Historiska Museet

Le musée n’est pas très grand mais vous y découvrirez l’histoire de la suède au fil d’une frise chronologique qui vous guidera au sol.
Tout d’abord la salle de l’or. Il s’agit d’une salle où sont exposés que des objets, pièces, bijoux… en or et argent. Les premiers datent des vikings. Ils y a des colliers magnifiques avec des détails impressionnants pour l’époque.
À l’étage vous avez toute l’histoire de la suède. La salle qui m’a le plus impressionnée c’est celle relatant la bataille entre suédois et danois avec des squelettes encore emprisonnées dans leur armure.
Vous avez aussi une exposition dédiée aux vikings: vie quotidienne…
Pour les enfants il y a des jeux l’été en extérieur.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Schönes Museum welches die schwedische Geschichte und Lebensweise zeigt. Es ist sehr liebevoll aufgemacht und gibt einen guten Einblick in die schwedische Seele.
Für den Preis von 90 SEK kann man nicht meckern!

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.

Gut gemacht für die ganze Familie. Also AUCH für die Kinder. Ein preiswerter Nachmittag mit vielen Infos + Spass!

Wer mehr ueber die Geschichte Schwedens und die der Wikinger erfahren möchte ist hier gut aufgehoben. Ein sehr schönes Museum. Fuer Kinder besonders spannend am Wochenende, da kann man sich als Wikinger verkleiden und Fotos machen. Das Museum geht auch gut auf die teilweise sehr verklärte Geschichte der Wikinger ein, wie selbst die Schweden die Geschichte verändert haben. Man sollte sich da zB die kleine extra Ausstellung zum Thema Historiska Museet im Jahre 1943 ansehen. Am Ende eines langen Rundgangs kann man sich noch im Café gemuetlich hinsetzen. Der Shop vom Museum hat dann noch ein paar nette Mitbringsel zu bieten, ich sag nur kleine Runensteine. Liebhaber alter Kirchen werden hier auch sehr auf ihre Kosten kommen, fast der gesammte erste Stock handelt nur ueber mittelalterliche Altarbilder und religiöse Objekte. Zu sehen sind auch das älteste Textil und das älteste Buch Schwedens.