The Inflatable Museum
An inflatable, temporary museum that can appear anywhere. Each version develops in response to the place and the people it visits.
You can put art in it, perform in it, sleep in it, give it to other artists—or use it to take over a school. Someone can arrive with an idea and give the museum a completely new task.
And of course, it is a proper museum, complete with exhibitions, speeches, openings and all the ceremony that comes with them.
Since its first tour in 2021, the Inflatable Museum has travelled through Southern Norway, visited an international theatre festival in Trondheim and moved into a school in Schlüchtern, Germany.
It is a large inflatable sculpture (6 x 10 meter footprint), a travelling art institution and a framework for making art happen in new places and new ways.
Selected Journeys
Taking over a whole school — Schlüchtern, 2025
The Inflatable Museum moved into Stadtschule Schlüchtern for a week-long workshop and exhibition involving the entire school. Each class received an artistic task and developed a project, culminating in one large collective opening in the schoolyard.
Developed in collaboration with Great Artists Doing Okay and the Crespo Foundation.
Visiting Trondheim’s main square — Bastard Festival, 2023
The Inflatable Museum brought its art collection into the city, inviting visitors to curate their own exhibitions on inflatable plinths. The programme also included a new collective flamingo performance, a playable cactus and human-controlled tivoli machines.
Presented as part of Bastard International Theatre Festival, organised by Rosendal Teater, Trondheim.
Museum team: Ulrik Waaarli Grimstad, Thomas Askeland Svendsen, Buster Bruun, Erlend Evensen, Julia Bruun and Pelle Brage.
Tour de Sørlandet — Southern Norway, 2021
The Inflatable Museum opened with great ceremony in the summer of 2021 before setting off on its first tour. It appeared at Kilen in Finsland, Åros Strand, Sandøya by Søgne Old Rectory and Odderøya.
At each stop, the museum inflated itself and set up camp away from the usual institutional centres. It remained in a continuous state of opening, complete with speeches, music, tall glasses, canapés, a café and a museum shop.
Visitors were welcome to dress for the occasion and take part in the ceremony. The tour brought the museum—and the social situation surrounding it—directly into places where people lived and spent time.
Organised by JAM PUBLIC with Trond Nicholas Perry, Reidun Mork, Filip Ring, Julia Rosa Bruun and Pelle Brage.
Supported by KORO – Public Art Norway, Cultiva and Agder County Municipality.
