Family Culture Night is Culture Night as you know it, but exclusively with events for small and big children accompanied by their adults. Copenhagen Cultural District will offer several magical experiences which open up the rich and diverse world of culture to a child’s perspective. See you for a magical afternoon and evening on the 14th of March!
Read the full programme and get your Culture Pass here.
Archaeologist for an evening!
Children of all ages can become archaeologists for an evening when the Museum of Copenhagen invites you inside the Archaeological Workshop in Stormgade. Here you can help investigate the many exciting finds that the museum’s archaeologists excavate from the ground under the city’s streets and sidewalks. What colour pottery do they find most? Red, yellow, green or blue? Or with stripes, dots and flowers? Can you tell the difference between animal bones from a goat, a cow, a horse and a fish? You may have to use the microscopes to be able to see it.Put on your blue gloves and become an archaeologist for an evening!
The event is for children of all ages in the company of their adults.
Where: Stormgade 20, st., 1555 København K
When: 16.00-20.00
Breaking Darkness x Kunst på Barsel
All parents with young children are invited to see the Lars von Trier exhibition Breaking Darkness at Nikolaj Kunsthal. In collaboration with Kunst på Barsel, they offer a special tour for both little ones (0-2 years) and their parents through this immersive installation, where dramatic scenography creates a sensory backdrop.
There is space for prams and nappy changes, and there will be a relaxation area with bean bags with room for play time. Two guided tours are available, at 16:30 and 17:30, both led by Malou Solfjeld, a mother, art historian, and the founder of the Kunst på Barsel concept. For several years, Malou has been hosting well-attended tours at art institutions tailored specifically for parents on maternity leave.
Where: Nikolaj Plads 10, 1067 København K
When: 16.30 and 17.30
Discover a festive tradition you might not know!
This year, Family Culture Night coincides with the Jewish holiday of Purim – rich in tradition, filled with masks, costumes, and delicious food. At the Danish Jewish Museum you will explore the tradition and the fairy tale-like story of Queen Esther, who saved her people from the wicked Haman. You can create your own mask with beautiful beads and feathers or craft a noisy grogger to scare away the evil Haman! There will be hot chocolate for the children and coffee for the adults, and the whole family can taste the traditional triangular cookies, hamantaschen.
Where: Proviantpassagen 6, 1218 København K
When: 16.00-20.00
Get creative at the Royal Library
The Black Diamont – The Royal Library invites children and their adults inside for a creative workshop. Draw, cut and paste your favourite things and objects that you collect, and create a cabinet of curiosities for your very own collections. Maybe you collect beautiful stones, rare stamps, Pokémon cards or something completely different? The Royal Library collect books, letters, photographs, globes, computer games and much, much more. It is all something that tells an important story. Experience the magic of the library’s Old Reading Room and unleash your creativity among old books and amidst the presence of history!
Where: Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1, 1221 København K
When: 16.00-20.00
Make your own story with author Emma Rosenzweig
How do we create good stories? Join Gammel Strand as author Emma Rosenzweig takes out a pair of scissors and cuts up old stories to find new ones. On Family Culture Night only, Gammel Strand provides the setting for a creative workshop, where children and adults can create stories together.
There will also be guided tours for children in the current exhibition Just Kids.
Where: Gammel Strand 48, 1202 København K
When: 16.00-20.00
Become a piece of art
Step into the magical Thorvaldsens Museum for a fun-filled evening of art, creativity, and glowing lights! The fantastic illustrator Daniel Frost will be sketching quick portraits in the museum’s hall – turning kids into busts! You can also grab some colours and draw your best friend, sister, or cousin as a bust.
Watch the museum’s stunning sculptures glow in dazzling colours while cosy lanterns fill the space with a warm light. Step into the art – listen, pose, and become a statue! Climb onto a pedestal like a real statue, and stike a pose – or listen to the story of HEBE and VENUS.
Where: Bertel Thorvaldsens Plads 2, 1213 København K
When: 16.00-20.00
Become a real circus artist at BLOX!
At BLOX, you’ll find open workshops for children of all ages. You get a chance to do any kind of juggling with balls, diavolo sticks, diavolo and toothbrushes, learn to balance with plates, feathers and stilts, swing with poise, hula hoop and isis wings, dress up, mime and do clown acts. Anything can happen and everybody can participate.
You can also learn to ride a unicycle with instructors from the Danish Freestyle Team, multiple times world champions in several categories. There will also be unicycle-shows with the Danish Freestyle Team.
Where: Bryghuspladsen, 1473 København K
When: 16.00-20.00
Test your abiblites at the NERF Gun shooting range!
At the Danish War Museum you can test your abilities on the Nerf gun shooting range and hold real weapons; from the heavy muskets to a Kalashnikov. In the War Museum’s great Kanonhal, you can try the shooting range and learn to shoot – with Nerf guns. Nerf guns shoots with harmless foam cartridges. Or you can test your precision throwing with “grenades.”
Where: Tøjhusgade 3, 1220 København K
When: 16.00-20.00