Göteborgs Stadsmuseum

The Göteborg City Museum is very inexpensive – 40 SEK for an annual ticket (which also lets you into a number of other museums), and free for people under the age of 25. (Sadly, I’m old, so couldn’t take advantage of the free admission.) There were a number of interesting exhibits, and for the price we paid, it was definitely worth it. We saw the remnants of a Viking ship («the only Viking ship preserved in Sweden»), an exhibit about the history of Göteborg, and a temporary exhibit about children in orphanages and foster homes, among other things. (The upcoming exhibit in September, «(In)human» sounds very fascinating – too bad I won’t be returning to Sweden within the next year!) If you’re into history or have some time to kill, I would suggest a visit to the City Museum, as you do get a good bang for your buck. Due to the excellent price and the amount of things to see, this museum deserves 4 stars.

Das Stadsmuseum Göteborg ist in einem historischen Gebäude untergebracht, das im 18. Jahrhundert von der Ostindien Kompanie als Lager, Büro und Auktionsgebäude erbaut und auch genutzt wurde. Das Museum liegt mitten in der City von Göteborg.
Man sieht hier im Bereich 17. Jahrhundert: Funde aus der Steinzeit und der Bronzezeit. Erstaunlich ist, dass man keine Werke einzelner Personen sieht. Noch im 17. Jahrhundert erwarb man «Museums geeignete» Gegenstände.
Im 18. Jahrhundert sieht und erfährt man in 3 Räumen etwas über das Wirken der Ostindien Companie, sowie den Handel mit China und Indien.
Im 19. Jahrhundert wird die Industrialisierung gezeigt. Besonders im Bereich Druck, Foto, und Weberei. Dargestellt auch deren meist schwere Arbeit.
Im 20. Jahrhundert sieht man Radios, Möbel, Kleidung und die Entwicklung Schwedens bis zum heutigen Tag.
Sehr anschaubar wird hier Schwedens Wirtschaftsaufbau dokumentiert, daher sehr sehenswert.

The Göteborg City Museum is a cultural history museumand it’s obsessed with chairs! There’s a temporary exhibit on right now called All these chairs which asks how and why we collect things, and how hundereds of chairs have ended up in the museum’s collection.
Very cool design and a great little video interview with 2 curators who raise really interesting points about collections and whether a neutral point of view can be expressed when things are donated and come with certain expectations of class and gender
One of the permanent exhibits is all about the vikings with a huge ship in the middle — Äskekärrsskeppet, the only ship from the Viking era on display in Sweden. Also very well designed and there were lots of school groups and students wandering around the place.
Like all the other museums in the city, you can leave your coats and bags in a locker for a 5k deposit. Very sensible!
There’s also a lovely little coffee shop which feels like it’s underground with big pillars and a curving ceiling. Great cakes and refills of strong coffee. We went slightly mad in the shop, buying a ton of super-​cool gifts for adults and kids alike.
I was VERY impressed with this place — if you like museums (or it’s just cold and rainy outside) pop inside for a great experience. I’d also recommend getting the museum pass which includes this, the art museum, design museum and natural history museum. Very good value for money.