Nationalmuseum — events Stockholm

Welcome to Nationalmuseum – Sweden's museum of art and design! With this brief introduction, we invite you to discover a selection of highlights from the museum's collections spanning over six hundred years. One of the museum's knowledgeable guides will share insights and show images. On a large scr

Join a guided tour of the exhibition Wilhelm Kåge & Shōji Hamada. The museum's educator will show and tell you about two ceramic masters and their love for beautiful, well-crafted everyday objects for everyone.

Kickstart the weekend at Nationalmuseum. On Thursdays, we have evening hours with free entry for everyone from 5 PM to 8 PM, featuring art, music, and great company. Pop-up tours and bar hangouts every week. Music, workshops, and other programs will be delightful surprises. See you there!

Come and be creative in the Nationalmuseum studio! On Thursday evenings, you can get acquainted with some of the basic materials and techniques of art and try your hand at drawing, painting, or shaping clay. Free drop-in. No prior knowledge needed. Open to everyone!

The conversation series where we discuss how design can contribute to positive societal development continues this fall. How do designers work to find solutions to complex problems? The second guest this fall is Professor Roberto Verganti, who researches design and emotions. Here in conversation wit

Join a pop-up guided tour and discover a lot in a short time. In 15 minutes, one of the museum's experts will talk about a selected artwork. Free to participate, no pre-registration required.

Join a pop-up guided tour and discover a lot in a short time. In 15 minutes, one of the museum's experts will talk about a selected artwork. Free to participate, no pre-registration required. In English.

Baby tour at Nationalmuseum for curious adults with children who are sitting and crawling age (3–11 months). Experience the art and the museum building in a new way together with your baby.

How did our modern beach and bathing life come about? In the 19th century, when people began to swim in the sea, it was purely for medical reasons. How, when, and why did this eventually change? How did people experience their bodies while bathing, and how did they bathe? Researcher Wiebke Kolbe exp

Take a "trip" to the sea – with a pencil in your bag! This year, we celebrate Nationalmuseum's annual drawing festival by drawing inspiration from the new exhibition To the Sea! Choose to participate in a single activity or several. No prior knowledge is required. Paper and pencils are provided on s

Welcome to the studios on Sundays! Together we explore different materials and techniques. Create on your own under the guidance of an art educator. For children from 4 years old and accompanying adults. Free drop-in. New theme every week.

Come to the Nationalmuseum's studio and try your hand at creating during the autumn break. This year's theme is underwater worlds. For all children on autumn break from 6 years old. Free of charge.

Join a guided tour of the major autumn exhibition Till havet! We delve into how the emerging seaside tourism influenced art and artists, and vice versa, from 1870 to the mid-20th century. The museum's knowledgeable guides will take you through iconic paintings, swimwear, photos, advertisements, and

We embark on a journey of discovery through the collections, making selected stops in art, crafts, and design. Experience both newly acquired artworks and older favorites in this 60-minute guided tour of Nationalmuseum.

This spring's hit with dance evenings continues this fall – now with another popular Latin American dance: salsa! Learn the basics and then dive into the whirl of dance. Come as you are, alone or with company, practice, laugh, dance, and enjoy! Dance and visual art have many points of contact, and a

Free entry to Nationalmuseum on Thursday evenings with art, bar hangouts, and music. This evening features a program curated by the people behind the brand Third Culture Kids. Under the theme "Fancy," we take a closer look at how small parts of the body can make a very big impression.

Is art solely for our enjoyment, or does it serve a fundamental societal function? Can art convey truths about the world, and if so, which ones? Come and discuss with Kamilla Svärd, Uppsala universitet. No preparation or prior knowledge needed. In English. This Thursday, we are joined by Kamilla Svä

Baby tour at Nationalmuseum for curious adults with children who are sitting and crawling age (3–11 months). Experience the art and the museum building in a new way together with your baby.

The Italian-Ghanaian-American filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu is visiting Sweden and will be at Nationalmuseum for an exclusive screening of his documentary We Were Here. After the film, Kuwornu will be interviewed by Martin Olin, former head of collections at Nationalmuseum. The film screening and dis

Welcome to the autumn edition of Jazz i trappan – a concert series where the presence of jazz meets the magnificent architecture of Nationalmuseum. On several Thursday evenings, the museum's staircase will be filled with live music, close to the audience and right in the heart of the space.

Library Sessions takes to the sea and invites you on Stockholm's dark waters with a unique sound experience curated by composer and sound designer Brenda El Rayes. The live sounds of the sea set the mood for the evening. Join an exciting boat trip focused on listening and presence. Brenda El Rayes i

Who owns the beach – then, now, and in the future? Who benefits from overcrowded beaches and increased travel to the coasts? And what ideas exist in Sweden and Europe to create sustainable coastal tourism? Listen to a highly relevant panel discussion with Jan-Henrik Nilsson, Caroline Elgh, Maria Ros

Leonardo da Vinci's (1452–1519) anatomical drawings of the female body and the fetus in the womb are among the most fascinating and modern aspects of his artistry and thinking. In this year's Tessin Lecture, American art historian Dr. Carmen C. Bambach, curator in the Department of Drawings and Prin

Try your hand at life drawing with sculptures as models. We draw them from different angles and at various speeds, training the eye to see shapes, directions, and movements in something completely still. Sharpen your gaze and enjoy the atmosphere in Skulpturgården – perhaps the museum's most beautif

The four elements—earth, air, fire, and water—are our focus in November's two themed guided tours. In the first of these, antiquity is our starting point. We take a closer look at how the elements have been interpreted and expressed, from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment of the late 18th century

Join us for an exciting and playful family tour where we will explore the wonderful world of colors in art together.

In Pippi på färg! by Lena Eriksson, readers are introduced to the history of various colors and how their meanings have shifted across different cultures and eras. The book presents artworks from the Nationalmuseum's collection from a color perspective. Join us for a discussion about it with illustr

The final design talk of the autumn features Therese Lindahl, who researches human behavior patterns and how design can help change them for more sustainable development. She will be in conversation with Gustaf Kjellin. What motives and driving forces underlie human behavior patterns, and how can de

Welcome to a creative and inspiring workshop, with a bar, where you will explore the various possibilities of oil painting to depict landscapes. Starting with landscape painting in the Nationalmuseum's collection, we will explore color and our own experimental spirit through painting in thin glazes

Baby tour at Nationalmuseum for curious adults with children who are sitting and crawling age (3–11 months). Experience the art and the museum building in a new way together with your baby.

In this lecture, Ignacio Cano Rivero, curator and former director of Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla, will focus on the factors that shaped the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán's (1598–1664) artistry, how he developed his style, and how he expressed his artistry.

The four elements—earth, air, fire, and water—are our focus in November's two themed guided tours. In the second of these, we take a closer look at the early 19th century's new perspective on the components of the universe. New artistic techniques also allow us to feel and see the immediate presence

Listen to a discussion about the new book Forskning i fokus: Adolf Ludvig Coushi Badin, which is based on the Nationalmuseum's exhibition "Badin – bortom yta och mask" (2026). On stage, author and curator Åsa Bharathi Larsson will engage in conversation with Mats Hayen. The book Forskning i fokus: A

August Strindberg despised repetition and quickly grew tired of places to live, friends, ideologies, and literary ideals. He therefore dreamed of inventing "moving landscapes." The sea became one such landscape. Its significance for the man, the writer, and the painter Strindberg cannot be overstate

The 400th anniversary of Queen Kristina's birth is being commemorated this year with the release of a new anthology featuring current research on Kristina. Join us to learn more about how this fascinating historical figure, through her choices and actions, both questioned and participated in the cul

In the latter part of the 19th century, Paris was a hub for art, even for female Nordic artists. Why have so many of them been forgotten? Drawing from her upcoming book, author and art historian Lena Holger discusses how art history is shaped. Painting, sculpture, architecture. For a century, the Pa

Come to Nationalmuseum during the Christmas break and try creating on your own in the studio! This time, we are focusing on beachcombing finds. For school-aged children from 6 years old. Parents and younger siblings are welcome to join. Free, drop-in subject to availability.

What times and norms dictate how we dress at the beach and in the water? Based on the current exhibition Till havet! (on display until February 7), ethnologist Marianne Larsson discusses the evolution of swimwear fashion and its various forms throughout history. At the turn of the 20th century, wome