Multi-day summer holiday programme for children

Whether art, design, books or drawings – the Museum of Decorative Arts, the Picture Gallery, the Art Library, the Kupferstichkabinett and the Museum of Photography invite you to enjoy a varied programme: one-day or multi-day workshops, hands-on activities for the whole family.

There is room for ideas, exchange and new perspectives – in the middle of the city, in the middle of summer.

Multi-day summer holiday programme for children

Picture Gallery
Holidays with Flora
Tue – Thu / 5 August – 7 August 2025 / 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Flowers and grasses are sprouting everywhere. What significance do they have in the paintings of the Picture Gallery? You will learn about mythological figures of nature and portray yourself as one. Using drawing and collage, you will create new worlds of flowers.
Children aged 6–9
Duration: several days, 180 minutes each day
Participation fee: €36
Max. 12 people
Online booking required: www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen
Meeting point: Ticket office/information desk

Art Library
Bombastic printing!
Tues–Thurs / 19–21 August 2025 / 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
What do fireworks and printmaking have in common?  Find out in this holiday workshop. Gather ideas in the study room of the Art Library and draw inspiration from original prints. Then get to work on your own large-format print of fireworks, for example as a linocut.
Children aged 9–12
Duration: several days, 240 minutes each day
Participation fee: €42
Max. 16 people
Online booking required: www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen
Meeting point: Ticket office/information desk

Picture Gallery
Wanderlust
Tues–Thurs / 2–4 Sept 2025 / 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Let's get going – we're travelling through the Picture Gallery! We'll see Venice and the coast of Holland, meet English lords and even Europe herself. Many painters also travelled far and wide: Italy in particular was the country of their dreams. You'll draw and paint your dream landscapes and create a travel journal.
Children aged 9–12
Duration: several days, 180 minutes each day
Participation fee: €36
Max. 12 people
Online booking required: www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen
Meeting point: Ticket office/information desk

Multi-day summer holiday programme for young people

Museum of Decorative Arts
A skirt for me (DIY)
Wed – Fri / 13 – 15 August 2025 / 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
In this workshop, you will sew your own wrap skirt. In the exhibition, you will discover skirts and dresses by famous fashion designers and then use an original pattern to design your own skirt. You can choose the fabric yourself. Please bring your own fabric with you.
After booking, you will receive a list of the materials you will need by email.
Young people aged 12–18
Duration: several days, 240 minutes each day
Participation fee: €42
Max. 12 people
Online booking required: www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen
Meeting point: Ticket office/information desk

Family workshops

Museum of Decorative Arts
Of treasures and lions
Fri / 1 August, 15 August, 29 August 2025 / Start: 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m.
In the Museum of Decorative Arts, you can discover treasures made of gold and silver: lions and elephants, chalices and other vessels. Some objects feature family crests, which indicate their former owners. Go on a search together and be inspired by your family crests or mythical creatures, which you can then design and print. The activity starts every hour and lasts 120 minutes.
Duration: 120 minutes
Participation fee including admission: £15 per family (2 people),
£20 per family (3 or more people)
Limited number of participants
Online booking recommended
Meeting point: Ticket office/information desk

Picture Gallery
Copy Monster
Sat / 19 July, 2 August, 16 August, 30 August 2025 / 2–4 p.m.
The devil is in the details! Hieronymus Bosch was the painter of monsters and demons. His paintings were often copied, for example by Lucas Cranach. Inspired by the pictures, you will create your own monsters. Various reproduction techniques will be used, such as tracing with ink and plastic film, carbon paper and alienating copies.
Duration: 120 minutes
Participation fee including admission: £15 per family (2 people),
£20 per family (3 or more persons)
Limited number of participants
Online booking recommended
Meeting point: Ticket office / Information desk

Picture Gallery
Colour workshop
Sat / 12 July, 26 July, 9 August, 23 August, 6 September 2025 / 2–4 p.m.
The paintings in the Picture Gallery tell stories in colour. What creative or technical tricks can you learn from the Old Masters, and what new ones can you invent? You will experiment with pigments, watercolours and pastels.
Duration: 120 minutes
Participation fee including admission: €15 per family (2 people),
€20 per family (3 or more persons)
Limited number of participants
Online booking recommended
Meeting point: Ticket office/information desk

Museum of Decorative Arts
Draw fashion!
Sun 20 July, 3 August, 17 August, 31 August, 7 September 2025, 2–4 p.m.
In the fashion gallery of the Museum of Decorative Arts, you can discover fashion design from three centuries. The designs were based on fashion drawings. How is a fashion drawing created and what needs to be considered? Be inspired by famous fashion designers and learn how a fashion drawing is composed.
Duration: 120 minutes
Participation fee including admission: €15 per family (2 people),
€20 per family (3 or more people)
Limited number of participants
Online booking required: www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen
Meeting point: Ticket office/information desk

Museum of Photography
Open studio
Every 1st Sunday / 3 August, 7 September 2025 / 12 noon – 4 p.m.
Fashion Fusion: Pattern mix meets photography
In our open studio, you can playfully try out new approaches to fashion photography. You will alter templates and design fashion through pattern drawings or collages, which will then be photographed. The result is a completely new type of fashion photography.
Participation fee including admission: €15 per family (2 people),
€20 per family (3 or more people)
Meeting point: Education room, Museum of Photography

Museum of Photography
Every 3rd Sunday / 20 July, 17 August 2025 / 2–4 p.m.
Wear your photo / Your design! / Workshop
Explore fashion from the 1950s to the 1990s in the exhibition, from Berlin chic to the American look. Which cuts, colours and patterns were popular? And how is this conveyed in Rico Puhlmann's fashion photographs? Be inspired and create your own designs with photography, colour, paper and fabric. Whether brightly coloured, sporty, dreamy or classic – anything is possible here.
Duration: 120 minutes
Participation fee including admission: £15 per family (2 people),
£20 per family (3 or more people)
Limited number of participants
Online booking required: www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen
Meeting point: Ticket office / Information