Midwinter in
Moominvalley

Tove Jansson and the Moomins

Tove Jansson is an artist the moment she learns to walk. She is one of our times most prominent figures in children’s literature. During her youth, Jansson worked as an illustrator and artist in many different ways. Somewhere along the way during the 1930s, a small figure is seen amongst her illustrations. Tove calls it Snork and it has a long, slim snout and a whispy tail! As Tove begins writing the story about the little Moomins, the creature has gotten a rounder, and kinder shape.

The tale of the Moomins…

… begins during the 1940s in the book The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945) where we meet Moomintroll and Moominmamma for the first time, in the midst of their search for the missing Moominpappa, who’s gone off searching for a home for the family. The Moomins and the Great Flood brings the reader back to where it all started, when the Moominfamily finally finds Moominpappa in the valley by a big, blue house.

Midwinter in Moominvalley

The new exhibition “Midwinter in Moominvalley” opens June 3rd. Slide through the soft snowscape, roll around amidst snowdrifts or build a lantern of snow. Small and big winter creatures can roll giant snowballs together whilst the northern lights spreads across the sky.

Crawl close, listen, rest and experience how sound and light comes together to awaken the senses. Do you hear the mystical echo under the ice? Or the crackling sound from the bonfire?

The exhibition is produced in creative collaboration with Null Division, Moomin Characters and Rights & Brands.

The exhibition is based on Tove Janssons book Moominland Midwinter (1957).