Become a colour explorer! Put on a lab coat, slip on a pair of color goggles, and step through the colour portal. Experience and explore colour in different ways in the exhibition’s vibrant and immersive rooms. Colour! is a sensory and playful exhibition aimed at children aged 6–12 and their curious grown-ups.

Colours are all around us—in our lives and in art—but what is colour really? Where does it come from? And how does it affect us? In the different rooms of the exhibition, you can explore what colour is and how it feels, using all your senses and your whole body.

Discover surprising materials used to create colour – from sparkling minerals to dried little insects. Visit a small museum that seems to have lost all its colour. Feel the energy of bright yellow, and take a moment to rest in the calming blue. And imagine – hidden within the seemingly colourless white light is an entire rainbow.

Welcome to exciting colour experiences!

Exploring the exhibition Colour! Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.

Exploring the exhibition Colour! Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.

Colourful discoveries. Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.

Exploring the exhibition Colour! Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.

Colour spectrum like a rainbow! Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.

Colourful and synthetic. Photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum.

Suitable for

• Families with children aged 6–12 and accompanying grown-ups.
  One adult may bring a maximum of three children.
• School classes and after-school groups

Cost

Free admission for all

Opening hours

The exhibition is open for drop-in, 11:15–16:15 on Saturdays, Sundays and during school holidays.

Summer holiday

Tuesdays–Sundays, drop-in 11:15–16:15 from 16 June until 16 August

Location

To the right of the museum shop, on the ground floor.

School

On weekdays, Tuesday through Friday, schools can book guided tours of the exhibition combined with a colour workshop in the studios.