Take a “trip” to the seaside – with a pencil in your luggage! This year, we’re celebrating Nationalmuseum’s annual drawing festival by taking inspiration from the new exhibition To the Sea! Choose to take part in a single activity or several. No previous experience is required. Paper and pencils are provided!
Date and time
Saturday 24 October, 11:00–16:00
Suitable for
Curious minds in all ages
Cost and tickets
All activities during the Drawing Festival are free of charge, except for the guided tours, which require a regular admission ticket. Places on the guided tours are limited, so we recommend booking in advance!
Please note! Tickets will be released shortly.
Language
Some activities are held in Swedish, while others are language-independent.
Location
All round the museum
Programme
Scroll down to view the programme items.
To the Sea!
This autumn's major exhibition, To the Sea! The beach as borderland and summer dream, explores how bathing and coastal tourism have been depicted in art, from around 1870 to the mid-20th century. See more than 200 works of art by artists including Claude Monet, Anders Zorn, Peder Severin Krøyer, Sigrid Hjertén, Georgia O’Keeffe, Robert Capa, and many, many more.
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Art chill in the Sculpturte Courtyard.
Art chill with Soothing Waves
Welcome to a moment of relaxation on a yoga mat in the Sculpture Courtyard. Listen to a soundscape and let your gaze slowly be guided through the space, before drifting away to the soothing sound of waves.
Time
11:00–16:00, drop-in
Suitable for
All
Language
Available in English and Swedish
Cost and tickets
Free of charge, no tickets needed
Location
The Sculpture Courtyard, ground floor
Concentration while drawing. Photo: Linn Ahlgren/Nationalmuseum.
Lines and strokes – drawing stations for all ages
Explore drawing in playful ways and with a variety of materials. The studios are packed with creative challenges, including tandem drawing, ink experiments and follow-the-leader drawing with a pencil. Perhaps you’d like to draw beach finds or create self-portraits in a distorted mirror? Come and give it a try!
Time
11:00–13:00 and 14:00–15:30, drop-in
Suitable for
All
Language
Language independent
Cost and tickets
Free of charge, no tickets needed
Location
The Studios, ground floor
Light projections up the walls. Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum
Up the walls – light projections
Create a sense of the sea using colour filters and light projectors. Experience the magic of water!
Time
11:00–13:00 and14-:00–15:30, drop-in
Suitable for
All
Language
Language independent
Cost and tickets
Free of charge, no tickets needed
Location
The corridor outside the Studios, ground floor
A day by "the sea" at Nationalmuseum! Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.
A day by the sea – draw seaside scenes
Wish it were still summer and you were at the beach? Come and draw different seaside scenes among parasols, deckchairs and the occasional plastic flamingo in the South Light Courtyard. A few tourists and a musical surprise are also part of the experience!
Time
12:00–16:00, drop-in
Suitable for
All
Language
Language independent
Cost and tickets
Free of charge, no tickets needed
Location
The South Courtyard, ground floor
A child on a seeing through the pencil tour. Photo: Linn Ahlgren/Nationalmuseum.
See through the pencil – guided tour
Join us for a museum tour where we explore art by looking and drawing at the same time. With pencil and paper, we’ll discover small details, winding lines and airy forms. No previous experience is required. Paper and pencils are provided.
Time
11:30–12:15 and 14:00–14:45
We meet up by the information desk on the ground floor five minute before starting time
Suitable for
Everyone aged 7 and over. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Language
Swedish
Cost and tickets
A free, pre-booked tour ticket , as well as an admission ticket, is required.
The admission ticket costs SEK 160 and is free for visitors under 20, annual pass holders, and those with other complimentary passes.
Tickets will be released shortly.
Claude Monet, The Beach at Trouville, 1870. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Photo: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Shorelines and horizons: a slow-looking tour
Follow the lines through To the Sea! – from the flat expanse of the horizon to the rhythm and movement of the waves. In works by artists including Claude Monet, Edvard Munch and Sigrid Hjertén, we’ll explore how the sea’s light, movement and changing qualities have captured the artists’ gaze. Discover how reflections break up forms, and how sea, sky and land meet in lines and planes. A tour about slowing down to look – and about how a few simple strokes can contain depth, movement and infinity.
Time
Kl 13:00–13:40 och kl 15:00–15:40
We meet up by the information desk on the ground floor five minute before starting time.
Suitable for
Adults
Language
Swedish
Cost and tickets
A free, pre-booked tour ticket , as well as an admission ticket, is required.
The admission ticket costs SEK 160 and is free for visitors under 20, annual pass holders, and those with other complimentary passes.
Tickets will be released shortly.
- Saturday 24/1011:00–16:00