Museums in Sweden
159 museums in Sweden. Most visited: Vasa Museum.
Top museums in Sweden
Vasa Museum
Maritime museum · 1,220,429 visitors a year
The Vasa Museum (Vasamuseet) displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship ever salvaged: the 64-gun warship Vasa, which capsized and sank in Stockholm on her maiden voyage in 1628. After...
Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design
800,497 visitors a year
Sweden's national centre for architecture and design shares Rafael Moneo's 1998 building on Skeppsholmen with Moderna Museet, and much of its space sits in a converted nineteenth-century naval drill...
Kolmården Wildlife Park
Zoo or aquarium · 620,000 visitors a year
Scandinavia's largest zoo spreads across forested hillsides above Bråviken bay near Norrköping, and its signature feature is a cable car that carries visitors high over the enclosures of large...
Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Archaeology museum · 287,081 visitors a year
Medelhavsmuseet holds one of the largest collections of Cypriot antiquities outside Cyprus, much of it gathered by the Swedish Cyprus Expedition of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Its best-known...
Website of Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Nordic Museum
Ethnographic or open-air museum · 237,964 visitors a year
The cultural history and ethnography of Sweden, from the early modern period to the present day, is the subject of the Nordic Museum (Nordiska museet) on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm....
National Museum of Science and Technology
Science and technology museum · 170,000 visitors a year
As Sweden's largest museum of technology, the National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska museet) holds a national charter to preserve the country's cultural heritage of technological and...
Museum of World Culture
Ethnographic or open-air museum · 141,466 visitors a year
Museum of Ethnography
Ethnographic or open-air museum · 131,556 visitors a year
Outside the entrance of Stockholm's Museum of Ethnography (Etnografiska museet) stands a contemporary totem pole, a gift from the Haisla Nation. In 2007, after years of negotiation, the museum agreed...
Swedish Air Force Museum
Transport museum · 120,268 visitors a year
Halland Museum of Cultural History
118,000 visitors a year
Swedish Army Museum
Military museum · 86,112 visitors a year
Sweden's military past, including its modern policy of neutrality, is the subject of the Swedish Army Museum, signed as Armémuseum, in Stockholm's Östermalm district. Its displays trace the military...
Skokloster Castle
Historic house, palace or castle · 86,098 visitors a year
Thiel Gallery
Art museum · 76,334 visitors a year
One of the world's largest collections of works by Edvard Munch hangs in the Thiel Gallery, alongside art by members of the Artists Association (Konstnärsförbundet) from the early 1900s. That pairing...
Dance museum
61,462 visitors a year
Dansmuseet, Stockholm's Dance Museum, grew out of the private collection of Rolf de Maré, who led the Ballets suédois in Paris from 1920 to 1925. His large holding of dance-related art formed the...
Museums by city in Sweden
Sweden’s museum landscape stretches from major institutions in Stockholm to regional collections in Skåne, Gothenburg, Östergötland, and the north. In the capital, visitors can move from the Vasa Museum and the Nordic Museum on Djurgården to art, architecture, and antiquities nearby. Mooseum makes it easier to explore these places with digital tours and indoor maps, whether you are planning a full museum day or fitting in a short visit between other sights.
Across the country, museums often connect closely to local identity. In Lund, Kulturen brings together historic buildings and everyday life from southern Sweden, while Norrköping’s Museum of Work reflects the country’s industrial past through the city’s old factory district. Sweden also has a strong tradition of science, technology, design, and social history museums, with collections that feel grounded in daily life rather than only royal or military narratives.
Nature and landscape are part of the experience too. Coastal cities highlight maritime history, central Sweden preserves manor houses and folk culture, and northern museums often address Sámi heritage, mining, and life in colder climates. Families will also find destinations such as Kolmården Wildlife Park, where museum-style interpretation meets animal and conservation experiences. On Mooseum, these varied museums are easier to compare by theme, location, and visitor needs.
Map of museums in Sweden
Museums in Sweden: questions
- How many museums are there in Sweden?
- Mooseum lists 159 museums in Sweden. Stockholm has the most, with 53.
- Which cities in Sweden have the most museums?
- Stockholm (53), Gothenburg (7), Uppsala (7) and Malmö (6).
- What are the most visited museums in Sweden?
- By annual visitors reported on Wikipedia: Vasa Museum (1,220,429), Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design (800,497) and Kolmården Wildlife Park (620,000).
- What kinds of museums are in Sweden?
- Of the 123 whose type we know, the most common are ethnographic and open-air museums (34), art museums (26), historic houses, palaces and castles (12) and zoos and aquariums (11).
- Stockholm’s Djurgården concentrates several major museums, including the Vasa Museum, Nordic Museum, and institutions focused on design, history, and culture
- Strong maritime and Viking-era storytelling, from preserved ships and naval history to archaeology and trade across the Baltic
- Well-developed design, architecture, and everyday-life collections that reflect Sweden’s interest in craft, housing, welfare, and public space
- Regional museums in places like Lund, Norrköping, and Gothenburg often connect exhibitions to historic districts, industry, and local traditions
- Open-air settings, historic buildings, and landscape-based interpretation are common, making museums feel closely tied to place and season
- Many larger Swedish museums are closed on some Mondays, so check opening hours in advance, especially outside Stockholm and during winter.
- If you are visiting Stockholm, group nearby museums on Djurgården into one day and use tram, bus, or ferry to save time between stops.
- Book timed-entry tickets ahead for popular museums such as the Vasa Museum in peak summer and during school holidays.
- Winter visits are quieter, but daylight is short in northern Sweden, so plan transport carefully if combining museums with outdoor sightseeing.
All museums in Sweden
Every museum in Sweden listed on Mooseum. Search by name or type.
| Name | Type | Website | Links | Stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ABBA: The MuseumABBA The Museum is devoted entirely to the Swedish pop band ABBA, presenting the group's collected works as an interactive exhibition in a contemporary setting. It opened in May 2013 on Djurgården in... | — | www.abbathemuseum.com |  | — |
Natural history museum | www.ajtte.com | | — | |
Art museum | www.artipelag.se | | — | |
— | www.dhbackakra.se/sv-SE | | — | |
Science and technology museum | skansen.se | | — | |
— | www.bildmuseet.umu.se | | — | |
Biological museumA wooden building modelled on medieval Norwegian stave churches houses the Biological Museum (Biologiska museet), where stuffed European birds and mammals are displayed in dioramas. Some of the... | Natural history museum | www.skansen.se/sv/biologiska-mus%C3%A9et | | — |
Military museum | fastningsguiden.com/the-red-mountain-fort | | — | |
— | www.bohuslansmuseum.se | | — | |
Zoo or aquarium | www.borasdjurpark.se | | — | |
Art museum | www.brorhjorthshus.se | | — | |
— | www.brucebo.se | | — | |
Ethnographic or open-air museum | www.carllarsson.se | | — | |
— | maltidenshus.com/aktiviteter | | — | |
Dance museumDansmuseet, Stockholm's Dance Museum, grew out of the private collection of Rolf de Maré, who led the Ballets suédois in Paris from 1920 to 1925. His large holding of dance-related art formed the... | — | www.dansmuseet.se | | — |
Ethnographic or open-air museum | www.djurgardslinjen.se | | — | |
Art museum | www.oskarshamn.se/kultur-och-fritid/kultur-upplevlser/kulturhuset/museer-i-oskarshamn/doderhultarmuseet | | — | |
— | www.dragongate.nu/museum | | — | |
Drottningholm PalaceThe Swedish royal family lives at Drottningholm Palace (Drottningholms slott), yet the palace is also open to the public and is a major tourist attraction. It stands on the island of Lovön in Ekerö... | Historic house, palace or castle | www.kungligaslotten.se/english/royal-palaces-and-sites/drottningholm-palace.html | | — |
Economy Museum – Royal Coin CabinetThe Economy Museum – Royal Coin Cabinet in Stockholm is a fascinating journey through the history of money, exploring how it has shaped economies and societies across the ages. As one of the world's... | — | ekonomiskamuseet.se | | — |
— | www.eketorpsborg.se/english.html | | — | |
Ethnographic or open-air museum | ekomuseum.se | | — | |
Ethnographic or open-air museum | www.engelsberg.se | | — | |
Archaeology museum | www.foteviken.se | | — | |
FotografiskaFotografiska, Swedish for "photographic", began in Stockholm in 2010 and has since grown into an international network of museums for photography and art, with further locations in Tallinn, Berlin... | Art museum | www.fotografiska.eu | | — |