About
Moving Museums Through Play is a research and dissemination program aimed at exploring, developing, and evaluating playful museum experiences at the National Museum.
From takeoff to imprint
Moving Museums Through Play investigates and tests playful approaches in the National Museum’s exhibitions and activities. The program is supported by the LEGO Foundation and results in new experiments and experiences for children, youth, and adults alike. The goal is to create new knowledge about the potential of play in a museum context and to experiment with how museum experiences can be made more playful.
Change through play
The program runs over three and a half years—from 2024 to 2027—and is titled Moving Museums Through Play. The name directly reflects the core of the program: placing play at the center and exploring its potential to transform the museum experience.
The program unfolds in three tracks across eight of the National Museum’s visitor sites:
1: Research on museum experiences and approaches
Track 1 researches playful audience experiences and develops knowledge and approaches to investigate, design, and evaluate playful museum experiences.
2: Playful museum experiences for children, youth, and adults
In Track 2, larger playful audience experiences are developed at three visitor sites:
The Ships in Holbæk – Kongernes Jelling – The National Museum Copenhagen
3: Competence development across the National Museum
Track 3 focuses on developing knowledge and skills through action research across:
Frilandsmuseet – Frøslevlejren – Krigsmuseet – Kronborg Castle – The National Museum Copenhagen – Trelleborg
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