Exploring the taken-for-granted relationship between children’s culture and the cultural heritage of terrorism

This article explores the relationship between children’s visual and material cultures and the official cultural heritage of terrorism. Drawings and cuddly toys have become a significant, yet overlooked, part of ‘difficult’ heritage of impactful violent events. The focus is on two museum collections dedicated to the 2017 terrorist attack in Stockholm – the active contributions of young people (8–25 years old) to the collections, and their presences constituted by artefacts. Examining both provides insights into the politics of cultural heritage and how heritage can be produced and presented.