Anniversary program at The Nordic Museum
11/09/2023In October, Nordiska museet celebrates its 150th anniversary, which will be marked with a celebration, a packed program for the autumn, and a brand new art exhibition featuring Daniel Youssef and Strindberg. Furthermore, the museum is embarking on its largest exhibition ever, enhancing the museum building, and welcoming the audience with a new visual identity.
The anniversary program also includes lecture series in collaboration with Stockholm University, knitting workshops with guest lectures, craft workshops, Lucia celebrations, and Christmas programs. During the autumn, the museum will also complete the largest contemporary base exhibition in Sweden, “Nordic People,” and improve physical accessibility through new architectural and iconic additions to the building.
Fall program at The Nordic Museum:
September 13 | Stick-aw: Wool, Yarn, and Sheep
Wool producers, brands, and experts lecture and discuss how we can better utilize Swedish wool.
September 20 | Forest Lab: Humans, Forest, Fire
The museum’s Forest Lab lecture series explores the historical and contemporary relationships between humans and forests in cross-border discussions, from slash-and-burn agriculture to climate-related forest fires.
September 23-24 | Apple Festival at the Nordiska museet
When all of Djurgården hosts the Apple Festival, the museum offers an apple market at Lusknäppens café.
September 23 | Preserving Our Green Cultural Heritage
A lecture on preserving plant genetic resources as an important part of our green cultural heritage.
September 27 | Pär Engsheden X Nordiska museet
An exclusive viewing of timeless elegance, exquisite craftsmanship, and tailored dreams in the fashion exhibition “Nordens Paris.”
September 27 | Nordics: What is the North?
Experts Bi Puranen, Barbro Blehr, Markus Idvall, and Fredrik Svanberg address the topic. The evening’s moderator is Ninos Josef.
October 20 | Anniversary Celebration with Klubb VI SOM BARA VILL DANSA (Club We Who Just Want to Dance)
October 24 | 150th Anniversary at the Museum with the Inauguration of an Architectural Addition to the Building
October 27 | New Exhibition Opens: Strindberg vs. Youssef
Strindberg vs. Youssef is a contemporary art exhibition based on Strindberg’s novel “Inferno.” Artist Daniel Youssef uses scrambled words, paranoid representation, and neon to stage his text-based work alongside one of Strindberg’s most iconic paintings.
October 30-31 | Night at Nordiska museet
The Family Event of the Year. Rumors have it that the museum has a time machine they’ve lost control over. Could it be true that historical beings and creatures roam freely in the grand building?
Week 44 | Fall Break at the Nordiska museet with Family Trails and Open Access Every Day in Tidsvalvet and Lekstugan.
Pop-up exhibition with Clara Dackenberg in the Museum Shop.
November 8 | Workshop: Sashiko & Boro with Jennie Dahlén
November 11 | Our Future – A Day of Visions, Research, Opportunities, and Threats
Lectures, panel discussions, workshops, writing rooms, AI, and robots. A collaboration between Nordiska museet and the Institute for Futures Studies.
November 29 | Family & Social Relationships in the North
Fataneh Farahani, Maria Bäckman, Anna Fredholm, Patrik Lundberg in a conversation about family and social relationships.
December 6 | Snaps & Folklore
Elin Unnes and Tora Wall in a conversation about schnapps, herbs, folklore, and superstitions during the holiday season.
December-January 3 | Christmas Forest with Pernilla Wåhlin Norén
Experience a magical Christmas forest around the Gustav Vasa statue at Nordiska museet.
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