The Vasa Museum focuses on the Vasa warship, which was built in 1628 and, because of its top-heavy…read morestructure, sunk only a few minutes into its maiden voyage. In 1961, the ship was recovered from the seabed, restored, and put on display. This museum charges an admission fee for adults but not for children. I visited this museum one time, and my favorite part was, of course, viewing the Vasa. The ship sat on the bottom floor of the building, and I viewed the ship from different floors. It looked large and beautifully adorned, despite not having its original painted colors. I could still admire its joining planks, cannon holes, and carved sculptures. I also viewed other exhibits such as James Cameron's "Challenging the Deep." The museum also has a restaurant and a gift shop where I purchased a few souvenirs. The Vasa Museum was one of my favorite places to visit in Stockholm, and I recommend that others visit it.

Vasamuseet på Djurgården i Stockholm, ligger 15-20 minutters gange fra havna…read more Det er her det berømte Krigsskipet Vasa er, skipet som sank etter en 14-15 hundre meter på jomfruturen. 10. august 1628 og ble hevet fra bunnen i 1961 etter 333 år under vann. Skipet er verdens best bevarte 1600-tallsskip og består av rundt 98 % originale deler. Du går over flere etasjer og kan beundre og spekulere over hvordan de kunne lage et slikt skip på den tiden. Hele historien får du med deg ved å se og lese på info platene. De har fått laget en kopi av skipet i 1:10, noe som tok 5 år og 12000 arbeidstimer, mens originalen tok rundt 2 år, startet i 1626 og var ferdig i 1628. Dette er et must om du er i Stockholm. The Vasa Museum on Djurgården in Stockholm is a 15-20 minute walk from the harbor. This is where the famous warship Vasa is, the ship that sank after a 14-15 hundred meters on its maiden voyage. August 10, 1628 and was raised from the bottom in 1961 after 333 years underwater. The ship is the world's best preserved 17th century ship and consists of about 98% original parts. You walk over several floors and can admire and speculate about how they could make such a ship at that time. You get the whole story by looking and reading the information plates. They have had a copy of the ship made in 1:10, which took 5 years and 12,000 working hours, while the original took about 2 years, started in 1626 and was finished in 1628. This is a must if you are in Stockholm.

We visited the National Museum one an afternoon in summer. It has something for everyone, included…read morea couple Picasso's as well as contemporary Swedish art. They also have a big section dedicated to Swedish design which was super cool too. We also had a bite in their cafe. The basement floor also has many bathroom stalls so you don't have to wait. We visited quite a few museums in our trip and this was definitely one of the best ones.

I love art museums and the Nationalmuseum is the largest art museum in Sweden. It is the state…read moremuseum and has exhibits with paintings, sculptures and design objects. It is one of Europe's oldest museums, dating back to 1792 (though this building did not house the collections until 1866). Tickets to the permanent collections are free. When I visited, the temporary exhibit was not something that appealed so I did not purchase a ticket for that one. Most of the paintings are Swedish artists I have never heard of but here and there were some names that I did recognize. Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet and Paul Cézanne. There is a large Asian exhibit, a display of jewelry (brooches, bracelets and rings), pocketwatches, and much more. Expect two hours at minimum, a half day if you truly want to see everything. [Review 18727 overall - 61 in Sweden - 2250 of 2022.]

We went here on a group tour and toured two rooms: The Blue Room, where all of the Nobel Prizes…read moreare awarded (except for the Peace Prize, which is awarded in Olso, Norway) and the Golden Room, where the Nobel Prize reception takes place. Construction took twelve years, from 1911 to 1923. Nearly eight million dark red bricks were used. The Blue Room was supposed to be covered with blue marble, but the designer liked the bricks so much, the marble brick facade was never installed. The staircase to the organ and the balconies are made from a beautiful green marble from Sweden. The floor is a light grey limestone, and the columns are made from a red and green marble from Sweden The Golden Room has walls that are covered with more than 18 million pieces of gold and glass mosaic, created by the artist Einar Forseth. The mosaics contain approximately 18 kilograms (40 lbs) of 23.5-carat gold leaf. As of today, that's 2.25 million US dollars worth of gold. The mosaics represent the history of Sweden, as well as Swedish values. It's hard to describe what this banquet room for the Nobel Prize winners look like, so I recommend viewing the photos I've attached, or better yet, go to the City Hall's website and view this movie: https://stadshuset.stockholm/stadshuset-play/stadshusets-salar-en-digital-visning-av-stadshuset/. It's in Swedish, but you'll get the idea. A visit to a City Hall sounds boring, and many times it is. However, this is WELL worth a visit, when you are in Stockholm. I promise you will be impressed.

Designed by Ragnar Östberg, Stokcholms Stadshus (Stockholm City Hall) is a STUNNER. We reserved a…read moretour of the interior and purchased tickets that allow us to climb up to the top of the tower for the views. But the architecture of city hall? Incredible. Completed in 1923, it seems so much older. And each space in City Hall is so different, with different architectural styles, inspirations, and decor. This is the kind of building you buy books about. A 45-minute tour just isn't long enough! If they had a two hour tour, I'd have taken it. They release the tickets either the week of or the week before, but they still fill out. The tour groups are large, which limits the spaces you can see, but I'm still so glad we were able to get tickets for a tour of this amazing building! You learn about the building, the architect, the building's connection to the Nobel Prize...! And it's just incredibly stunning, too. One of the highlights of our time in Stockholm.

A charming museum of contemporary art. We spent an entire morning walking through the galleries and…read moresaw some wonderful works. There are lovely grounds and outdoor sculptures as well. The museum has some sort of huge tubes outside and kids were zooming down the tubs having a fabulous time. We are a really delicious lunch in the museum cafe and I recommend it. I had a wonderful vegetarian lunch that was delicious and my husband had a salad with some really good smoked salmon. A lovely place to look at art and have lunch.

The Moderna Museet is Stockholm's museum for modern and contemporary art, located on the island of…read moreSkeppsholmen. The museum has an impressive permanent collection (pieces by Picasso, Dalí, Duchamp, Matisse, etc.). When we visited last week, I was really blown away by an exhibit made up of works from their permanent collection: "Pink Sails: Swedish Modernism in the Moderna Museet Collection." I wasn't familiar with too many Swedish artists, so it was a pleasure to explore this exhibit and experience art that was new to me! The museum is open late (until 8pm on Tuesdays and Fridays), which was great for us - it let us tag on a visit to the museum at the end of a full day of touristing around Gamla Stan. The museum is gorgeous, very modern, with a great gift shop, cafe, and restaurant. A really beautiful museum and well worth visiting if you're interested in modern and contemporary art.

Fotografiska is a must-see for anyone traveling to Stockholm. I've also been to the Fotografiska in…read moreNYC, but seeing it in its original home is a different experience in and of itself. Housed in a beautiful brick building overlooking the river, the location is a little tricky to get to but easy to reach on a bike or electric scooter. You can also get there by foot or Uber if you prefer. One of the great things about Fotografiska is that they rotate the exhibitions four times a year or so, so there is always something new to see. I especially enjoyed the Photo Synthesis exhibition on the ground floor as well as the incredibly powerful sustainability exhibition on the second floor. No matter when you go, you are guaranteed to see something great! They also have a bar/cafe outside in the summer, which is a nice spot to have a Fika or cocktail after you've toured the museum.

Love photography, love this museum. Visited couple back and still think about it once in awhile…read more Located on the waterfront (great view of the city), and the building it self is just a great architectural itself. The museum has several levels and well layout and organized. Staff are everywhere and friendly. On top level, there is a restaurant overlook the city. The view is just amazingly breathtaking, service is great. Foods and drinks are also good too. On street level, before you leave the museum, a small but plenty of variety of shops for shopping. There are several exhibitions throughout the year and they're all fantastic. Love this museum.

The Swedish History Museum has exhibitions, guided tours, a gift shop, and a cafe. Exhibitions are…read moreabout the Vikings, history of Sweden, gold, Medieval art, etcetera. Currently, admission is free for children and 180 SEK per adult. My husband and I visited this museum one time. We walked through an exhibition of Swedish history from the 1100s through the 1900s. I learned about Sweden becoming Christian, about the monarchy of Gustav Vasa, and much more. Then we viewed the Gold Room, which showcased gold collars from the Migration Period, silver pendants from the Viking Age, and reliquaries from the Middle Ages. Overall, I think that this museum is worth visiting if you want to learn about Swedish history.

One of my favorite museums in Stockholm. The jewelry part in particular…read more It has shaped my value of life in many ways.

This was a fun and educational museum on the history of toys and the growth of design of toys over…read moredecades. They have a cute cafe, play area and many interactive spots throughout the museum. As an adult I recommend it too even without kids! I had no idea Legos started in Denmark! It's fun facts like these that are great convo starters for the future and who wouldnt want to know this!? Check it out!

This was a fantastic find for a quick 1 hour visit to get a great sense of toys through the ages…read more The collection is well displayed with computer kiosks providing information in swedish English and a variety of languages about the exhibited items. I had to leave quickly for my plane but would definitely come back and explore in more detail.

What a great museum. I would say this was on the smaller side of the museums that you can find…read morehere, but I can say that there are things here that are pretty neat. Plus, it's free. It's pretty much one big hallway of multiple rooms with historical armoury and royalty clothing/outfits. I would definitely recommend those who go to the Nobel museum to stop by here as it's not that far and definitely walkable. I think for younger kids, an armoury is probably going to be a hit. And to top it all off in the basement they have full war chariots and royalty chariots which gives you an idea of the scale of it and the technology that was employed back then.

This museum is one I wouldn't pay to miss. It is filled with so many artifacts it's astounding, and…read morethe story told through them is just as good. Because it closes a little later than the Tre Kroner museum, I went here after touring the palace. I ended up saving the best museum for last (incidentally) and learned the most from this stop. The museum is organized as a row of several rooms progressing through different periods of Swedish royalty. Each section has incredible artifacts, from suits of armor and swords to royal vestments. The amount of history here was just astounding, and I also learned a ton about Swedish history- something that was (literally and figuratively) quite foreign to me. There are small tablets (in Swedish and English) you can take out of a cupboard that describes the items present in the display cases, which was a nice touch. This part of the museum already made it worth the money. But, there was also more to be uncovered. The basement holds the royal carriages. These go from children's carriages, all the way to full-sized carriages that needed 8 horses to pull them. Although these were interesting, it obviously did not take as much time to go through this section. It housed incredible works of art, but there was only so much time you could spend analyzing the building materials and reading the information. All in all, an incredible museum whether you're interested in history or not. At the very least, a great place to take kids who like knights in shining armor, and at the very most a place to deepen your knowledge about Europe.

On a cruise throughout Europe one of the stops was The Nobel Peace Prize Museum. I couldn't pass…read morethis opportunity. The prize is awarded annually in Oslo, Norway. This building was converted and reinvented from a former train station to a museum. The tour was detailed and moving. I heard the history of the museum and of the many people that they honored. I was moved by The Nobel Field located on the second floor. There, each winner have their life story and their contribution on a screen surrounded by lights. When you touch the screen, you can hear each story, lives, speeches, of each Nobel Laureate. I was in awe. The lights throughout the field move. I was drawn to the Martin Luther King Jr exhibit. Dr. King won the prize 1964 for peacefully protesting the lack of civil rights for Black Americans. Former President Barack Hussein Obama was the recipient in 2009. We had an "Oslo Pass" which included the price of entrance. The staff answered questions and were engaging. I would definitely come back here.

I was quite disappointed by this museum. Compared to the Peace Prize museum in Oslo, this one is…read moreseriously lacking in imagination and overall space. I simply found it really crowded, not because of people but because of lack of space. There is so much history in the prizes, and yet you really have to search to find much in-depth information at all. We found ourselves looking at the single small area and screen dedicated to literature and then leaving. Even the gift store was lacking. If there were a Nobel Prize for effective merchandising and displaying history, this museum would not even be in the running.

Really interesting museum to visit while in Stockholm. There's even a small ride inside that…read morefollows a story line of Viking life. 1-2 hours here is plenty depending on how into Vikings you are. Lots of cute photo opps inside also.

Great fun and a solid stop if you're curious about Viking life. The museum strikes a nice balance:…read morelight hearted but informative, with engaging exhibits and a fun ride-through story at the end. The audio guide didn't work for us, which was a bit of a letdown, but the signage and displays were clear enough to follow without it. They even have guides in period attire walking around to answer questions. Not a deep dive, but perfect if you want some Viking history without feeling like you're back in school. Great for families or casual visitors. Worth a visit if you're in Stockholm on a rainy day.