In Groningen, you will find art all around you. There is a suitable exhibition for everyone. Get away from it all and marvel at one of the cool places below, for example.
Brainstorm
Universiteitsmuseum | until 4 January 2026 - Yes really, everyone has them: brains. And yet it remains a mystery why you sometimes effortlessly grab an eierbal, but have no appetite for other things. In Brainstorm you will discover how wanting, perceiving, thinking and doing together put your upper chamber to work. You also get tips on how to keep that complicated brain healthy. Test your reactions, awaken hallucinations and delve into brain research from medieval skulls to modern insights.
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Tattoo
Forum | until 4 January 2026 - What was once hidden away under sleeves is now starkly visible: tattoos are everywhere. But where does this urge to let your skin speak with ink come from? And what do those drawings tell us about who we are? Forum Groningen presents the exhibition Tattoo. The exhibition shows the rich history of tattoos, from ancient rituals in Samoa to innovative styles and techniques that make tattooing a modern art form.
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The Colours of the Wadden Sea
Kunstcentrum de Ploeg | until 1 February 2026 - The Wadden is more than a grey plain and a UNESCO World Heritage Site for good reason. In The Colours of the Wadden you will discover how artists, including members of De Ploeg, see and depict the landscape anew, from bright fields of colour to installations with paint made from algae and algae. Artists' association De Ploeg was founded in 1918 by young artists looking for more space to exhibit and develop in Groningen. Be surprised by the colours of the Wadden Sea.
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From us, for tomorrow
Fraeylemaborg estate | until 1 March 2026 - What if the future begins with those who live there now? In From us, for tomorrow, you see Slochteren through the eyes of six residents. Their personal stories give a sense of what life is like here and how it looks ahead, while touching on a bigger question: how can Groningen change and still remain itself? The exhibition can be seen in the Coach House of the Fraeylemaborg Estate and provides a nice counterpoint to the age-old stories in the borg itself.
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Who writes history?
Museum aan de A / Groninger Museum | until 6 April 2026 - The exhibition Who writes history? by Museum aan de A is now on show at the Groninger Museum. It shows how the future Museum aan de A is taking shape and how stories about Groningen are being compiled and told, from centuries-old reliquaries to double-thumb woolen mittens and a robotic arm that uses live data to literally write history. Museum aan de A invites you to help think about how the new museum tells history.
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Loki - Lives and loves of a master painter
MOW Museum Westerwolde | until 3 May - Thirty years after his death, the MOW revives the magic of Lodewijk 'Loki' Bruckman. The hairs of a rope, the delicate lines of a feather, the frayed edge of a piece of fabric, everything is painted as if you could grab it right off the canvas. His compositions are full of symbols of growth, reverses and life and death. Here, children can practise secret language, create their own still life and discover painting jokes.
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Hip Hop Is
Groninger Museum | Soon: 20 December to 10 May 2026 - In Hip Hop Is, it's as if you step into a space that vibrates, chafes and dares, art that doesn't want to hang neatly on the wall, but looks you straight in the face. Hip hop is not a genre here, but an attitude to life: creative resistance, claiming your own style, making the truth sound louder than is comfortable. You wander past work that fizzles, and in between you notice that Groningen, unexpectedly stubborn and proud, has been part of this global hip-hop culture for years.
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Silver Camera - Photo exhibition 2024
Forum | Coming soon: 8 to 27 January 2026 - The travelling exhibition Zilveren Camera 2024 shows the best Dutch press photos and demonstrates how a picture can say more than a thousand words. From the last kilometres of Sifan Hassan to forgotten stories of the first Turkish women in the Netherlands, here tension, emotion and humanity are right in every image. Together with the other winners, you will discover how visual journalism captures our lives, sometimes grand, sometimes intimate, always impressive.
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AR Graffiti: Hall of Fame
EMG Stadshavens | Coming soon: 31 January 2026 to 22 February 2026 - Those who still dismiss graffiti as something for obscure loitering youth have not yet seen AR Graffiti: Hall of Fame. In this installation, you stap the middle of a world where street art, light and sound come together. At the EMG in Stadshavens, Groningen collective WERC brings graffiti to life with interactive projections and a specially composed soundscape. You will move through the work and see how graffiti grows here from street art to digital art form.
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Marilyn Monroe
Forum | Expected: 30 May to 25 October 2026 - Blonde hair, bright red lips, an iconic birthmark and a pointy bra that made fashion history, that's how you instantly recognise Marilyn Monroe. She was a Hollywood icon, actress, singer and sex symbol all at once, but always more than that. How is it that, a hundred years after her birth, her look still fascinates? The Marilyn Monroe exhibition unravels that magic and lets you get up close and personal with clothes, letters, photos and film footage of this femme fatale.
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More exhibitions
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Exhibition Borg bosses. Animals on and around the borg
Exhibition Borg bosses. Animals on and around the borg
until 31 December , Uithuizen
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Photo exhibition "Oldambt door de ogen van..." in Winschoten
Photo exhibition "Oldambt door de ogen van..." in Winschoten
until 31 January 2026 , Winschoten
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Exhibition of paintings Miriam Smit (1972-2025)
Exhibition of paintings Miriam Smit (1972-2025)
until 13 February 2026 , Slochteren
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Planting the Past - Archaeobotany in Groningen
Planting the Past - Archaeobotany in Groningen
until 4 January 2026 , Groningen
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The Colours of the Wadden Sea
The Colours of the Wadden Sea
until 1 February 2026 , Wehe-den Hoorn
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The permanent exhibition Veenkoloniaal museum
The permanent exhibition Veenkoloniaal museum
to 28 December , Veendam
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Who writes history? Museum aan de A in the Groninger Museum Museum
Who writes history? Museum aan de A in the Groninger Museum Museum
until 6 April 2026 , Groningen
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