The Museum of Sketches

A unique art museum with a focus on the artistic process. The museum is part of Lund University and houses the world's largest collection of sketches, models and originals for Swedish and international public art. It also offers temporary exhibitions, a café and restaurant, and a rich and varied program for all ages.

Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art is a unique art museum with a focus on the artistic creative process. The museum houses the world's largest collection of sketches, models and prototypes for Swedish and international public art.

The large exhibition halls bring together modern and contemporary art – from small pencil drawings to colorful monumental paintings and large-scale plaster sculptures. Here you will find sketches by international artists such as Henri Matisse, Sonia Delaunay, Henry Moore and Fernand Léger and one of Europe’s foremost collections of sketches by Mexican monumental painters such as Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. The Swedish hall displays works by Sigrid Hjertén, Isaac Grünewald and Siri Derkert and contemporary artists such as Linn Fernström, Ann Edholm and Matthias van Arkel.

In addition to the main exhibitions, the museum presents several temporary exhibitions each year. The museum also offers a rich and varied program for all ages with guided tours, artist talks, lectures, concerts, performances, creative workshops and much more.

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Finngatan 2
223 62
Lund
Tel: 046-222 72 83

Opening hours

Monday -
Tuesday 11:00
- 17: 00
Wednesday 11:00
- 17: 00
Thursday 11:00
- 19: 00
Friday 11:00
- 17: 00
Saturday 12:00
- 17: 00
Sunday 12:00
- 17: 00

Opening hours

Tuesday 11:00
- 17: 00
Wednesday 11:00
- 17: 00
Thursday 11:00
- 19: 00
Friday 11:00
- 17: 00
Saturday 12:00
- 17: 00
Sunday 12:00
- 17: 00
student discount

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