The Vitra Design Museum is an internationally renowned, privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private foundation. The Vitra corporation provides it with a financial subsidy, the use of Vitra architecture, and organizational cooperation.
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