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From 20 December 2025

Christmas Holiday 2025

Be amazed this Christmas holiday at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam

Your Christmas holiday starts at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam. Visit the Ekow Nimako exhibition, take part in the LEGO® printing workshop, and create your own LEGO® art! In FEEST! Worldwide, you can learn more about global Christmas traditions and make your own ice star out of straw. 

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Or take part in one of the many activities in the interactive exhibition Raad van de Raaf. In Kuluk's kitchen, you can cook the most delicious dishes and snacks or set off with a museum guide who will show you around the exhibition. And in the light hall, you can make a poster with your message for the climate. See the full program below.

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam is open every day during the Christmas holidays. Except on Thursday, December 25, 2025, and Thursday, January 1, 2026, then the museum is closed.

Workshop: Making ice stars

What Christmas traditions does your family have? And how do people decorate their homes during Christmas in other countries? Straw is one of the natural materials that were used in the past to make all kinds of utensils, such as baskets. After the harvest and in winter, straw decorations were made in many places around the world. In Mexico, people made Nacimiento, the nativity scene with figurines, or decorated their home altars with Christmas angels. In Scandinavian countries, such as Finland, people make Julbocken, the Christmas goat. In Germany, people made ice crystals and stars for the Christmas tree. Learn how to make ice stars this winter at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam. 

For whom: ages 6+, When: daily, Time: 12:00-4:00 p.m., join in if there is space, walk-ins welcome until 3:30 p.m., Location: FEEST! Worldwide, Price: free with a museum ticket

Workshop: ijssterren maken

Create your own art with LEGO®

Did you know that you can create your own art with LEGO®? Come to Wereldmuseum Amsterdam and take part in the LEGO® printing workshop. Inspired by the work of Ekow Nimako, an artist who built a landscape of the future using more than a million black LEGO® bricks, you can make your own print of the future! Work on your own future vision during the Christmas holidays. Instead of stacking them, this printing technique involves placing each LEGO® brick on the same level. You come up with your own design and print it. Layers can also be printed on top of each other, creating new shapes. What do you see in the city of the future? Smart buildings, crazy inventions, dancing bridges, or robot trees? Will you join us?

For whom: ages 6+, When: daily, Time: 12:00-4:00 p.m., join in if there is space, walk-ins welcome until 3:30 p.m., Location: Building Black Civilizations – The Nile 3025, Price: free with a museum ticket

Drukken met LEGO

Guided tour + hands-on activity Made in China

Discover the art of making in the Made in China exhibition. Explore the past and present of China's making culture, from trade networks and traditional techniques to the vision of contemporary artists. Join the creative activity and learn the art of copying by making your own block-printed painting, inspired by masterpieces by the famous Qi Baishi.

For whom: ages 6+, When: daily, Time: 1:30-2:00 p.m., Location: Made in China, Price: free with a museum ticket, Reservations: not required but possible via this page

Rondleiding + maakactiviteit Made in China

Story time

Especially for the little ones, we read aloud in the junior exhibition Raad van de Raaf. Listen to a beautiful story and then explore the exhibition on your own.

For whom: ages 4-6, When: daily, Time: 10:30-11:00 a.m., Location: Raad van de Raaf, Price: free with a museum ticket, Reservations: not required, but possible via the ticket button below

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Workshop: cooking in the kitchen of Kuluk

The kitchen of the Greenlandic Kuluk is filled with delicious smells. Together with a museum teacher, you will make Romkugler from leftover cake or Village soup with seasonal vegetables.

For whom: ages 6+, When: daily, Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m., Location: Raad van de Raaf, Price: free with a museum ticket, Reservations: not required but possible via the ticket button below

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Raad van de Raaf: Tour

Explore the exhibition with a museum teacher. They will show you around and tell you the most fascinating stories! After the tour, you can take part in the ‘Greenlandic cake’ cooking workshop or a ‘make your own (action) poster’ workshop.

For whom: ages 6+, When: daily, Time: 1:30-2:15 p.m. and 3:00-3:45 p.m., Location: Raad van de Raaf, Price: free with a museum ticket, Reservations: not required, but possible via the ticket button below

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Workshop: Create your own Poster for the Planet

The Raad van de Raaf consists of children who take action for the climate. Do you have a great idea about how we could take better care of the earth? This is your chance to create a poster with your message! Be inspired by the Raad van de Raaf exhibition and get started.

For whom: ages 6+, When: December 20-24, Time: 12:00-4:00 p.m., join in if there is space, walk-ins welcome until 3:30 p.m., Location: Lichthal, Price: free with a museum ticket

Poster for the Planet

Raad van de Raaf. Hands-on exhibition for climate heroes!

What's going on at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam? Feathers are everywhere and you can hear the sound of melting ice. In Raad van de Raaf, you will meet Raymi from the Netherlands and Ivalu from Greenland. They are members of Raad van de Raaf, a club of children who are working together to support the environment. Raymi and Ivalu introduce you to people from Greenland, Peru, Morocco, and Bangladesh, who show you how they live with climate change. How do they adapt, and how resilient are you? The new children's exhibition offers lots of activities for children. Test your balance in hunter Lars' kayak, hop on Greenlandic Malik's dog sled, listen to the sound of melting ice caps, and gather ideas for a better world.

For whom: ages 6+, When: daily, Time: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Location: Raad van de Raaf, Price: free with a museum ticket

Raad van de Raaf. Doe-tentoonstelling voor klimaathelden!

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