Swedish History Museum

It was one of the best museums we've ever been to. A huge collection of genuine artefacts, nicely displayed and described. There is so much to see you need a whole day here. There are practical demonstrations of old crafts. A lovely cafe where we had lunch. Nice gift shop.

Excellent museum of Swedish history. The City Card covered the cost of admission. We took in exhibits on gold archaeological artifacts found in the country; on the Vikings; and on the history of Sweden. We spent 3-4 hours, and could easily have doubled that if our feet could have held up. Exhibits are all very accessible for English speakers (or readers), and provide great multi-media information on the given topics. The museum cafe had a good variety of food and drink. Definitely worth a visit when in Stockholm!

It has been a beautiful experience with my family. So well managed with no waiting, polite staff and well arranged objects with good explanations. The only suggestion I can make is to add more English translations to make it easier for foreign tourists.

Entrance is not free anymore but still worth visiting. The collection of Viking treasures is really impressive, and they also had a section on the Viking world with artefacts, installations and activities for kids. Done very well. You can easily spend hours here. Highly recommended!

Amazing museum to get to know Swedish history starting from pre-historic era till modern days. There are many sections with interactive exhibits, like watching a viking house with a VR or explanation of how to save the money best etc. Viking world and money exhibitions are best I think. The stuff was very friendly. I think it's better to get an audioguide, because the Viking World and Money exhibitions have, but the rest doesn't have proper English descriptions, you'll need the booklets to read every time. Overall, I highly recommend to visit it, definitely worth spending time

So, it's s mixed experience, from one side they have nice stuff, it's very well prepared for taking children you have multiple activity like making bread or using a bow. But from an other point of view for the amount of availability of content it is kind of expensive.

It's perfect for the whole family and for all history buffs. At The Swedish History Museum, you will experience dramatic life stories, power struggles, love, celebration and everyday life from the ice age to the present day. The present-day museum was founded in 1866 and it tells the tale of the Swedish people, so you have to come and visit it.

Great museum. I spent 2+ hours there and still wasn't able to see everything. Most of the exhibitions have English translations but not all. The layout of the museum is simple, so that you can walk through each exhibition without the need to go back. I mostly enjoyed their financial history museum part. Very interactive and interesting.

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

Free admission! Exhibits on Vikings, Swedish history & a whole room of Viking treasures & plunder ( aka the Gold Room ) There are displays that detail out the Viking way of life from what they wore to their class system, how much silver each "class" was worth, how they fed themselves, traveled around in their boats & all kinds of great insight The Gold Room showcased all kinds of silver & gold in bars, nuggets and the detailed patterns on their jewelry goldwork is absolutely mind-blowing! How did they get those tiny, patterns carved into the gold, without any machinery! Well worth a visit!!

MUST DO! The theme for my Swedish vacation was "Vikings & Water"... my local host found the free museum day which was perfect for my budget! We spent quite a good time looking through the Viking exhibit. She had loaned me a Viking book to read during my stay which I did during my down time. With the reading and the visiting, we had a great week of discovery! We spent so much time just in the Viking exhibit this day, that we ran out of time to visit the rest of the museum. Put this on your list of MUST DO!... along with a visit to the Viking Island Birka by ferry from Stockholm... see my previous reviews...

A great place to check out in the city. If you're looking to learn something new about Stockholm, this museum has anything you want to know. I visited during their interactive Holocaust exhibit and it was extremely powerful and wonderfully presented. Overall, had a fun time exploring this museum.

Having only visited a part of the museum quickly and spending most of my time in the cafe I can only rate it on that. I loved the cafe, beautiful view into the courtyard and good variety of food Lovely place to go for to grab a coffee with a friend. My quick browse of one section of the museum was really impressive. The exhibit is really well done and they have some great pieces to see! Looking forward to coming here for a proper tour the next time. Free Admission

Time for my partner and I visit some museum, since the weather wasn't so great. The Swedish History Museum was one of the museum which on my list and also one of the few museum with free admission in Stockholm. We took the bus to get to this place, but actually they also have metro and tram stations near. It is quite convenience to get around. the Museum open usually opens at 11, only between October to May during the week day opens at 12 am. One more thing, the museum which free for admission generally close on Monday, better watch out the timing, I found it out in the hard way. We were here just around the right timing, they really opened the museum quite on time, not one minute later or earlier. The staff was really friendly, after we walked in, they just told all us, if that we need to put away our bags, they would offered some coins for the locker. Which we did, I think that was really thoughtful. They also have audio guide. But only in Swedish So we started from the exhibition at the ground floor, which held the exhibition of Viking these days. It was quite interested to see and read all about it. The exhibition mainly contain some tools, weapons and accessories, even how they used to live. In the middle has some other small areas for different collection. The restaurant was just right next to the exit/other entrance. The upper floor has couple different exhibitions, they use the timeline to link every different theme together, from the medieval timing to the close present. Many interesting pieces as well. There is the small section, they called it the hidden histories, which the main them was the history of LGBTQ in Sweden. I like that and appreciated that, it's pretty open minded for a family kind of museum. In the middle of the building, there was a small free space some fun of medieval life experience, not much there, but enough to have some good time. Overall, I like the museme quite a lot, it was really great museum to visit.

Admission is 100 SEK, but from September to May, the museum is free on Wednesdays after 4pm until closing at 8pm, and free all day on Friday. We went on a Friday, so did not have to pay. (Doing some quick research on the opening hours and admission prices of museums and attractions can save you quite a bit of money.) It wasn't a bad museum, but I did not find the museum particularly interesting (an entire room of gold coins, jewelry, and various knickknacks just doesn't hold my attention), and I was also a bit museumed out. Something to note: there are lockers for your belongings (and they are big enough to fit a good sized bag or backpack), and while we had to pay to use them (I think 10 SEK or something), you do get the money back when you unlock it.

Pretty cool and free! If you really want to learn a lot about history, you can spend a good amount of time here; otherwise it gets a tad boring, but still interesting to walk through. Go to the gold room and think about how dope it'd be to have all that!!

It is a free museum in central Stockholm. Hand held audio guides are available at cost (30 SEK, per device). Almost all of the the displayed items had an English description, which was great because not all of the display windows had English commentary available (which then made the audio guide useless). The museum had interesting relics and stories to tell. Not too many people visiting at the time of my visit, So this made viewing easy. The museum is a good "ice breaker" for learning about Swedish history. There is a small restaurant within the museum, as well as a gift shop that sells books, jewellery and postcards. The museum is a good way to spend an hour or so.

I was obsessed to come to Historiska Museet because I wanted to learn more about the vikings, and the history of Sweden. If you are not a student you will pay around 100 SEK to get in (at least up until Dec 2014, but I heard the museum will be free from January 2015 onwards). It doesn't look like it but the place is really big. You should start in the pre-history section and run towards the vikings. A lot of very interesting objects, the history is displayed in a interesting and unboring way. I must say the curatorship of the museum impressed me, they did a really good job in making a relationship between the old and the new. Obviously my favorite part was the vikings, you can see replicas from their ships, clothes. Understand their way of living and much more. I also really liked Medival Sweden (in the first floor). Only thing I missed was that some of the sections did not have a English translation, and although I understand a little bit of Swedish was not enough to catch up. If you want to buy a souvenir, come down to the store in front of reception. You can find interesting books and other things. Would definitely come back to see the sections I didn't have a lot of time to check out.

Exhibits had a lot of artifacts and were well presented, I didn't take the audio tour. If you don't read the local language (like me) I would recommend it as most of the exhibits did not have an English explanation.

Such a fabulous museum! We made sure to spend a half day here on this visit. It'd free and open everyday. The food in the cafeteria was still excellent and so reasonably priced.

Free and easy to navigate to! This is a great museum to visit. They have interesting viking artifacts and engaging Swedish history exhibitions. I feel like I learned a lot while going through each different section of the building. There was free to use lockers to store our coats in by the washrooms as well.

Initially I wasnt planning on coming to this museum but so glad I did! The history surrounding the viking period is fascinating and an important part of swedish history. The Gold Room was my favorite section - it has an amazing display of silver, gold, and bronze treasures throughout that period along with their history. This place is definitely worth a visit!

For a free museum it wasn't terrible. Cool collections. However some of the exhibits were confusing. English translation was not Great and not accessible. Had to get little cards to walk around with in each room. Viking lawn games looked fun for kids but not at all adult friendly. For a little more the Nordic museum, a ten minute walk from here had a much better collection and free English audio guides. Also cafe had limited choices.

I have been here twice and each time I learn something new. This Museum talks about the history of Sweden and it's really organized and fascinating. I highly recommend you visit this place to learn about Swedish I highly recommend you visit this place to learn about Swedish history and to learn about the Vikings.

Don't expect to spend an hour or two here. We spent over 4 and didn't see it all. Wonderful excursion through swedish history including timelines, stories of individuals and towns and presenting the way of life during various eras. Includes some art and fashion, as well as weapons, household items... And a huge exhibit on jewelry and gold uses on the basement level. Interesting stuff!

I had no idea that hanging out with Vikings for an afternoon could be so much fun. We didn't even go through the entire museum, and we still managed to have a memorable time. Start in the basement and you'll be rewarded with piles of Viking plunder- gold and silver trinkets as far as the eye can see. I was amazed at the craftsmanship dating back many, many centuries. We also did the Viking room on the main floor, with more artifacts and descriptions of the fine people who lived in the area long before we were there. Definitely worth a visit.

Excellent museum on Swedish history starting from the 1000s! Also has a cool Viking exhibit and treasure exhibit. I also enjoyed the Christian-influenced art, as it seems that Swedish artist are underrepresented in other art museums I've been to in other countries. Plus, there's free admission on Wednesdays after 4 pm. I liked the audio guide, but felt it was a little long in some areas. I didn't use it the whole time as I moved faster than the guide.

Focus is mainly on vikings and medival history. You'll find some of the worlds most famous vikinga treasures and findings here.

Viking exhibition is well done, great artifacts, good layout even though I felt several areas lacked proper supporting information (for instance I would have liked a little more information on the runes, gods and mythology to support some of the displayed objects). I followed the 30 minutes guided visit in English which was useful. The first floor, dedicated to the history of Sweden is a little confusing and lacks context (some milestones of world history would have helped put what was happening in Sweden in perspective). WWI and WWII seemed to be non-existent. As for the treasure room, it is certainly an impressive display with massive silver and gold objects, but again with little context and cohesion. All in all, a very nice collection but the presentation did not quite do it justice. Random comment: the first floor is surprisingly full of tripping opportunities (uneven floor, confusing mirrors, etc.) - I know, such a comment might sound a little odd in a museum review but I kept on tripping during that visit and I have no mobility issue, so if you do you might want to be careful.