A German strip mall hides a museum of Braun's design history
Braun's headquarters is around the corner, and a nonprofit association runs the museum in collaboration with the company. The collection runs from Braun's wood-cabinet radios all the way to current models, and every piece is labeled in German and English with its model number, its designer, and a bit of history. The designer Dieter Rams had a hand in hundreds of them.
- ▪Braun's headquarters is around the corner, and a nonprofit association runs the museum in collaboration with the company.
- ▪The collection runs from Braun's wood-cabinet radios all the way to current models, and every piece is labeled in German and English with its model number, its designer, and a bit of history.
- ▪The designer Dieter Rams had a hand in hundreds of them.
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| Publication time | Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000 |
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A German strip mall hides a museum of Braun's design history Popkin 9:00 am Tue Aug 4, 2026 Braun design museum — Niels Patrick Geisselbrecht / CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons) The BraunSammlung is a museum of Braun's industrial design in Kronberg im Taunus, up one flight in a building Atlas Obscura describes as a German strip mall. Braun's headquarters is around the corner, and a nonprofit association runs the museum in collaboration with the company. The collection runs from Braun's wood-cabinet radios all the way to current models, and every piece is labeled in German and English with its model number, its designer, and a bit of history. The designer Dieter Rams had a hand in hundreds of them.
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