Moderna Museet

About the museum

Moderna Museet opened on 9 May 1958 in the former Exercishuset on Skeppsholmen. The idea of a house of its own for contemporary art had already been raised in 1908. Otte Sköld, Director General of the Nationalmuseum, together with the association Moderna Museets Vänner (Friends of Moderna Museet), gave the Nationalmuseum's collection of 20th-century art a home of its own. The museum's first exhibition was a showing of Pablo Picasso's Guernica.

The museum is run by a state administrative agency and has the task of collecting, preserving, showing and communicating art from the 20th and 21st centuries in all its forms. It is also a central museum with national responsibility, promotes international contacts through touring exhibitions and is responsible for Swedish participation in art biennials.

Over time the building on Skeppsholmen has been extended, and the museum has acquired a second house in Malmö. The collection is shown in changing presentations, in which artists such as Robert Rauschenberg and the Surrealists have been the focus. The museum also has a library, a cinema, a restaurant and a studio gallery.

The waterside location on Skeppsholmen, with its view over the entrance to Stockholm, is part of the experience, and each year the museum stages several major exhibitions and programmes for all ages.

Highlights

• The collection of modern and contemporary art
• Robert Rauschenberg and the Moderna Museet collection
• Surrealism in the Moderna Museet collection
• Swedish art 1945–1979
• The waterside location on Skeppsholmen

Permanent exhibitions

• Robert Rauschenberg och Moderna Museets samling – Works by Robert Rauschenberg presented together with other parts of the museum's collection.
• Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling – Surrealist works from the museum's collection.
• Svensk konst 1945–1979 i Moderna Museets samling – Swedish post-war art from the collection.

Founded

1958

Operated by

Moderna Museet (statlig myndighet)

Director

Gitte Ørskou

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Free Fridays 18:00–20:00

Tickets are cheaper when bought online. Free admission for everyone under 19 and for members of Klubb Moderna. The museum is cashless; on site you pay by card.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Two lifts connect the museum's three public floors, and all doors open automatically except those to the Studiegalleriet, where staff will help. Large accessible toilets on all three floors. A wheelchair can be borrowed at the information desk. Hearing loops are in the Auditoriet and the Biografen, and ear defenders can be borrowed. Disabled parking for permit holders is available outside the main entrance and the waterside entrance.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Hands-on stations
• Stroller-friendly
• Baby changing facilities

Family Sundays, activities during school holidays and child-friendly programmes. Changing tables on all floors, pram parking, and baby carriers and pushchairs available to borrow. Prams may be taken into the exhibitions unless otherwise stated.

Getting there & parking

Main entrance: Exercisplan 4.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museum shop
• Coat check
• Lockers
• Wi-Fi

Restaurant, café Blom and a coffee bar on floor 4. You may eat your own packed lunch inside the entrance facing the water on floor 1. Free Wi-Fi. Lockable lockers on floors 4 and 1 and an unattended cloakroom on floor 4.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

Spaces can be rented for conferences and events.

Plan your visit