CLAY Keramikmuseum Danmark er smukt beliggende ved Lillebælt i Middelfart med udsigt til vandet og Kongebroskoven. Museet er Nordens eneste specialmuseum for keramisk kunst, kunsthåndværk og design og rummer en enestående samling, der spænder fra historisk porcelæn og fajance til moderne og eksperimenterende samtidskeramik.

I de stemningsfulde rammer omkring Grimmerhus fra 1857 og den prisbelønnede, moderne tilbygning tegnet af Kjær & Richter mødes kulturarv og nutid i arkitekturen såvel som i udstillingerne. Museet byder året rundt på skiftende særudstillinger med førende danske og internationale kunstnere samt formidling, omvisninger og arrangementer for både børn og voksne.

Udendørs kan gæster opleve museets skulpturpark, hvor keramiske værker indgår i samspil med landskabet, træerne og udsigten over Lillebælt. Skulpturparken er en integreret del af oplevelsen og inviterer til fordybelse i krydsfeltet mellem kunst, natur og arkitektur.

CLAY står desuden bag Keramikruten – en stemningsfuld vandrerute i området omkring museet, hvor kunst, natur og kulturhistorie bindes sammen. Ruten formidler fortællinger om ler, landskab og lokale traditioner og giver besøgende mulighed for at opleve Middelfarts særlige forbindelse til keramikken helt tæt på.

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Take your baby on a relaxed and cosy tour especially for parents who are pregnant.

The museum facilitator will take you on a leisurely tour of CLAY's collection and permanent exhibition, where you will experience the diverse expressions of ceramics at a pace suitable for both babies and adults. There is room for breaks along the way, and you are always welcome to go on and off as needed.

We open the doors from 10.00, so there is plenty of time to arrive, settle down and meet in Café CLAY before the tour begins at 10.15

CLAY with baby

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Join CLAY Friends

Join us on a guided tour of the Keramikrute with an intermediary from the CLAY Ceramics Museum. Along the way, we experience a selection of the route's ceramic sculptures and talk about the many techniques, formats and forms of expression of ceramics in interaction with the landscape around the museum.

Dates:\
• Thursday, June 25, 10:30 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.\
• Thursday, July 9, 10:30 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.\
• Thursday, July 23, 10:30 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.\
• Thursday, August 6, 10:30 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.

Duration:\
1 hour and 30 minutes

Venue:\
In front of the main entrance to the CLAY Ceramics Museum

Price:\
45 kr. member of CLAY Friends 30 kr.

Practical information:\
The tour takes place in Danish and everyone is welcome. The walk is about 1.8 km long and follows forest paths, stairs and cobblestones, so we recommend practical footwear. Please bring your own drinks.

The tour ends at CLAY, where you can later experience the museum's exhibits or visit Café CLAY. Please note that entrance to the museum is not included in the price. Café CLAY can be visited without an entrance ticket.

Summer tours on Keramikrute

Ticket

Member of CLAY Friends

Discover the acclaimed special exhibition *Ivan Weiss. Laughs, brush and glaze* along with the artist himself.

On this exclusive tour, Ivan Weiss talks about the ideas behind the works, his more than 40 years of association with Den Kgl. Porcelainsfabrik (later Royal Copenhagen) and the inspiration he drew from both the Danish porcelain tradition and Japanese ceramics. Along the way, he shares personal stories from a long artist life and provides a unique insight into the techniques, materials and processes underlying his works.

The tour provides a rare opportunity to experience the exhibition through the artist's own eyes and get a unique insight into Ivan Weiss's artistic universe.

Exclusive tour with Ivan Weiss

Guided tour with Ivan Weiss

Guided tour with Ivan Weiss (Member of CLAY Friends)

Get an art and dining experience out of the ordinary when CLAY invites you to social dining and a special tour in the exhibition about SAXBO — one of the most significant workshops in Danish ceramic history.

The evening begins with communal dining at long tables in Café CLAY, after which the event continues in the exhibition about SAXBO. Here, the exhibition's curator and PhD student, Susanne Bruhn, will take guests through the exhibition and along the way tell about the history of the workshop, its artists and the ceramic works that have helped place SAXBO centrally in Danish design and handicraft history.

Along the way, participants will gain an insight into SAXBO's special aesthetics, glazes and working methods, as well as the importance of the workshop for the development of modern Danish ceramics.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Social Dining and special tour in the exhibition SAXBO - Stoneware for the People

General ticket

Young (up to and including 27 years)

Decorate a vase inspired by the distinctive idiom of the Saxbo workshop. Lisbeth Kring from [The Deep Plate](https://www.dendybetallerken.dk/)står for the tutorial where you will learn different techniques to decorate your own vase.

Lisbeth takes the participants through the special exhibition [***SAXBO — stoneware for the people***](https://claymuseum.dk/udstilling/saxbo-stentoej-til-folket/) (25 January — 20 September 2026) to draw inspiration for the creative part of the workshop. Next, Lisbeth reviews the techniques used in the Saxbo workshop to scratch patterns and structure in the clay before the ceramics were glazed and burned. Lisbeth brings a hand-turned leather-hard vase for each participant, which one can scratch patterns in under knowledgeable guidance.

Subsequently, the vases must be dried, heated, glazed and burned at Lisbeth's workshop. Approximately 4 weeks after that, the finished fired stoneware vases can be picked up at CLAY.

The workshop is aimed primarily at adults and does not require any pottery prerequisites — anyone can learn how to decorate a beautiful vase. The workshop lasts approximately 1½ hours and the price includes admission to CLAY, teaching, one vase, glaze and burning.

Ceramics workshop with Lisbeth Kring

Ceramics workshop

Join us for an exciting tour of CLAY's major exhibition Ivan Weiss. Clay, brush and glaze, and get a unique insight into Ivan Weiss's artistic universe.

The exhibition is the first overall presentation of Ivan Weiss's life's work and takes you through more than six decades of work with porcelain and stoneware. For more than 40 years, Ivan Weiss was associated with the Royal Porcelain Factory and later Royal Copenhagen, where he helped to bridge the gap between the classical porcelain tradition and a more free, artistic expression.

On the tour, the museum's facilitator tells about Ivan Weiss's artistic development, his inspiration from, among other things, Japanese ceramics and calligraphy, as well as his distinctive work with clay, brush and glaze. Along the way you will experience monumental coal-fired stoneware works, expressive porcelain works and the vivid brushstrokes that have made Ivan Weiss one of the most significant figures in Danish ceramic history.