Lund Historical Museum

Lund, Sweden

The Historical museum in Lund, founded in 1805, is the second largest archaeological museum in Sweden. Its collections contain among other things Kilian Stobaeus' Cabinet of Curiosities from the 18th century, thousands of finds from the excavations of the Iron Age city of Uppåkra and numerous artefacts from the Scanian Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. The museum also has the second largest coin collection in the country, a large department of medieval church art and artefacts from Classical Antiquity.

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Address

Kraftstorg 1, Lund, Sweden
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Details

Founded: 1805
Category: Museums in Sweden
Historical period: The Age of Enlightenment (Sweden)

More Information

www.luhm.lu.se

Rating

4.4/5 (based on Google user reviews)

User Reviews

Raif & Vy (6 months ago)
Full of history, good place to pass the time. Disappointed when purchasing the tickets staff didn't tell us that 2 of the museum's are closed for renovations. I understand reservations happen but why are the tickets still the same price. At the end of the day everything else was good.
Lucie Perez (8 months ago)
The museum is small but there is real work on the exhibitions, especially on the ground floor with the history of Lund University. Upstairs, the collection of wooden religious art is impressive. You will be warmly welcome at the entrance. I look forward to seeing the next exhibition!
Charlotte Katakuri (9 months ago)
Absolutely amazing place! Many artefacts and statues! This is a lovely place?
Sara Jørgensen (12 months ago)
When we visited the museum it was free to enter where we were greeted by super friendly staff at the entrance. It's really cool that you can experience so many different time periods in the same place - and at the same time also have the opportunity to get to know the Swedish, Scanian and Scandinavian culture better.
Mukhtar Ahmed Sayyed (3 years ago)
A good museum to visit for those who have interest in history. A handbook is available at the entrance in Swedish as well as English explaining the floor plans of the museum. Also the staff at the reception is very helpfull. There are many relics from the stone age, iron age as well as the Viking era. It has also a good collection from after the AD as well as Before Christ. Also they have section with coins from different centuries. They have lockers and a shop on the ground floor. Also the lift is one of the oldest in Skane
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