Where in the museum is the workshop?

In the Feestwinkel, inside the Wereldmuseum on Linnaeusstraat.

The colorful skulls and skeletons you see everywhere during Día de Muertos. They are a reminder that life and death are connected, and here kids make their own out of tin.

Upcoming

UpcomingWorkshop

Day of the Dead Crafts at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam

When: Dates to be announced
Ages: 4+
Price: From €9

Day of the Dead Crafts at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam photo 2

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Held every October — 2027 dates not announced yet

WorkshopAmsterdam-Oost

Where

Amsterdam-Oost, World Museum Amsterdam

Ages

Setting

Indoors

What you need to know

Drop-in, no set start, so you can fit it around lunch or a nap
Real metalwork, not paper: kids shape tin, a good fit for kids who like making things with their hands
A feast every weekend: the museum marks a different world festival each weekend, and its yearly calendar lists the next ones

About

Día de Muertos is the Mexican feast where families welcome their departed loved ones with flowers, music, food and altars full of candles and photos. Cheerful skeletons and colorful skulls, called calaveras, are everywhere. At the Wereldmuseum, kids make their own calaveras out of tin, practicing metalwork and making a decoration for the feast. It suits school-age kids who like hands-on making more than looking at display cases.

Museum entry: €20, kids 6-18 €9

2027 dates to be announced

2026 edition

Oct 10 – 25, 2026

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Where it is

World Museum Amsterdam

Linnaeusstraat 2

Resources

Event website
Official page from the organizer.

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