This is a free museum. We were blown away by it to be honest. It's really well thought out. Very modern design and also fun with kids. The Viking history was amazing, but also the other parts were worth a visit. There is even a gold room with lots of gold and silver antiquities. There are free lockers to leave your jackets and bags!

It feels like 2 different museums. The Viking era wing is absolutely stunning and first class. All exhibits are also in English and have tablets for further exploration, and there are many smaller hands-on exhibits. The rest of the museum feels like an older traditional museum, and although good I found it much less exciting. But the Viking wing alone is worth the price of admission. There is also a cafe on the premises.

For Viking enthusiasts (eager to learn more beyond Netflix dramas), this museum displays rare find treasures and portrays in-depth accounts of Viking life — covering topics including spirituality, trade, settlement patterns, and economic production. Silver and gold hoards reflecting the extensive connections Vikings had with the British Isles, Ireland, Russia, Islamic Spain and Byzantium underscore how truly global the Vikings were. A rare-find Buddha figurine from Afghanistan/Pakistan, a surprise. Viking swords, carvings, boat hardware and jewelry also abound. Budget around 1.5 hours to see the full exhibit and read some of the in-depth explanations.

This is a very good and organized history museum I have been to recently. It had history of tragedy, pride, culture, art and what not. Have enough time in hand when you are planning to visit. Entry to the museum is free and is very educational both for children and adults. It’s also in a convenient location, easy to locate in the heart of Stockholm.

Brilliant! The exhibits are quite interesting and show so much of the Viking heritage. The gold "vault" area was incredible. A must see!

I enjoyed this museum, but it can definitely get a little "meta" and navel-gazing. There were times when I thought that I was in a museum about museums. They pound in the idea that museums have a perspective, too, and the visitor should keep that in mind. Despite this, their collection is pretty good. I enjoyed the Gotland massacre room, and they did a good job trying to explain how the average person lived through different times in Swedish history.

Very cool museum with free entrance. Currently with a new exhibition with the history and articles of the Vikings. On the other floors there are exhibitions about the history of Sweden. It also has an outdoor area with exposed things. It has a restaurant (I didn't eat there) and a shop with interesting things. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The exhibition has the option of explanation in Swedish and in English.

The collections are well preserved presenting the early Swedish historical period. Another must-visit museum in Stockholm you are interested in the cultural and religious parts of ancient nordic people.

Excellent museum charting the history of Sweden! I’ve learnt a lot from an historical context!! Lots of displays so if you like spending time on reading, do allocate a couple of hours. I only spent an hour only due to time constraints.

🆓 Most importantly: it is totally free for anyone! 🆓 Very kind and helpful staff, cloakroom, and a restaurant inside. The exhibition is worth the visit, there are jewelries, ancient swords, armors, wooden sculptures, videos, interactive tasks. Modern, clean, well maintained. Suitable for kids.

It was so awesome! A lot of interactive stories and things to touch or interact with, full English translation either directly or via booklet. Audio guide was a bit boring but informative. Spent couple hours there. Regarding kids in the museum - there is a lot of things to do for kids, special places and outside garden for games.

Love the Vikings exhibition, I wish if there was an English translation on the items exhibited on the second floor

It's very big with a variety of exhibitions, mostly focused on culture and the everyday life of the people in the past living on swedish ground or the north. They have a fantastic collection and exhibition about vikings with lots of material to read or shorter summary's. It very nicely made and curated. You can spend hours there if you want to read everything so make sure you know what you want to see before getting to exhausted and only rushing through stuff at the end.

Very good museum to learn more about the beginning od Sweden and Swedish's historical and cultural.

It is necessary to spare at least 2-3 hours for this museum. I found it to close at 17.00 very early and unfortunately I could only visit it for 1 hour. It is definitely one of the must-see museums in Stockholm. The economy section was closed when I visited, but Viking World was available. The content is very rich and magnificent.

First... Free admission! Then, the place offer spaces and activities that easily engage children and adults. A must in Stockholm as it shows viking legacy and traditional culture from the noth of Europe. During summer special outdoor actuvite are offered.

Wow. This was the best experience in Stockholm by far. However, we were extremely fortunate to have a live Opera artist practicing in one of the rooms so that most certainly contributed to this perfect score! So this might be a one off and you may not be as lucky. The viking history was fascinating and best of all, it was free entry when we went! They are also going to expand the history museum to also include an economics section, so well worth visiting when ready. Entertainment = 10/10 Information = 10/10 Customer service = 10/10 Value = 10/10 Overall = 10/10

Although my wife and I were only able to make it through the Vikings exhibit, it was quite the experience. The free admission (like most museums in the area) was free - believing that people from all demographics should be able to learn about their past. The layout was very well done and the computer screens beside most exhibits allowed you to zoom in to amazing detail. You could spend days looking at items. It was easy to see that this option was VERY popular. The lighting and sounds in the Viking exhibit, including the gold room, really added to the experience. This was one of our favorite stops during our stay in Stockholm. Thank you very much for the walk through Viking history.

Interesting progression from Stone Age to the current day. Very interactive and child friendly. Fantastic medieval rooms... very unexpected!

The museum was truly enjoyable, providing a wealth of information and captivating exhibits. Although not large in size, it offered enough content to spend a satisfying 2-3 hours exploring Swedish history. The museum's canteen was delightful, and the outdoor rest area provided a pleasant space to relax. The staff, particularly a lady we encountered, were incredibly friendly and always had a warm smile for everyone. It was inspiring to see how much she enjoyed her job.

It's a very informative museum, deliberately, I think, not of the type that tries hard to impress and function as a self-advertisment. Especially the new exhibition about the Viking era, is fantastic but don't expect much of raids and battles and slaughters, this is mostly to highlight the opposite, that vikings were also craftsmen, traders, Explorers, navigators but farmers and fishermen as well. A Very modern and artful exhibition, I wish I had a whole day to spend there and see all the artifacts more carefully.

Excellent place. Very adapted for english speakers with translated documents available for the exhibits. Very friendly and helpful staff! They even charged my phone for me behind the counter (however, this may be as it was quiet at the time, and isn't an explicitly offered service). Bathrooms and lockers are available, the latter of which proved quite helpful to store my many layers of clothing! Only improvement would be the gift shop - a good selection of blankets and soaps and prints are available. However, no museum-branded items like keychains are available (for us tourists who like to show off where we've visited) which was only a small disappointment in an overall postive experience. I highly recommend it as an affordable experience in Stockholm!

This is an excellent museum, and once the renovations are complete I am sure it will be even better. The Viking gallery is superb - fully interactive in English and Swedish, each case of exhibits having a screen on which you can read about the context and any of the displayed objects you fancy (or all of them, if they all interest you), so the cases are not clogged up with small labels. It is all well presented in the context of latest research about the Vikings, and afterwards there is the strongroom downstairs containing the collection of medieval gold and silver. Upstairs is still a work in progress, with the Swedish history gallery feeling a little rushed and limited information in English (there were booklets, but these were not all available in the correct place), but I am sure that will be rectified soon. While I have read a lot about the Vikings, I still got a lot from this place, especially seeing the exhibits, and a visit is recommended for this alone. However, as it is very difficult to obtain general books in English about Swedish history, the museum is also definitely recommended for anyone with even a passing interest in this queer subject.

Awesome museum with lots of Viking runestones and other artifacts. Plenty of interactive spots for children to entertain themselves. During summer they do outdoor activities for kids

Had a very fun time at this museum, during the summer they run a viking experience where you can make runed necklaces, bake some flat bread, try archery, make beads, etc. The other exhibits were also well presented.

Very interesting museum with changing exhibitions. At the time of my visit, the focus was especially on the life of the Vikings. In addition to this exhibition, however, there were permanent exhibitions on prehistory and the Middle Ages in Sweden. Overall, highly recommended for both children and adults. Included in the price is a 30-minute guided tour in Swedish/English, which was a nice introduction to the most important topics of the exhibition. The museum uses multimedia with many interactive picture boards where you can read more info about the things on display. At the time of my visit, for example, bread could be baked in the courtyard/garden as it was at the time of the Vikings, which was particularly interesting for children. Overall, highly recommended, in my opinion the best museum in Stockholm if you want to learn about the history of Sweden.

Another free museum in Sweden. If you want to know about Swedish history, this is the place for you. It is attached to the Economy Museum (also free entrance). Also check out free events on Facebook from time to time like concerts and stuff..

Amazing! From the stone age, the bronze Age to the viking era. I was touched by the Gotlands Massacre

it along with the Medieval Museum are my favorites in Stockholm. so many fabulous items in the displays. a lot of information well-presented. i went twice because i wanted to see everything. some of the areas are interactive that make it even more interesting.

The BEST place to see REAL Viking artifacts. The Viking exhibition helped me understand so much more about their culture.

Nice museum big areas for the kids to run around and explore on. The fact that you got to play viking was a fun feature

Viking era artefacts, finely crafted sculptures are the main attraction here. The entry is free as the Swedish government aims to promote its historical heritage. If you have ample amount of time in Stockholm, then visit this!

Amazing museum that is free to enter. Fascinating permanent collection and - when I visited - a really good exhibition that dispelled many myths about Vikings and contained hundreds of brilliant pieces and reams of useful information. A nice cafe of course, and the gold room in the cellar is great too.

Amazing place, you can go there for free and look at exhibitions at your own pace. Exhibitions are well explained and made very interestingly so even our teenagers were impressed and had fun. Strongly recommend going there, but some warning for you: time flies there! You might need a whole day if you want to see details about exhibits.

Learn about the Viking myth creation

Really fantastic there. Living history and a cute little shop with books, Arts and Crafts, organic honey and souvenirs.

we were like in the dream, in history. perfect 👍

It's an amazing museum! Exhibitions are wisely and beautifully designed to be interesting for both adults and children. It's not about objects, but about human stories behind them. We spent 2h in Prehistoric exhibition and could spend more.

The best museum that I did! It's very well done. The object are very well presented. We spend 4 hours with great pleasure!

Free entry. Lots of exhibition and knowledge.

Huge museum that takes some time to go thru if you want to see everything. The "golden room" is a very special visit with more than 52kg of solid gold to see.

Nice museum to expend at least 2 hours, good contend about all the Swedish history and some interesting things temporary exhibitions.

Very very interesting museum. Excellent exhibition about the Vikings with a lot to see and read, with a VR bit thrown in. But the museum has a wealth of Swedish history through time, well thought out and executed. The Gold Room in the basement has some beautiful objects. We spent about 5 hours here including lunch. That was about 3 hours longer than I expected! Large religious section, which was of no interest to me really so that shows how long we spent in the other parts. Rather cheaper than other Stockholm based museums as well and close to Djurgarden and the marina so pretty much central with the walk along the quayside back to central Stockholm being pleasant and easy going.

Nice museum! It is free !! You get a feeling of human life starting from prehistoric period, stone age, bronze age and modern age. There ate several interesting stuffs well preserved in the museum! If you love History. It is worth visiting. You will also learn, history of Sweden from different centuries. I spent approximately and it was worth for me. There is restaurant too if you feel hungry. There is a picnic area ( I guess, place to eat or seat for a while) if you want to have your own food there. I would recommend!

It's a free place ! We recommand the Swedish history museum. There are lockers for personal stuffs.

We never expected this place to be so interesting when we got in! It was very informative without being boring and quite interactive! We had a lovely time and I definitely recommended a visit. Especially the exhibition in the ground floor (it was like a waiting room with gates, can't recall the title) was captivating!

Free entrance , but you can pay to have a guided tour which i do highly recommend. Very rich museum. There is also restaurants where you can sit and eat and take a fika break while discovering the museum.

A great and informative yet small museum with a little about Sweden and Scandinavia throughout history. I spent a couple hours here and still didnt see everything. There are alot of informative plaques to read thru. The collection of viking gold and silver in the Gold Room is impressive.

Very nice exhibitions! Very big museum with all the essential historical information! Worth a visit + its Free! (The entrance its from the right side of the building)

Very nice Viking exhibition 😃

Very intressting museum with great interactive exhibitions highlightening Swedens history and culture. Smell, touch and ublide many museums where only Seeing is the possibility you feel connected to history here.

The best museum to visit when in Stockholm. It is massive , impressive and adventurous. You will learn all about Vikings and the Swedish history. My favorite museum so far.

Overall a solid experience for no entry fee. 😁 I visited on a Wednesday when the entry is free for all the visitors. I really enjoyed prehistoric and Viking era parts of the exhibition it really showcased how an interactive and immersive exhibition should be done with all kinds of interactive tables, interactive map for learning about Norse mythology and rooms towards the end of this level which pose questions that challenge your imagination and make you question your life. The rest of the exhibition was just a quick summary of the rest of Swedish history which was a lot better demonstrated in the Army Museum in my opinion.