About the museums

The largest Natural History Museums in Sweden

Biological museums Lund University

The Museum of Evolution (in swedish)

Herbarium GB

Gothenburg Museum of Natural History

The Swedish Museum of Natural History

The Swedish Natural History Museums

There are about thirty Natural History Museums in Sweden. The largest are the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm and the museums in Gothenburg, Lund and Uppsala. Some of their collections are very distinguished also by international standards. All museums, irrespective of size, harbour part of the collections that together make up our vast national biological knowledge base.

Invaluable to research and nature conservation

Swedish biodiversity research is successful also by international standards. The extensive and extremely valuable collections of biological material from large parts of the world that have been accumulated since the days of Linnaeus, are frequently used by leading scientists worldwide. The collections harbour invaluable information about global biodiversity. They form an indispensable part of the infrastructure of biological research in general and biodiversity research in particular. Last but not least, the extensive collections constitute an information source vital to nature conservation and the preservation of Swedish biodiversity.

Inspiration and Education

Apart from being crucial to research and nature conservation, the natural history museums also provide ”ordinary people” with a vital source of information and inspiration. The Swedish Museum of Natural History is one of the most frequently visited Swedish museums, but also the other museums are important sources of inspiration and information concerning biodiversity. Many of the Swedish natural history museums are also advanced in terms of digitalisation and online availability.

NAMSA

The Cooperation Organisation of the Natural history Museums (NAMSA) aims at promoting the dissemination of natural history knowledge, and to work for the preservation of new and old natural history collections

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