diff --git a/gui/include/visualization/VisualizationWidget.h b/gui/include/visualization/VisualizationWidget.h
index 645d5df..280783a 100644
--- a/gui/include/visualization/VisualizationWidget.h
+++ b/gui/include/visualization/VisualizationWidget.h
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef SCIQLOP_VISUALIZATIONWIDGET_H
 #define SCIQLOP_VISUALIZATIONWIDGET_H
 
+#include <QLoggingCategory>
 #include <QWidget>
 
+Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_VisualizationWidget)
+
 namespace Ui {
 class VisualizationWidget;
 } // namespace Ui
diff --git a/gui/src/visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp b/gui/src/visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp
index ccea179..4ce2803 100644
--- a/gui/src/visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp
+++ b/gui/src/visualization/VisualizationWidget.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,40 @@
 #include "visualization/VisualizationWidget.h"
 #include "ui_VisualizationWidget.h"
+#include "visualization/VisualizationTabWidget.h"
+
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QToolButton>
+
+#include "iostream"
+
+Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_VisualizationWidget, "VisualizationWidget")
 
 VisualizationWidget::VisualizationWidget(QWidget *parent)
         : QWidget(parent), ui(new Ui::VisualizationWidget)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
+
+    auto *addTabViewButton = new QToolButton(ui->tabWidget);
+    addTabViewButton->setText("Add View");
+    addTabViewButton->setCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
+    addTabViewButton->setAutoRaise(true);
+    ui->tabWidget->setCornerWidget(addTabViewButton, Qt::TopRightCorner);
+
+    auto addTabView = [&](bool checked) {
+        auto index = ui->tabWidget->addTab(new VisualizationTabWidget(ui->tabWidget),
+                                           QString("View %1").arg(ui->tabWidget->count() + 1));
+        qCInfo(LOG_VisualizationWidget()) << tr("add the tab of index %1").arg(index);
+    };
+
+    auto removeTabView = [&](int index) {
+        ui->tabWidget->removeTab(index);
+        qCInfo(LOG_VisualizationWidget()) << tr("remove the tab of index %1").arg(index);
+    };
+
+    ui->tabWidget->setTabsClosable(true);
+
+    connect(addTabViewButton, &QToolButton::clicked, addTabView);
+    connect(ui->tabWidget, &QTabWidget::tabCloseRequested, removeTabView);
 }
 
 VisualizationWidget::~VisualizationWidget()
diff --git a/gui/ui/visualization/VisualizationWidget.ui b/gui/ui/visualization/VisualizationWidget.ui
index 182401d..3a9cbd6 100644
--- a/gui/ui/visualization/VisualizationWidget.ui
+++ b/gui/ui/visualization/VisualizationWidget.ui
@@ -19,20 +19,23 @@
      <property name="currentIndex">
       <number>0</number>
      </property>
-     <widget class="QWidget" name="firstView">
+     <widget class="VisualizationTabWidget" name="firstView">
       <attribute name="title">
        <string>View 1</string>
       </attribute>
      </widget>
-     <widget class="QWidget" name="secondView">
-      <attribute name="title">
-       <string>+</string>
-      </attribute>
-     </widget>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>VisualizationTabWidget</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header location="global">visualization/VisualizationTabWidget.h</header>
+   <container>1</container>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>