Malmö museum

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Malmö Museum is a municipal and regional museum in Malmö, Sweden. The museum shows exhibitions on technology, shipping, natural history and history. Malmö museum also has an aquarium. The exhibitions are primarily shown on Castle Island (Slottsholmen) and in the Technology & Maritime Museum (Teknikens och sjöfartens hus). On Castle Island, Malmö Castle is part of the museum and Malmö Art Museum is also located there. Malmö Museum is also a Science Center. Science Center Malmö includes the exhibitions Planet of Ideas, Vehicles of the Future, Muscles and Engines, Heaven and Earth, City of Time, Smart and Our Nature. Malmö Museum is also responsible for archaeological and marine archaeological finds in Malmö on behalf of the county administrative board, and has a municipal mandate for cultural heritage protection. In 2002, the museum was awarded Museum of the Year by the Swedish Museums Association. Biljana Topalova-Casadiego has been the director of Malmö Museum since 2021. On 22 April 2023, the Wisdome 360° Dome Cinema, donated by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and others, was inaugurated in the partially rebuilt Technology & Maritime Museum. The theater and its surrounding...

Malmö Museum's collections contain approximately 500,000 objects, 4 million photographs, 3-4 million archaeological artifacts and an archive collection. The main areas of the museum's collection include cultural history, natural history, archaeology, history of technology and maritime history. Some of the museum's objects are searchable in the Carlotta database.

The museum has several permanent basic exhibitions. On Castle Island there are the basic exhibitions Malmö Castle, Power over people, By order of the King, Our nature, The Aquarium, Welcome to Sweden, Color, form and function, Beachfronts and Scanian dinosaurs and other ancient animals and Clues - postholes, DNA and other traces from the past. There are also Malmö Museum's natural history dioramas depicting Swedish nature. They were built in the 1930s and 40s. In the main entrance on Slottsholmen, Malmö Museum's giraffe has been on display since 1937.

At the Technology & Maritime Museum, the basic exhibitions are the Submarine U3, The Boat Playroom, Without Land in Sight, Coastal Land, Muscles and Engines, The Planet of Ideas, Vehicles of the Future, Heaven and Earth, Impressions, Smart, The City of Time and Women Making History.

The museum also presents and produces temporary exhibitions. In 2024, the exhibition: Lars Wallin Fashion Stories. On display at the Technology & Maritime Museum until 12 January 2025.

Clues - postholes, DNA and other traces from the past

( Ledtrådar – stolphål, DNA och andra spår från forntiden ) The exhibition is about the people who lived here long before us and the traces they left behind. From the oldest Stone Age 14 000 years ago, up to the end of the Iron Age about 1 000 years ago. Threads and parallels are drawn to our own time. The exhibition also shows how we think we know what we claim to know today about the past.

( Makt över människor ) The history of Malmö Castle from the 18th century to the present day is portrayed through the lives of people. The exhibition mainly highlights the period when the castle was used as a prison and the prisoners who were held at Malmöhus. The exhibition was opened in 2004.

( Välkommen till Sverige ) The exhibition is about the months in 1945 when Malmö Museum was transformed from a public museum into a refugee camp. Women and men from Nazi concentration camps came to Malmö through the Red Cross rescue operation, the White Buses. One of the few remaining White Buses is displayed outside Malmö Castle.

( På kungens order ) By order of the King sheds light on the history of the 17th century Scanian War and how Scania became part of Sweden.

( Vår natur ) Our Nature is about nature and the animals closest to us, and about how humans use and affect nature both locally and globally. The exhibition shows parts of Malmö Museum's natural history collections.

( Akvariet ) Malmö Museum's Aquarium was opened in 1937. In 2015, the aquarium was completely renovated and is now twice as big as before. The aquarium is divided into three sections: Our Waters, Unique and Endangered Environments, and Amazing Features of Animals. It houses a variety of animals and environments - from coral reefs to tropical rainforests and Swedish lakes. In total, there are 60 terrariums and aquariums.

( Färg Form Funktion ) Color, Form and Function is about the functions, colors and forms of nature and animals. It features stuffed animals from around the world. These include a Przewalski's horse, a proboscis monkey and a kiwi.

Scanian dinosaurs and other ancient animals

( Skånska dinosaurier och andra jättegamla djur ) The exhibition takes you on a journey through time, with Scania at the center, from the early days of the Earth, 4.6 billion years ago, to the present day. The exhibition includes fossil finds from dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals and plants from Scania. Over the millions of years, the climate has changed several times and thus affected the conditions for life in Scania.

( Ledtrådar – stolphål, DNA och andra spår från forntiden ) The exhibition is about the people who lived here long before us and the traces they left behind. From the oldest Stone Age 14 000 years ago, up to the end of the Iron Age about 1 000 years ago. Threads and parallels are drawn to our own time. The exhibition also shows how we think we know what we claim to know today about the past.

( Makt över människor ) The history of Malmö Castle from the 18th century to the present day is portrayed through the lives of people. The exhibition mainly highlights the period when the castle was used as a prison and the prisoners who were held at Malmöhus. The exhibition was opened in 2004.

( Välkommen till Sverige ) The exhibition is about the months in 1945 when Malmö Museum was transformed from a public museum into a refugee camp. Women and men from Nazi concentration camps came to Malmö through the Red Cross rescue operation, the White Buses. One of the few remaining White Buses is displayed outside Malmö Castle.

( På kungens order ) By order of the King sheds light on the history of the 17th century Scanian War and how Scania became part of Sweden.

( Vår natur ) Our Nature is about nature and the animals closest to us, and about how humans use and affect nature both locally and globally. The exhibition shows parts of Malmö Museum's natural history collections.