Museums · Umeå

Västerbottens Museum

county museum in Umeå, Sweden

  • TypeMuseums
  • WhereUmeå, Sweden
  • AddressHelena Elisabeths väg 3
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About Västerbottens Museum

Västerbottens museum in the Gammlia area of Umeå, Sweden is a county museum with responsibility for the cultural history of Västerbotten County. The museum consists of the Gammlia open-air museum, a ski exhibition (previously the Swedish Ski Museum), an exhibition of Fishing and Maritime (previously the Fishing and Maritime Museum), the popular movement archive of Västerbotten County and a number of Sami camps.

The museum is working all over Västerbotten County with, amongst other things, numerous contract activities, mainly in the archaeological field. The museum produces the quarterly journal Västerbotten for the Västerbotten County district association.

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Good to know

Built
1886
Architect
Bengt Romare
Visitors a year
229,000
Opening hours
Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00 · Sat, Sun 11:00-17:00 from OpenStreetMap; check before you go
Official website
vbm.se
Umeå