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A German strip mall hides a museum of Braun's design history

The BraunSammlung in Kronberg im Taunus fills one floor with radios, mixers, and hundreds of pieces Dieter Rams helped design.

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Aug 04, 2026
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Braun design museum — Niels Patrick Geisselbrecht / CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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 …

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