.de/

Private guided tours for school and university groups:
Information guided tours (EN) 
Information guided tours (FR) 

Registration form (EN)
Registration form (FR)

Bookings at: info(at)design-museum.de 

The »Wunderkammer« presents an engaging display of more than one thousand objects from the collection of former Vitra Chairman Rolf Fehlbaum. Similar to its historical antecedents, the Wunderkammer on the Vitra Campus brings together curiosities and artefacts from around the world. For all their variety and multiformity, the toy robots, space toys, comic book characters, merchandising products, and folk art in the collection share their origins in twentieth-century popular culture. Visitors to the Vitra Campus can explore the Wunderkammer on a guided tour.  

Wunderkammer (DE)
TOUR
Every second Sunday and on public holidays
3 pm, Vitra Schaudepot

The tour will be held in German.
Robots & Space Toys: the »Wunderkammer« presents a spellbinding display of more than one thousand objects from the collection of former Vitra Chairman Rolf Fehlbaum. Mostly created by anonymous artists and designers, the robots, space toys, comic book characters, folk art, and advertising in this modern cabinet of curiosities are amazingly varied – and yet they cannot deny their shared origins in twenty-century pop culture.

€ 18.00 per person, reduced rate € 16.00 per person  

Bookings at design-museum.reservix.de

More information at info@design-museum.de or  T +49.7621.702.3200 

Vitra Production Tour (DE)
TOUR
Every Wednesday (except public holidays)
1.30 pm, VitraHaus

Look behind the scenes and discover the Vitra Campus as a production site! On this guided tour of Frank Gehry’s factory building, you will see an Aluminium Chair come into being. The design classic by Charles & Ray Eames has been produced at Vitra to consistently high-quality standards for many decades. Find out about its story and learn about Vitra’s commitment to innovation, premium quality, and sustainability. The tour is rounded off by a demonstration at the Vitra test centre.

€ 12.00 per person, reduced rate € 10.00 per person  

Bookings at design-museum.reservix.de

Vitra Production Tour (EN)
TOUR
Every Thursday (except public holidays)
1.30 pm, VitraHaus

Look behind the scenes and discover the Vitra Campus as a production site! On this guided tour of Frank Gehry’s factory building, you will see an Aluminium Chair come into being. The design classic by Charles & Ray Eames has been produced at Vitra to consistently high-quality standards for many decades. Find out about its story and learn about Vitra’s commitment to innovation, premium quality, and sustainability. The tour is rounded off by a demonstration at the Vitra test centre.

€ 12.00 per person, reduced rate € 10.00 per person  

Bookings at design-museum.reservix.de

Private tours:
Information guided tours (EN) 
Information guided tours (FR) 

Private guided tours for school and university groups:
Information guided tours (EN) 
Information guided tours (FR) 

Registration form (EN)
Registration form (FR)

Bookings at: info(at)design-museum.de 

More information at info@design-museum.de or  T +49.7621.702.3200 

For children, we offer guided tours though the current exhibition and the Vitra Campus which are specially adapted to our young guests. The participants are introduced to the theme in an entertaining way, interact with the guide and are made familiar with the huge importance of design and architecture in their everyday environment. Also many of our workshops for children and pupils include a guided tour, followed by a practical workshop under the direction of experienced teachers.

Private tours:
Information guided tours (EN) 
Information guided tours (FR) 

Private guided tours for school and university groups:
Information guided tours (EN) 
Information guided tours (FR) 

Registration form (EN)
Registration form (FR)

Bookings at: info(at)design-museum.de 

More information and reservations at info@design-museum.de or 
T +49.7621.702.3200

For school classes, we offer guided tours though the current exhibition and the Vitra Campus which are specially adapted to our young guests. The participants are introduced to the theme in an entertaining way, interact with the guide and are made familiar with the huge importance of design and architecture in their everyday environment. Also many of our workshops for children and pupils include a guided tour, followed by a practical workshop under the direction of experienced teachers.

Private tours:
Information guided tours (EN) 
Information guided tours (FR) 

Private guided tours for school and university groups:
Information guided tours (EN) 
Information guided tours (FR) 

Registration form (EN)
Registration form (FR)

Bookings at: info(at)design-museum.de 

More information and reservations at info(at)design-museum.de or
T +49.7621.702.3200