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The Treasury

Precious objects from six centuries.

The Sculpture Courtyard

The Sculpture Courtyard unfolds like an Italian piazza in the northern section of the museum. Here, you can take a break and

Crossing Borders – Smart Design

New technology is creating new opportunities and major challenges. This exhibition showcases products by Swedish designers in the

Public Space

The exhibition Public Space is a collaboration between Jernhusen and Nationalmuseum, showing reproductions of paintings from

John Singer Sargent

One of the most important artists at the turn of the last century.

Färg och form – Östersjöfajanser från 1700-talet

18th century pieces of faience from the Baltic region seduced the market with their rich decoration and fine design. This

Collections – from the 1500s to today

Go exploring among old favorites and newly acquired art treasures. The timeline guides you through the art, the museum, and six

Villa Curiosa

Villa Curiosa is a sensual, absurd and philosophical exhibition for children that provides keys to the interpretation and

The Design Depot

The Danish Golden Age

The very best of Danish painting from 1800 to 1864.

Finn Juhl: Architectural Furniture Designer

The Danish architect and furniture designer Finn Juhl is presented through an exclusive selection of furniture, artwork and art

​1989 – ​culture and politics

The autumn of 2019 will mark the thirty year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. The exhibition examines what took place

Hella Jongerius – Breathing Colour

A visual installation featuring colour, shape, light and materials.

Exhibitions 2015

Exhibitions 2015. Between 2013 and October 2018, the museum building was closed due to renovation. In the meantime, the

Exhibitions 2014

Exhibitions 2014 are listed below. Between 2013 and October 2018, the museum building was closed due to renovation. In the

Master Bindings

Master bindings from the Association of Master Bookbinders in Stockholm.

Exhibition about the furniture architect Finn Juhl at Nationalmuseum

In the spring and summer of 2019, Nationalmuseum will mount an exhibition about the Danish architect and furniture designer Finn

Richard Bergh and Nationalmuseum

Through sketches, drawings, letters and press clippings you will meet Richard Bergh, artist (1858–1919) and the director of

From Dawn till Dusk

The exhibition was on display May 28, 2019 –May 24, 2020 at Nationalmuseum Jamtli, Östersund and June 13–November 1, 2020 at

Ten Years of Portraits

This summer’s exhibition, featuring portraits of honour donated by the Gripsholm Association, presents a cavalcade of Swedish

Design Processes: NM&

About a new collection: furnitue and fittings for Nationalmuseu's restaurant.

Carl Larsson and his illustrations

This year, a hundred years after the artist's death, Nationalmuseum draws attention to a lesser-known side of Carl Larsson's

A five-year long acquisition project of Danish art at Nationalmuseum has been concluded

When the Danish Golden Age exhibition at Nationalmuseum comes to an end on 21 July and moves on to Copenhagen, a chapter in the

Designprocesser: NM&

The NM& project has resulted in the furniture and fittings for Nationalmuseum's restaurant. This exhibition features working

Inspiration – Iconic Works/Contemporary Art & Classics

How have international contemporary artists been inspired by the classics of European art? And why is it these works, in

Arcadia –A Paradise Lost

Enter the landscape of imagination.This autumn’s exhibition is all about landscapes.The featured art tell stories about an escape

Zorn – A Swedish Superstar

Get acquainted with Anders Zorn, one of Sweden’s best-known artists, in this spring’s major exhibition at Nationalmuseum,

Agnes Widlund and Konstsalongen Samlaren

This exhibition presents the Art Collector and Gallerist Agnes Widlund. Her gallery Samlaren challenged the Stockholm art scene

Pär Engsheden and Sara Danius’s Nobel Gowns

Pär Engsheden is one of Sweden's foremost designers. Between 2015 and 2018 he created four notable dresses for Sara Danius,

Snowcrash

An exhibition about a Finnish design collective established on an idea laboratory for future-oriented design and later

Migrants

Meet 23 persons who migrated to Sweden, from the mid 17th Century until today. They have all played a crucial role in Swedish

The Curator's Bookcase

​Using examples from the Art Library’s older collection of books The Curator’s Bookcase gave an insight into the emergence of art

Lisa Larson

Lisa Larson is perhaps Sweden's most famous ceramicist, and her figurines are certainly the most popular. The exhibition is the

Handle with Care – Fragile, fleeting, finite

An exhibition about how visual artists and craftsmen have worked with the fragile, the fleeting and the finite in the arts over

Anders Zorn – The Swedish Idyll

2020 marks the 100-year anniversary of Anders Zorn’s death. Kunstmuseum Den Haag in The Hague is celebrating the occasion by

Scandinavian Design & USA – People, Encounters and Ideas, 1890–1980

An exhibition about how Nordic concepts and design influenced and shaped modern American design culture, and vice versa.

Close to Nature – Inspiration for Art and Design

Nationalmuseum's summer exhibition 2021 at Läckö Castel is all about nature and how it has inspired artists and designers from

Bruno Ehrs: Nationalmuseum in a new light

At three locations on the ground floor and in the restaurant, a selection of the photographs Bruno Ehrs made for the book

Du reste qui est libre? Besides, who is free?

“Besides, who is free?” is an exhibition that explores one of the most remarkable artists of the early 20th century. The works of

Royal Salute

Royal Salute from Sweden! Royal Salute showcased European and Swedish art from the collections of the Swedish Nationalmuseum.

Swedish Grace – Art and Design in 1920s Sweden

A hundred years after the Roaring Twenties Nationalmuseum revisited the era in a major exhibition. You could step back in time

“What joy to be a sculptor!”

Ida Matton, Ruth Milles, Alice Nordin, Agnes de Frumerie and Sigrid Fridman are all examples of somewhat forgotten female artists

Giorgio Vasari’s Drawings

The major exhibition of autumn 2022 focused on Giorgio Vasari’s legendary collection of drawings by Italian artists spanning the

Christer Strömholm

Autumn 2022 brings a major exhibition of Christer Strömholm’s photographs taken in Paris in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The main

Still Life – An Exhibition by Lars Norén and Bobo Ericzén

Still Life was an exhibition based on the work, with the same title, written by Lars Norén and staged at the Royal Dramatic

Johannes Jaeger – a pioneer and master of photography

Johannes Jaeger (1832–1908) was the photographer à la mode among the social and economic elite of the late 19th century. In

Ideal and Reality – Nordic Nature

Nationalmuseum Jamtli, Östersund, presents an exhibition featuring artists’ depictions of Nordic nature from the 17th century

Stories from the archives: Fashion and lifestyle in 19th-century imagery

What did the fashion magazines of the past look like? Who read them? In this small exhibition in The Old Library we explore the

The Garden – Six Centuries of Art and Nature

Come out into the garden! This year’s major exhibition is about how mythical and real gardens have been depicted in art, but also

Beauty and the Unexpected. Modern and Contemporary American Crafts

In the spring of 2023, Nationalmuseum will present an exhibition showing American crafts, from the 1950s up until today:

The Romantic Eye

The Romantic Eye, on show at Nationalmuseum autumn 2023, takes a broad view of the period in 19th-century art known as

Just like in a mirror

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