Nationalmuseum's collections comprise more than 700,000 objects. A selection is presented chronologically and follow an imaginary timeline through the museum building. Arts, crafts, and design are displayed side by side. We want you to experience as much of our collections as possible, and therefore we will sometimes change objects on display. There should almost always be something new to discover. Experience the “new” objects on site at the museum or via the online tour below.
New objects in the Timeline
Self-Portraits and Portraits of Artist Friends
From early on, self-portraits became a vehicle for self-esteem and claims to social status. In portraits of friends, the subjects seem more relaxed. Sometimes only a sketch pad or portfolio reveals that this is not a landowner, but an artist.
Portraits in the Revolutionary Age
The french court painter Joseph Ducreux executed several remarkable self-portraits while in exile in London due to the French Revloution. Now you can get aquainted with two of them, and a few other portraits from the revloutionary age, in the Timeline.
Hubert Robert’s pictorial world
Hubert Robert's (1733–1808) art represents something essential in 18th-century Europe. His speciality was capricci, fantasy scenes combining ruins and monuments. Halso worked with related themes, such as fire and destruction.
Rembrandt in Black-and-White
Nationalmuseum’s collections contain many etchings by Rembrandt. From October 2019, a selection, with motifs from the bible – Rembrandt's foremost and constant source of inspiration – is on display in "the Timeline".