Exhibitions 2011

Museum in a new light: Shimmering Silver 27 January 2011 – March 2012
The exhibition presents silverware from the 1550s to the present day and the variety in silver as a material. The items are on show in both daylight as well as artificial light to show the specific qualities that silver has. The exhibition is part of the project Museum in a new light, which considers how Nationalmuseum’s collections may be exhibited in a renovated museum building.
On Floor 1

Lust & Vice 24 March – 14 August 2011
This spring’s exhibition shows examples of how sexuality, virtue and sin have been depicted in art since the 16th century – from an age when the Church preached that sexual contact was only permitted within wedlock to today’s questioning of who erotic art is created for. A total of 200 works are on show from the museum’s own collections, a mix of paintings, drawings, sculptures and applied art. 
On Floor 2

Visiting gods and goddesses 14 April 2011 – 15 January 2012
An exhibition that both children and adults can experience with all their senses. Come into the homes of the ancient gods and goddesses, poke around their belongings and learn more about their lives and adventures. None of them will be in when you visit. Try Jupiter’s throne, hold Neptune’s trident, make thunder and pat the three-headed dog Cerberus if you dare.
On the main floor, admission free

Peredvizhniki 29 September 2011 – 22 January 2012
This autumn’s exhibition is about the independent artistic society called the Peredvizhniki, which was formed in Russia at the end of the 19th century. The realistic artists depicted the everyday life and social problems, often with a critical tendency, in paintings that are both familiar and unknown at the same time. 
On Floor 2

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