Moving Museums Through Play

At the National Museum, we want to play more with history. In MMTP, we experiment with how.

In our major program on play, Moving Museums Through Play (MMTP), researchers and practitioners collaborate to develop playful experiences and knowledge about play in museums. The program is funded by the LEGO Foundation and runs from August 2024 to the end of December 2027.

Museums in the program

Jelling - Home of the Viking Kings

Frilandsmuseet

Kronborg Castle

Frøslevlejren

The National Museum Copenhagen

The Ships in Holbæk

Trelleborg

Krigsmuseet

Results

We develop experiences, approaches, and knowledge about play across cultural history museums and continuously share our findings.

Read our latest insights on play

News

Follow what's happening in Moving Museums Through Play

The ship is loaded with.... play!

30.05.2025

We have now launched Track 3 in our major play program, Moving Museums Through Play (MMTP). The track focuses on competence development and will offer plenty of small experiments—and, hopefully, lots of insights into playful museum experiences—over the next 1.5 years...

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New team members for Moving Museums Through Play

01.04.2025

Moving Museums Through Play is a research and dissemination program that explores how play can enrich museum experiences. To strengthen this work across the museum’s visitor sites, two researchers and a co-designer have been hired...

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Kick-off: Moving Museums Through Play

03.03.2025

We have officially launched Moving Museums Through Play—a three-year research and dissemination program where we explore the potential of play across the National Museum’s visitor sites...

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Partnership

The National Museum collaborates with leading play researchers and experts from the Lab for Play and Design (Design School Kolding) to ensure the success of the program.

The program is funded by the LEGO Foundation.

Contact

Katrine Berg Pedersen
Program Leader
katrine.berg.pedersen@natmus.dk

Official address:

Moving Museums Through Play
Nationalmuseet
Frederiksholms Kanal 12
1220 København K Danmark