Book a tour of the museum for you and your group. We accept requests for when you would like to visit us.
Information and Booking
Each tour takes approximately 45 minutes and has a maximum limit of 25 participants. A tour costs SEK 900 during the museum’s opening hours on weekdays and SEK 1,800 in the evenings and at weekends. Schools can visit our tours at the museum free of charge.
We offer tours in Swedish and English.
Contact
Please contact Ludvig Lhonneur, educator, to book your tour (contact details below).
We would like to know the following:
- Which tour are you interested in? Refer to the listed tours below.
- What date and time are you planning your visit? Please provide (if possible) alternative dates/times.
- How many people are in the group?
- Which school or organisation are you from?
- If a school, what year are the pupils in?
- Are there any special needs in the group that we need to be aware of and possibly adapt to?
- Invoice details
INTRODUCTION
The Whole Museum
Book a basic tour of all the exhibitions at Västergötlands museum and get an overview of the spectacular finds discovered in and around Skara. The highlights of our exhibitions are presented, such as the Fröslunda shields, the Suntak chair and the Skara Missal. The tour is a good introduction to the museum for first-time visitors and provides an overview of what the museum has to offer, while leaving some things for visitors to explore for themselves.
EARLY HISTORY
Between Ice and Fire
Västergötland is one of Sweden’s richest areas in terms of archaeological finds. This is clearly evident in the museum’s exhibition ‘Between Ice and Fire’, which spans from the beginning of the Stone Age to the end of the Iron Age. In addition to one of Sweden’s oldest skeletons and the country’s longest flint axe, the exhibition also features the world-unique Fröslunda shields. Book a tour and join us on a 10,000-year journey where you will learn how humans first came to the place that is now Sweden and how their living conditions have developed and changed over the millennia.
MIDDLE AGES
Skara in the Middle Ages
It may be difficult to imagine that the sleepy little town of Skara, with its population of just under 10,000, was once one of the largest and most important cities in the emerging kingdom of Sweden. However, at Västergötlands museum there is evidence of this in the form of artefacts left behind by the medieval inhabitants of Skara. Here you will find Sweden’s oldest chair and book, as well as some of the country’s best-preserved medieval skeletons. Learn about what life was like for the inhabitants of a medieval metropolis and hear the story of how Skara grew to become one of the country’s most important cities, but also, of course, what led to it losing its prominent position.
CURRENT
Temporary Exhibitions
The museum has two exhibition halls with temporary exhibitions. These exhibitions can be anything from modern art installations to archaeology-based historical exhibitions. Book a tour and hear our educator talk about the exhibitions currently on display at the museum.
OPEN-AIR MUSEUM
Fornbyn
Outside the museum is Fornbyn, an open-air museum. Fornbyn contains around 30 buildings that have been collected from across the Västergötland region and has been part of the museum since the 1920s. The oldest buildings date back to the 17th century and the newest was built as recently as 1961. The buildings are intended to show what life was like in the Swedish countryside before the advent of industrialisation, and Fornbyn displays a wide range of buildings that our ancestors used in their everyday lives. They all contain stories that the museum’s educator brings to life during a tour.
18TH CENTURY
Kråk Manor
Kråk Manor was built in 1792 on the Kråks estate outside Karlsborg on the shores of Lake Vättern. In 1944, it was decided that the manor house should be moved, and in 1953 it was relocated to the museum in Skara. The manor house is now a gem in the museum’s collections. Book a tour to enter the manor house and learn about its more than 200-year history. These walls have heard and seen a lot, and there are many nooks and crannies in the manor house that are well worth exploring. Brave visitors can also hear the story of the white lady who has been sighted inside the manor house.
