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Bring the whole family - even the grandparents - for a day of playing, creating and building together in the museum's creative workshop (free with the purchase of admission).
Explore the themes of the current exhibitions and unfold your shared experiences in the company of an art host.
Family workshops open the senses and show new ways to approach art for young and old.
Family workshops are included in the admission price and take place in the workshop.Children have free admission to the museum.
The ArtStronauts — Go on space travel on the mysterious art planet. The ArtStronauts is a fun outdoor activity for the whole family. Here we play that ARKEN is our spaceship, which has crashed on 'The Mysterious Art Planet', where you can explore among the museum's outdoor works. All around the museum there are various sculptures that must be explored with all the senses, and in the Artstronaut set, which can be picked up free of charge in the museum shop, there are various tasks that allow children to experience the works in different creative ways. The trip takes about half an hour and must take place in the company of an adult. At the end of the tour, the kit is handed over to the store, where you will receive your ArtStronaut certificate, and then the play can continue in the family workshop. Photo: Birgitte Bay Overgaard
The sensory room Pool offers a different and fun way into the arts for children and childlike souls. This space is a sensory bath, where it's more about how it feels than what it's all supposed to mean. Pull the curtain aside and step into a colorful universe. Take off your shoes, feel your feet on the floor, swoop into the light and throw yourself into the balls. You may lose your orientation for a while, but go and discover the world from new angles. In Pool you can take an art break and have fun with each other.
Everyone is welcome in the museum's workshop - a space inspired by the exhibition Anish Kapoor — Unseen. Here, young and old can add shapes and colors to their impressions from the exhibition and create sculptures in red and black materials. The sculptures can be brought home or become part of the community works that will grow during the exhibition. The workshop is open every day. The workshop is staffed on Saturday and Sunday from 11am - 4pm to help children and adults with the creations. Children must be in the company of an adult.
Explore the Sculpture Park around ARKEN. Borrow a handcart at the museum shop and see how many sculptures you can spot. Find the House in the Water by Karolin Schwab, try to reach the ground from the top step of Jeppe Hein's bench or discover new reflections of yourself and the world around you in his big cage.
Children of all ages are welcome everywhere at ARKEN, including in the café of course, where we offer healthy, classic children's favourites.
ARKEN has free parking. It is also free to bring bicycles on the S-train, and the bike ride from Ishøj Station (2.6 km) to the museum is an experience in itself — the red, dancing lampposts by Jeppe Hein light the way to the museum.
Curator Rasmus Stenbakken takes you very close to selected works in the Anish Kapoor exhibition, giving you an insight into the exhibition and the artist.The art session lasts half an hour. Afterwards you can enjoy either a cup of coffee and today's cake or a glass of wine in the café. You will receive a voucher to the cafe, which you can use on this day.
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What are the consequences if, as a young person, you choose to become a gang member and commit crime? What does sexual consent, trust and respect actually mean? The evening's talks are co-created with 1.A and 1.B from the South Coast and are organized on the occasion of the museum's exhibition Group Therapy — New Contemporary Art.
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Therapy Cart is a tour format like you've never experienced before.
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Therapy Cart is a tour format like you've never experienced before.
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Who is Anish Kapoor and what will he tell us through his works? Come to an inspector's lecture about the artist, who has had a 40-year career, from which ARKEN shows selections. Hear about how the exhibition takes the form of a total intervention in architecture, which challenges and changes the habitual way around the house — and which paves the way for new ways to see and experience the works and spaces.
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Join KLUB ARKEN and art dealer Camilla Rohde Madsen and experience contemporary art in new surroundings at Østerbro. Several large galleries have moved to this district or have just opened new exhibition spaces here.
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The beach, the water and the park will form the setting for a very special day where children, adults, art and nature come together and create spaces for community, freedom and development. It's free and anyone can join.
+ Find out moreThe beach, the water and the park will form the setting for a very special day where children, adults, art and nature come together and create spaces for community, freedom and development. It's free and anyone can join.
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Visit the exhibition together with curator Jenny Lund, who talks about selected works in Group Therapy, which deals with emotions, hope and healing. After the art session, enjoy a cup of coffee/tea and today's cake or a glass of wine in the café. You will receive a voucher that you can use on this day (the voucher cannot be used elsewhere in the house).
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Exciting bus tour to Trapholt Museum and Clay Ceramics Museum with KLUB ARKEN.
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Take part in a fun and creative summer picture school at ARKEN together with other children.
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