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Do you like art and beautiful things? Are you fond of photography? Then you’ve come to the right place. Stockholm has a lot to offer the art fan. The city is full of museums and art galleries, so you’ll have no problem cultivating your interest.
Last updated: January 10, 2024
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Stockholm is a fantastic city if you like to visit museums. There are plenty of museums for adults and also several museums for kids. If you are an art, design and photography fan and want to find the highlights for you, we’ve created a guide to Stockholm’s best art museums and galleries. Have a great time!

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Moderna Museet

Moderna museet in Stockholm
The Modern Museum – Photo: © Holger Ellgaard/Wikimedia
Modern Museum (‘Moderna Museet’ in Swedish) is located on Skeppsholmen and is a museum of Swedish, Nordic, and international modern and contemporary art. The collections include contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, and art film from the year 1900 onwards, and also photographs from about 1840. The Modern Museum organizes several major exhibitions each year and a variety of medium and small exhibitions. It also collaborates with institutions outside of Sweden in the form of touring exhibitions.
Exercisplan 4, Skeppsholmen

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Nationalmuseum

Nationalmuseum Stockholm
The magnificent National Museum
The National Museum (Nationalmuseum) is the largest art museum in Sweden and is located on Blasieholmen. The collection consists of paintings, sculptures, and paper works from about the 1500s to the 1900s, as well as art craft and design objects from the 1500s to the present. The total number of items is about 600,000.
Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2, Norrmalm/City

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Liljevalchs

Liljevalchs konstgalleri
Liljevalchs – Photo: © David Magnusson
Liljevalchs art gallery is located on Djurgården and was founded in 1916 to make art more accessible to everyone. Art, sculpture, installations, but also crafts are displayed in several exhibitions a year, mainly contemporary works, both Swedish and foreign.

Since 1921 Liljevalchs also arranges the annual Spring Exhibition (‘Vårsalongen’), which often consists of works from the public or non-famous artists selected by a jury. It’s a great opportunity to see a variety of unexpected and perhaps anticipated artistic expressions and techniques. The result is a playful, varied mix of styles and artistic quality. ‘Vårsalongen’ has been called Stockholm’s surest sign of spring, and all works are for sale.

Djurgårdsvägen 60, Djurgården

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Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde

Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde – Photo: © Anders E. Skånberg

The Stockholm art museum Waldemarsudde is also called Prince Eugene’s Waldemarsudde since the Swedish prince Eugene (1865-1947) lived and worked as an artist here. It is an art museum located in an area with historic buildings on Djurgården. The main building, ‘The Castle,’ and the art gallery was built in 1905 and 1913, and in the area, you can also find the world unique Waldemarsudde oil mill from the 1780s.

Today, the museum is one of Sweden’s most visited art museums. It offers a varied and extensive exhibition and lots of activities. The prince’s residence and his extensive art collection, together with his own works, are displayed. The collection includes artworks by Nils Kreuger, Oscar Björck, Ernst Josephson, Richard Bergh, Anders Zorn, Ivan Aguéli, and Isaac Grünewald. In the garden, you can also find several works of sculptors.

Prins Eugens väg 6, Djurgården

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Hallwylska Museet

Hallwylska Museet Stockholm
The Hallwyl Museum – Photo: © Erik Lernestål/Wikimedia
The Halwyl Museum (“Hallwylska Museet”) is a Swedish cultural history museum housed in the Hallwyl Palace on Hamngatan. The house was built between 1893 and 1898 as the Stockholm residence of Walther and Wilhelmina von Hallwyl. Wilhelmina von Hallwyl acquired large collections of art, antiques, weapons, porcelain, and silver and decided early on to preserve her home as a museum for posterity. The Hallwyl collection comprises over 50 000 documented objects.
Hamngatan 4, Norrmalm/City

hallwylskamuseet.se

Artipelag

Artipelag Värmdö
Artipelag – Photo: © Anders Fredriksen
Fantastic art in a beautiful archipelago setting. Is that something for you? Then you should take a trip to Artipelag. This art museum is located on scenic Värmdö in the Stockholm archipelago, just 30 minutes from the city. The ambition has been to create a destination of high international class, and that the museum has aimed high is clear – not least in the art exhibitions that mix everything from classic paintings to modern contemporary art. With a total area of 3,000 m2, Artipelag is one of Sweden’s largest art museums, and the unique architecture of the premises, together with the magnificent view of Baggensfjärden, contribute to an extraordinary art experience.

But Artipelag offers more than just outstanding art exhibitions. You can also have delicious food in the restaurant, enjoy a coffee in the café, or shop in the design store. In addition, there are exciting activities for both adults and children, indoors and outdoors, making the museum a great experience for the whole family (the coastal walk is a favorite). And if you’re organizing a party, dinner, conference, meeting, or event, you can book the museum’s premises for both small and large occasions. Getting here is easy – you can go by car, bus, or boat.

Artipelagstigen 1, Gustavsberg

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Fotografiska

Fotografiska museum
Discover some of the world’s best photography at Fotografiska – Photo © A. Aleksandravicius/Shutterstock.com
Fotografiska is a Swedish museum and forum for photography located in Stora Tullhuset in Stadsgårdshamnen. The purpose is to show well-known prominent photographers as well as new names. It’s also to establish the Swedish art of photography globally and international photographic art in Sweden. Since it started in 2010, the museum has had exhibitions with Annie Leibovitz, Anton Corbijn, Nick Brandt, Helen Levitt, Robert Mapplethorpe, Albert Watson, Sarah Moon, André Kertész, Gus Van Sant, and Christer Strömholm, among others.

In addition to the exhibitions, the museum offers courses, lectures, and workshops for both amateur and professional photographers. There is also a cafe, a restaurant, a shop, and a gallery of pictures for sale.

Stadsgårdshamnen 22, Södermalm

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Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum

Sven-Harrys konstmuseum
Sven-Harrys konstmuseum – Photo: © I99pema/Wikimedia
Sven-Harry’s Art Museum (‘Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum’ in Swedish) was founded by Sven Harry Karlsson and opened in March 2011. It is located in Vasaparken and houses a museum, art gallery, roof terrace, and restaurant. It is designed to highlight excellence in art and construction and to conduct a varied exhibition program. The art gallery, which is about 400 square meters, displays various exhibitions primarily of Swedish artists, both established and unestablished.

It’s divided into three larger halls, and downstairs is a media room where film and video programs are displayed in connection with the exhibitions. A unique piece of the art gallery is located on the roof of the building. There is a copy of Sven-Harry’s former home, a 1700s farm. It lets you step into Sven-Harry’s ‘home’ and take part in the art collection he has built up during 35 years of dedicated collecting.

Eastmansvägen 10–12, Vasastan

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Bonniers Konsthall

Bonniers konsthall
Bonniers Konsthall – Photo: © Petter Cohen
Bonniers Konsthall opened in 2006 and is located in central Stockholm. The Art Gallery supports contemporary art and shows art from around the world. Most of their exhibitions are self-produced.
Torsgatan 19, Vasastan

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Färgfabriken

Färgfabriken
Färgfabriken – Photo: © Åke E.son Lindman
Färgfabriken (‘Color Factory’) is an art gallery located in an industrial building from 1889 in the southern district Liljeholmen. The art gallery was established in 1995 and is an exhibition space for contemporary art, architecture, urbanism, and community development. It shows five to ten exhibitions each year and also organizes discussions, workshops, seminars, and lectures.
Lövholmsbrinken 1, Liljeholmen

fargfabriken.se

Millesgården

Millesgården Lidingö
Millesgården – Photo: © Anders E. Skånberg

Millesgården opened 1999 and is an art museum and a sculpture park on the island Lidingö, located only ten minutes from Stockholm. Until 1931 it was the home, studio, and garden of the artist and sculptor Carl Milles. Today Millesgården houses an art gallery, a sculpture park, a restaurant, an antique collection, and a shop. It is mainly showing the work of Milles himself. You can also find the beautiful garden ‘Emma Lundberg Garden’ when you visit Millesgården.

Herserudsvägen 32, Lidingö

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Magasin III

Magasin 3
Magasin III – Photo: © Christian Saltas
The Art Gallery Magasin III was founded in 1987 and is an institution for contemporary art. Today it has a collection of over 600 works of art. Magasin III is located in Frihamnen (Stockholm Harbor) in an old warehouse from 1920. The objective is to support the arts and actively work in the community by introducing and presenting artists. Since its inception, the gallery has made ​​extensive exhibitions by internationally known artists.
Frihamnsgatan 28, Frihamnen

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Thielska Galleriet

Thielska Galleriet
Thielska Galleriet – Photo: © Arild Vågen/Wikimedia
The Thiel Gallery (‘Thielska Galleriet’) is an art museum beautifully located in a park on Blockhusudden on Djurgården. It is today considered one of Sweden’s finest art museums. The museum was created by financier Ernest Thiel, one of Sweden’s most significant art collectors. The unique collection from the last century contains artwork by Bruno Liljefors, Edvard Munch, Eugène Jansson, Carl Larsson, August Strindberg, and Anders Zorn, among others. The museum also shows temporary exhibitions of contemporary artists.
Sjötullsbacken 8, Djurgården

thielskagalleriet.se

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