Dance Museum

Description of Dansmuseet

The Dance Museum in Stockholm (Dansmuseet in Swedish) is a very special kind of museum, with hardly any equal in any other cities.

The theme is performing and visual arts including collections, concerts, performances and dance courses.

The founder of the Stockholm Dance Museum, the Swede Rolf de Maré (1884-1964) was a leader of the Wedish Ballet in Paris inte 1920´s, and in the 1930´s he opened what is said to be the worlds first Dance museum.

Parts of the collections where later brought to Stockholm by Maré, and in 1953 the museum opened for the first time in Stockholm.

Opening hours

May - Sep
Mon - Fri 11am - 4pm, Sat - Sun 12 - 4pm

Oct - Apr
Tue - Fri 11am - 4pm, Sat - Sun 12 - 4pm,
Monday closed

Fees

Collections: Free
Temporary exhibitions: Adults 40kr, Children 0-18 Free

Address Dansmuseet

Gustav Adolfs torg 22–24, Stockholm
Metro: T-Centralen, T-Kungsträdgården
Bus: Bus 2, 43, 55, 62, 65, 71, 76

Contact details

Tel: (+46) +46 - (0)8 4417650
Web: www.dansmuseet.nu

Current events

Two superstars Nureyev and Baryshnikov
Their example to other dancers, their achievements as ballet leaders and their productions of the classics changed the whole course of classical ballet.

Location of Dance Museum

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