Ethnology museums in Sweden

Ájtte, the Swedish Mountain and Sami Museum, is a cultural and natural history museum located in Jokkmokk, Lapland, Sweden. It specializes in the culture and nature of the mountainous area of Northern Sweden and serves as the main museum and archive for the Sami culture of Sweden. The museum was inaugurated in June 1989 and is owned and managed by a foundation established in 1983 by the Swedish Government, the Norrbotten Region, the Jokkmokk Municipality, and the two national Sami organizations Svenska Samernas Riksförbund (National Union of Swedish Sami people) and Same Ätnam (Sami land).

The Swedish Emigrant Institute, located in Växjö, Småland, Sweden, served as a research center and museum dedicated to preserving records and memorabilia related to Swedish-American migration. It was a place where visitors could delve into the history of Swedish emigration to North America, with a vast collection of archival materials, library references, and exhibitions.

The Swedish History Museum (Statens historiska museum) is the State Historical Museum in the Swedish capital Stockholm. The site dates back to 1866, and the construction of the current site took place between 1934 and 1939. It is the national Swedish museum of archeology and history with more than 2

This museum shows off the local historical and cultural heritage in a novel, intriguing way. Definitely worth visiting.

The Nordic Museum in Stockholm looks like a cathedral, but is in fact a museum with a vast collection of furniture, art and other artefacts connected with the cultural history of Sweden from the early modern period (which began in 1520) to the contemporary period. The museum is located on Djurgården

The Foteviken Museum, located on the Höllviken peninsula in southern Skåne, Sweden, is an archaeological open-air museum. It offers a unique opportunity to explore the Viking Age through a reconstructed settlement and living history reenactments.

The Museum of Gothenburg is a a cultural history museum housed in the 18th-century East India that was originally built as the Swedish East India Company offices. Museum of Gothenburg features permanent exhibitions, but also organises temporary exhibitions. The permanent exhibitions include: 'Prehis

The Museum of World Culture is an ethnographic museum as well as a cultural center in Gothenburg. The museum holds a permanent collection of around 100,000 objects coming from all over the world including China, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia in Archaeological, Ethnographical and Art Historical col

The Jewish Museum is situated in Sweden’s oldest preserved synagogue. The building, located in Själagårdsgatan 19 in the Old Town, tells the story of the first Jews who came to Sweden, how they formed a community, and how they became a part of Swedish society. Stockholm’s earliest Jewish congregatio

The Forum För Levande Historia is a state administrative institution in Sweden. The institution's mission is to promote democracy, human rights and tolerance. The Forum hosts exhibitions, debates and seminars, organizes traveling exhibitions and annually awards the Per Anger Prize to commemorate Per

The Museum of Ethnography Stockholm (Etnografiska Museet) is a museum in Stockholm that holds and exhibits objects from China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, Oceania, Africa, North and South America. The ethnographic collection contains about 220,000 objects. Most of the objects stem from 1

Situated in old church stables, this folklore museum displays more than 7000 objects related to the traditional life.