Architecture Tour: Design Museum

The worlds’ leading museum devoted to contemporary architecture and design, The Design Museum will offer Kensington & Chelsea Art Weekend visitors bespoke building tours.

These twenty minute tours will focus on the history of the museum from its foundation by Sir Terence Conran in 1989 to its move to the former home of the Commonwealth Institute in 2016, as well as highlighting some of the key architectural features of the building.

The tour will begin on the Atrium stairs on the ground floor

The Design Museum is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary architecture and design. Its work encompasses all elements of design, including fashion, product and graphic design. Since it opened its doors in 1989 the museum has displayed everything from an AK-47 to high heels designed by Christian Louboutin. It has staged over 100 exhibitions, welcomed over five million visitors and showcased the work of some of the world's most celebrated designers and architects including Paul Smith, Zaha Hadid, Jonathan Ive, Miuccia Prada, Frank Gehry, Eileen Gray and Dieter Rams. On 24 November 2016, The Design Museum relocated to Kensington, west London. Leading architect John Pawson has converted the interior of a 1960s modernist building to create a new home for the Design Museum giving it three times more space in which to show a wider range of exhibitions and significantly extend its learning programme.