Home › Entities › Design Museum › Design Museum

Design Museum

art museum in London, England, United Kingdom
Organization Design Museum Q571249

Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of
design museum, independent museum[8]
Official website
designmuseum.org[14]
Native label
Design Museum[18]

Status and dates

Inception
1989[13]

Location

Headquarters location
Commonwealth Institute building (2016–present), Design Museum Shad Thames (1989–2016)[10]
Country
United Kingdom[7]
Location
Kensington High Street[11]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.500°, -0.200°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea[6]
Postal code
W8 6AG[12]
Street address
Kensington High Street 224–238[19]

Industry and activity

Field of work
design, architecture, graphics, industrial design right[2][3][4][5]

People

Director / manager
Deyan Sudjic[16]
More facts +6
Architect
Terence Conran[9]
Date of official opening
1989[17]
Has facility
accessible toilet[15]
Has works in the collection
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam[20]
Historic county
Middlesex[21]
Social media followers
4.1M (4.1M–4.3M, n=3)[22][23][24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Design Museum cs Muzeum designu de Design Museum London fa موزه طراحی he מוזיאון העיצוב id Museum Desain, London ja デザイン・ミュージアム・ロンドン ja デザイン・ミュージアム ja デザインミュージアム nl Design Museum Londen nl Design Museum (London) pl Design Museum w Londynie ru Музей дизайна tr Tasarım Müzesi zh 伦敦设计博物馆 zh 倫敦設計博物館 zh-hans 设计博物馆
🔖 Identifiers · 32
ROR ID
03x7gzh76
ISNI
0000000404238577
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 0000000404238577 bne_authorities 0000 0001 2150 9234 edition 2026-10-05 · CC0 1.0
VIAF cluster ID
124754613
GRID ID
grid.498188.4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Design Museum (2) (geograph 5246509).jpg ↗
CANTIC ID
981058513173806706
CiNii Research ID
1140282266705817216
Cooper Hewitt person ID
69113967
Domain name
designmuseum.org
Facebook username
designmuseum
Flanders Arts Institute organisation ID (former scheme)
378200
Freebase ID
/m/05pq2k
Show all 32 identifiers +20
Gateway to Research organization ID
0F886A59-B8E9-4020-9ED0-F97478B45510
Instagram username
designmuseum
J9U entity ID
987007428866705171
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID
Tulipa sylvestris
Mapping Museums ID
mm.domus.SE015
Museum Data Service museum ID
Design Museum
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA08445339
NL CR AUT ID
xx0220693
OpenStreetMap way ID
640554759
Quora topic ID
Design-Museum-1
Ringgold ID
4803
Scilit organization ID
87972
Setlist.fm venue ID
13d64d45
Sotheby's Museum Network ID
design-museum
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID
205561-design-museum-londen
Tabakalera ID
139444
Tripadvisor ID
10664838
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
28927
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058513173806706
X (Twitter) username
DesignMuseum (2009–present)
📚 Sources · 3
  • isni_public as of 2026-10-01 · 2 statements · CC0 1.0 ISNI International Agency (isni.org), CC0 1.0 — no attribution required, credited by choice
  • OpenAlex as of 2026-09-27 · 1 statement · CC0 1.0 CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
  • bne_authorities as of 2026-10-05 · 1 statement · CC0 1.0 Biblioteca Nacional de España, Catálogo de autoridades (CC0) — credited by choice

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

⛏️ Lake Facts · open-dataset statements via 4ort-mint

From open datasets, joined by identifier and shown only for properties Wikidata does not state on this entity — except where the dataset is the registry authority for the fact (ClinicalTrials.gov on trial registration data): there its value is shown instead, with Wikidata's noted beside it. Every row carries its dataset edition and licence.

OpenAlex IDP10283
I4210131269 2026-09-27 OpenAlex (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-27
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260927 · as of 2026-09-27
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
Library of Congress Authorities IDP244
no90016959 2026-10-01 isni_public (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-10-01
where from?
Source
isni_public
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
ISNI International Agency (isni.org), CC0 1.0 — no attribution required, credited by choice
Bronze
manifest sha256 56776a77b0fa0416…
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
Bibliothèque nationale de France IDP268
13546042n 2026-10-01 isni_public (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-10-01
where from?
Source
isni_public
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
ISNI International Agency (isni.org), CC0 1.0 — no attribution required, credited by choice
Bronze
manifest sha256 56776a77b0fa0416…
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDP950
XX178089 2026-10-05 bne_authorities (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-10-05
where from?
Source
bne_authorities
Edition
20261005 · as of 2026-10-05
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
Biblioteca Nacional de España, Catálogo de autoridades (CC0) — credited by choice
Bronze
manifest sha256 46e53624242677ee…
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
ISNI International Agency (isni.org), CC0 1.0 — no attribution required, credited by choice
Biblioteca Nacional de España, Catálogo de autoridades (CC0) — credited by choice
🔗 Connections
← Has works in the collection 7
Olivetti, Ettore Sottsass, Enzo Mari, Jasper Morrison, Joe Colombo, Campana brothers, Yinka Ilori
Field of work 4
architecture, design, graphics, industrial design right
Architect 1
Terence Conran
Country 1
United Kingdom
Created notable works 1
Terence Conran
Director / manager 1
Deyan Sudjic
Has facility 1
accessible toilet
Has works in the collection 1
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Historic county 1
Middlesex
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID 1
Tulipa sylvestris
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Location 1
Kensington High Street
Museum Data Service museum ID 1
Design Museum
← Collection 1
Olivetti Valentine
← Conferred by 1
Saltzman Prize
← FactGrid item ID 1
Obroki
← Museum Data Service museum ID 1
Design Museum
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Design Museum is a design museum[1].

Related Entities

design Olivetti United Kingdom

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . Mapping Museums. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Mapping Museums. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . designmuseum.org. Retrieved . designmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . stedelijk.nl. Retrieved . stedelijk.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Design Museum. Retrieved November 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/design-museum
MLA “Design Museum.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/design-museum.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_design-museum_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Design Museum}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/design-museum}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-14}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Design Museum — https://4ort.xyz/entity/design-museum (retrieved 2026-11-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/design-museum · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · RosePickfair · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Design Museum wordmark.svg
    "Created claim: Logo image: Design Museum wordmark.svg"
  2. 27w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
    Has facility → accessible toilet
    Country → United Kingdom
    Location → Kensington High Street
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Tabakalera ID: 139444"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.