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Autumn break at the museum

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Bring the whole family to the museum during the autumn break! Open every day throughout the week.

Autumn break opening hours (Week 44)

Monday: 11 AM – 5 PM
Tuesday: 11 AM – 5 PM
Wednesday: 11 AM – 8 PM
Thursday: 11 AM – 5 PM
Friday: 11 AM – 5 PM
Saturday: 11 AM – 5 PM
Sunday: 11 AM – 5 PM

Día de Muertos Opening

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Día de Muertos is a vibrant tradition where many cultures honor their departed loved ones and celebrate their memory. During the autumn break, we decorate the museum and celebrate Día de Muertos with a variety of activities for both children and adults.

Date & Time
October 26, 2:00 PM

Price
Included in the annual pass and day ticket. Free entry for visitors under 19.

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Autumn Festival – Noche de Muertos

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This autumn festival is dedicated to the dead with a grand, colorful Noche de Muertos (Night of the Dead). Tania Naranjo brings a rhythmic five-piece band, DJ Camila Astorga Díaz raises the pulse in a decorated house with bars, dancing, a lecture, and much more. An altar called an ofrenda will be created by the Mexican Association, and the dead are invited to the offering table and the celebration!

Date & Time
October 29, 5:00 PM

Price
Included in the annual pass. Free entry for visitors under 19.
Note! Ticket booking required!

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Decorate a Mexican Sugar Skull

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Now you have the chance to learn how to make Mexican sugar skulls for decoration!
Limited spots, pre-booking recommended. One adult and up to two children included per ticket.

Date & Time
October 26, 11:30 & 1:00 PM
October 30, 12:00 & 2:00 PM
November 1, 2:00 & 3:30 PM

Price
80 SEK. Adults also need the museum’s annual pass.

Make a Piñata

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Katia Ibarra from the Mexican Association helps us create our own piñatas. We’ll make Día de Muertos piñatas shaped like skulls.
Limited spots, pre-booking recommended. One adult and up to two children included per ticket.

Date & Time
November 1, 2:00 PM
November 2, 2:00 PM

Price
80 SEK. Adults also need the museum’s annual pass.

Create a Memory Box

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Who do you miss? Come and create a nicho – a memory box for someone you miss or want to honor. As part of the Día de Muertos tradition, memory boxes called nichos are decorated to remember and honor someone who has passed away.
Limited spots, pre-booking recommended. One adult and up to two children included per ticket.

Date & Time
October 28, 12:00 & 2:30 PM

Price
80 SEK. Adults also need the museum’s annual pass.

Mask Workshop with Katia Ibarra

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Katia Ibarra, an artist from Mexico, helps us create handmade skull masks out of papier-mâché (newspaper and glue).
Limited spots, pre-booking recommended.

Date & Time
October 26, 12:00 & 3:30 PM

Price
80 SEK/person. Adults also need the museum’s annual pass.

Decorate a Skull on a Stick

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Mexican artist Katia Ibarra helps us decorate handmade papier-mâché skulls. The result will be colorful, unique, and fun! You can take your skull home.
Limited spots, pre-booking required. One adult and up to two children included per ticket.

Date & Time
October 29, 12:00 & 2:00 PM

Price
80 SEK. Adults also need the museum’s annual pass.

Craft Mexican Paper Flowers

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Come and learn how to make Mexican paper flowers. You can take them home with you. For ages 4 and up.
Limited spots, pre-booking required. One adult and up to two children included per ticket.

Date & Time
October 25, 2:00 & 3:30 PM
October 27, 12:00 & 2:00 PM
October 28, 12:00 & 2:00 PM
October 31, 12:00 & 2:00 PM

Price
80 SEK/person. Adults also need the museum’s annual pass.

Skeleton & Lantern Workshop

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Come to the museum and create fun – and maybe a little spooky – skeletons. You can also make a memorial lantern for someone you miss. Take your lantern home or give it as a gift.
Drop in/drop out between 11:30 AM and 3:30 PM.

Date & Time
October 25 – November 2, daily from 11:30 AM

Price
Included in the annual pass. Free entry for visitors under 19.

Paint a Skull Mask

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Paint a paper skull mask. Take it home or give it to someone you like.
Drop in/drop out between 11:30 AM and 3:30 PM.

Date & Time
October 25 – November 2, daily from 11:30 AM

Price
Included in the annual pass. Free entry for visitors under 19.

World of Games

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Explore 4,000 years of gaming history and challenge each other in new and historical games from around the world. Some are so rare they haven’t been played in hundreds of years.

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Together

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Visit the popular Together with play and learning for both young and old.
Here, children and adults explore together through body, heart, and mind.

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The Glade

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In the exhibition The Glade you can influence sound and light in different ways. With your body, you interact with the room and other visitors. The Glade can be experienced according to your own ability and curiosity.

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