Museums in Sweden

Museums & Galleries

Sweden’s cultural heritage is showcased through world-class maritime museums, modern art galleries, and immersive historical sites. This selection spans from the 17th-century Vasa warship and contemporary photography at Fotografiska to modern classics at Moderna Museet. It features UNESCO-listed industrial landmarks like Engelsbergs Ironworks, medieval fortresses like Glimmingehus, and royal residences such as Gripsholm Castle. Specialized institutions cover aviation, railway history, and the interactive legacy of ABBA, while open-air museums like Skansen and Old Linköping preserve traditional pre-industrial architecture and rural life.

Museums & Galleries — Map

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Vasa Museum

Maritime museum displaying the preserved 17th-century warship Vasa, which sank on its maiden voyage in 1628.

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Swedish Museum of Photography

Fotografiska is a centre for contemporary photography in the Södermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden that was founded by brothers Jan and…

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Skansen Open-Air Museum

Open-air museum and zoo showcasing historic Swedish buildings, traditional rural life, and Nordic animals from the pre-industrial era.

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Engelsbergs Ironworks

Engelsberg Ironworks is an ironworks in Ängelsberg, a village in Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden.

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Greyfriars Abbey

The Greyfriars Abbey, sometimes also simply Abbey in Ystad, is a medieval former friary in Ystad, Sweden.

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Modern Art Museum

Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum for modern and contemporary art located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central…

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National Museum of Fine Arts

Nationalmuseum is the national gallery of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen, in central Stockholm.

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Glimmingehus

Glimmingehus is a medieval era castle located at Simrishamn Municipality, Scania in southern Sweden.

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Läckö Castle

Läckö Castle is a medieval castle in Sweden, located on Kållandsö island on Lake Vänern, 25 kilometers north of Lidköping in Västergötland,…

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Gripsholm Castle

Gripsholm Castle is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by lake Mälaren in south central Sweden, in the municipality…

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Vadstena Castle

Vadstena Castle is a former Royal Castle in Vadstena, the province of Östergötland,Sweden.

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Swedish Air Force Museum

The Swedish Air Force Museum is located at Malmen Airbase in Malmslätt, just outside Linköping, Sweden.

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Mårbacka

Mårbacka is a manor house in Sunne Municipality in Värmland, Sweden. The author Selma Lagerlöf was born and raised at Mårbacka.

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Charlotte Berlins Museum

Preserved 19th-century bourgeois home and working life museum featuring an intact 1881 interior. The residence contains period furnishings and personal collections belonging to a music teacher and stock investor.

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Old Linköping

The open-air museum consists of almost hundred buildings dating back to the end of 19th century - an intriguing experience.

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Swedish Railway Museum

The Swedish Railway Museum,, in Gävle, Gästrikland, Sweden is the national museum for Sweden's railway history.

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Old Uppsala

Gamla Uppsala museum is a historical museum in Gamla Uppsala, in the northern part of Uppsala, Sweden.

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Abba The Museum

ABBA The Museum is a Swedish interactive exhibition about the pop band ABBA that opened in Stockholm, Sweden in May 2013.

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LKAB InfoMine

This unbelievably big and deep iron ore mine is operated mostly by remotely controlled heavy machinery.

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