Did you know that, with around 80 museums and attractions, Stockholm is one of the cities in the world with the highest museum per capita ratios? Good news for visitors! And there really is a museum for every interest... museums covering the usual subjects of art, history, nature, culture and technology but even more specific interests like stamps, dance, toys, sports, police and silk weaving.
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The Vasa Ship at the Vasa Museum
Photographer: Yanan Li/mediabank.visitstockholm.com/ |
I often write about art museums in this blog, mainly because they have new exhibitions to visit every season while other museums have more permanent exhibitions. You can see a list of the top art museums by
clicking here and reading a recent article I wrote about this season's art exhibitions. We have museums dedicated to modern and classic art as well as photography and sculpture. A few of the museums contain private art collections which are great places to see the work of Scandinavian Masters.
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The Regalia at the Treasury
Photographer: Alexis Daflos, Kungl Hovstaterna |
Museums covering history as well as historical attractions (palaces, cathedrals) are some of the most popular points of interest for visitors to Stockholm. For example, three of the most popular attractions are the
Vasa Museum, the
Royal Palace and
Skansen. The Vasa and Skansen are especially unique and shouldn't be missed.
Click here for a full list of history based museums and attractions... Swedish history as well as royal family, military, medieval, city, maritime and Jewish history. Particularly interested in Sweden's Viking past?
Click here for some great tips of what to see and do in the greater Stockholm area with a focus on Vikings. Or you can just wander the streets of
Gamla Stan (old town) which is a living museum of history.
How about museums focusing on specific Swedes and their accomplishments? There are a few. You can visit the
Nobel Center and learn all about
Alfred Nobel and how he invented dynamite and started the Nobel Prizes. The Swedish super group
ABBA, of course, have a museum dedicated to them called
ABBA the Museum. Swedish playwright and novelist
August Strindberg has
his own museum, located in his former home. You can also visit the Swedish sculptor
Carl Milles' home and studio (and fantastic sculpture garden) at
Millesgården.
You might want to broaden your horizons further while visiting Stockholm and learn about other cultures. Not a problem! We have museums of
Far Eastern Antiquities,
Mediterranean history and
World Cultures. Hot tip: these museums have free admission. And they aren't the only ones. All State run museums have free admission since the beginning of 2016. Here is
the complete list. For the other museums, you can purchase a
Stockholm Pass which gets you into these museums as well as covers most sightseeing tours with
Strömma. Here at the
Rival Hotel, we sell the Pass to our hotel guests during the high season (May to September).
Any other museums in Stockholm? Absolutely... we have a
Natural History Museum, a
Biology Museum,
Sports Museum,
Technology Museum,
Dance Museum,
Police Museum,
Postal Museum,
Spirits Museum and much more. Confusing?
There is a website dedicated to all of the museums in Stockholm and they even have
an app you can download which will be helpful to have while visiting Stockholm. Or, if you are staying at the
Rival Hotel, you can just contact me directly for more information.
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