Villa Curiosa is a sensory, absurd, and philosophical exhibition for children that focuses on interpreting and experiencing Nationalmuseum's collections and art in general. Original artworks are combined with props in hands-on, experience-based settings. The exhibition is open on Saturdays and Sundays. School groups can pre-book visits on weekday mornings.
Practical info
Who: Children aged 6–11 and their accompanying curious adults. Max 1 adult per child. No less than 1 adult per 4 children.
Where: The ground floor
Admission: Free
Tickets: You need a (free) ticket to get into the exhibition. All tickets are for fixed time slots. Tickets can be picked up at the information desk in the entrance hall for time slots that same day.
Opening hours: Saturday–Sunday 11:15–16:15.
The first time slot is at 11:15, the last one at 15:45. A time slot lasts 30 minutes. After that, there is a 15-minute break before the next group is admitted.
About Villa Curiosa
Behind the door, you will find a wondrous home filled with collected memories, oddities, and amazing artworks. Who lives here?
If you look for the answer, you'll find traces and clues. Maybe more than one person lives here? Who has made the drawings? Whose jacket hangs in the cabinet?
Girl Looking Through a Telescope, painted by Pietro Antonio Rotari.
Wondrous things throughout the ages, illustration by Alexander Jansson.
Villa Curiosa for school groups
Pre-booked school groups can visit the exhibition before the rest of the museum opens to the public. Find out more about Villa Curiosa for schools (in Swedish). School groups who want to visit the exhibition on their own are welcome during the museum's regular opening hours. Please get in touch with us no less than two weeks prior to your visit: skola@nationalmuseum.se.
Scenography and artistic design: Luise Midtgaard
Drawings in the girl's drawing pad: Kristian Berglund
Oil painting in the library (copy of the girl with binoculars): Johan Patricny
Illustration / fund wall outside the exhibition: Alexander Jansson