Sweden

Ájtte, Svenskt Fjäll-och Samemuseum (The Swedish Mountain and Sami Museum) — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 04:53 PM

Is the main Swedish museum for Sami culture. Ájtte Museum in Jokkmokk - the Sami centre Jokkmokk, just north of the Arctic Circle, has always been an obvious meeting place for trade, gatherings, festivals and meetings between friends from far and near. Website in Swedish only.

Andree Museum (Grenna Museum Foundation) — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 04:54 PM

Polar Centre: Showing the S A Andrée's Polar Expedition - with a collection of objects and items, also present other expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic, and updates about current research done in the regions concerned.

Etnografiska Museet — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 04:55 PM

Amongst other exhibitions, have "Original inhabitants of North America" as a theme at the museum. Among other things, the collections display a totem pole from the northwest coast of America, ceramics, textiles and weapons.

Göteborg City Museum — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 04:57 PM

The Göteborg City Museum displays cultural history from antiquity to the present. Here you can for example find Äskekärrsskeppet, the only ship from the Viking era on display in Sweden. The middle ages exhibition is full of ecclesiastical history, with finds from Gothenburgs forerunners and their contacts with Western Europe.

Marinmuseum — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 05:08 PM

The Swedish National Maritime Museums works to preserve maritime cultural heritage. The maritime heritage includes all human activities that have taken place on the sea or have been influenced by the sea and its proximity - from family outings in the rowing boat to naval missions during the Cold War. From wars between great powers to forgotten shipwrecks on the sea bed.

Naturhistorika Riksmuseet (Natural History Museum) — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 04:59 PM

The basis of the Museum's activities is their collections which consist of millions of specimens, everything from pollen to whales, from minerals to DNA. An important task for them is therefore to preserve, document and expand these collections.

Nordiska Museet — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 05:00 PM

Discover Sweden's cultural history. Exhibition on the home, clothes and fashion, customs and traditions uncover daily life in Sweden through the ages.

Norrbottens Museet (NBM) — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 05:02 PM

Various exibitions and collections: Exhibitions of polar interest: exhibition See Svalbard. The island lies between 75th and 80th parallels (compared with the Arctic circle that lies on the 66th parallel). The photos show about the nature, the ice and the lives of those who live there. By this exhibition the Museum pays attention to the International Polar Year. Other exhibition: The Sami are one of the world´s indigenous peoples, living in four countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia). Formerly they were called Lapps or Laplanders. Their "land" in the four countries is today called Sápmi.

Silvermuseet — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 05:03 PM

Einar Wallquist, the "Lapland Doctor", was fascinated by the people and the nature, which served as subjects for him as an artist and an author. And he collected... Today his collection and documentation of the life of the Sami and the settlers is a cultural treasure.

Vasamusseet — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 05:04 PM

The Vasa Museum collection consists of the (Warship) Vasa itself /which sank in 1628) and all of the objects that were found with the ship. There are several thousand objects that either belong to the ship or were on-board. Unlike the other Swedish National Maritime Museums, the Naval Museum and the Maritime Museum, the Vasa Museum does not continue to collect new objects – except of course when they dive again to the site of the shipwreck!

Västerbottens Museum — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 05:05 PM

Museum is very active regarding the Arctic. Here is an example of their activities/exhibitions from October 2008: - Nights of Light - days of Darkness. An exhibition along the polar circle. - A project financed by the European Union about cultural traditions in the northern dimension (building sami huts at our open air museum, cultural tourism and cooperation with Umeå University. - Rock Art in Sápmi, an attempt to combine archaeology, story telling and fine arts whithin the Barents area. - Internation Polar Year: an archaeological excavation of a Stone Age dwelling site in the mountain area in the County of Västerbotten.

Vuollerim 6000 år — by Kris Molle — last modified Oct 27, 2008 05:07 PM

An archaeological open-air museum that brings life to the earliest history in the northern part of Sweden (Lapland). Sit back on our moose skins in the film room and make a journey 6000 years back in time. See the slide show “the people of the Bear-woman” and the exhibition “A vision of the past” about life in prehistoric times. See and handle reproductions of Stone Ages tools or try on animal skin clothes.