Best museums in Stockholm: prices, the Monday closures and the free and late evenings

💡 The Short Version: Nationalmuseum, Moderna Museet, the Royal Armoury, Millesgården and the Hallwyl Museum are closed on Mondays, and so is the Nobel Prize Museum from September to May. Nationalmuseum is SEK 160 and is not free, except for everyone on Thursdays 17:00 to 20:00; under-20s are free. Moderna Museet is free on Fridays 18:00 to 20:00. Fotografiska is open to 23:00 every day. The Nobel Prize Museum sells tickets at the desk only. Most take cards only or card and Swish. Prices are in Swedish kronor. Or book a tour: the Fotografiska entry ticketad is from SEK 195 and the Nobel Prize Museum ticketad from SEK 160 (GetYourGuide).

Closed days and late nights

Prices are the adult rate from each museum’s own site, for the permanent collection. The Vasa Museum, Skansen and ABBA The Museum have their own pages.

Nationalmuseum

SEK 160 · under 20 free · free for everyone Thursdays 17:00 to 20:00 · closed Mondays · Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2

Nationalmuseum charges SEK 160 for its collections and temporary shows, SEK 80 in the last 60 minutes before closing, and nothing for under-20s, who still need a ticket. The collection displays are the Timeline, the Design Depot, the Treasury and the Sculpture Courtyard. The ground floor, with the restaurant, shop and courtyards, is free to everyone every day. The museum takes card or Swish, and has changed its bag rules for safety. It is closed on 24, 25 and 31 December and 1 January, and open 11:00 to 17:00 on 26 December. Go City is accepted.

The Nationalmuseum on the Blasieholmen waterfront. Photo: ArildV, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Moderna Museet

SEK 170 · SEK 160 online · Free Friday 18:00 to 20:00 · closed Mondays · Skeppsholmen

Moderna Museet sells tickets SEK 10 cheaper online. Under-19s are free, as are members of Klubb Moderna, and the museum takes cards only. The collection displays include Swedish art from 1945 to 1979, Surrealism, Robert Rauschenberg and video works, and a guided tour of the collection in English runs at 15:30 on some days. Free Friday runs 18:00 to 20:00, the last two hours of a day the museum stays open to 20:00. The museum is also open to 20:00 on Tuesdays. Go City does not list it.

Fotografiska

SEK 195 · open every day to 23:00 · Student Monday SEK 100 · Duo ticket from 18:00 Wednesdays · Stadsgårdshamnen 22

Fotografiska is a photography museum on the Södermalm waterfront. Youth aged 13 to 25 pay SEK 135, seniors SEK 165, and children aged 12 and under enter free with an adult. Student Monday is SEK 100 for ages 13 to 25 with ID, Senior Tuesday SEK 135, and on Wednesdays from 18:00 two people enter for the price of one, SEK 98 each. The museum sells a guided tour with admission for SEK 195, Tuesday to Sunday. Children up to 11 enter only with an adult aged 18 or over. Shows run to 7 February 2027, “Harder Better Faster Stronger: Are Men OK?”, with Diana Markosian’s “Father” and “Kvinnor bakom kameran 1848 till 1968” from 5 December. The restaurant is open Wednesday to Saturday from 17:00, with lunch on weekdays. The GetYourGuide listing is the museum’s own ticket at the same SEK 195.

Fotografiska in its former customs house on the Södermalm waterfront. Photo: ArildV, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Nobel Prize Museum

SEK 160 · tickets at the desk only · closed Mondays from September to May · Friday to 21:00 · Stortorget 2

The Nobel Prize Museum is in the old Stock Exchange building on Stortorget in Gamla Stan. Adults pay SEK 160 and students and seniors SEK 120. Visitors aged 0 to 18 enter free, and a guided tour is included in the ticket. The museum sells tickets at the entrance desk and not on its website. Friday evenings often hold concerts or talks. It is closed on 24, 25 and 31 December and 1 January. In December Saturdays and Sundays run to 18:00, except Sunday 6 December, 14:00 to 18:00, and from Monday 7 to Thursday 10 December it is open 11:00 to 18:00. The museum will move to the Nobel Center at Slussen, with opening set for 2031.

The Börshuset on Stortorget, home of the Nobel Prize Museum. Photo: Øyvind Holmstad, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The GetYourGuide listingad is the museum’s own entry ticket at SEK 160, and it is the only way to buy ahead.

The Royal Armoury

SEK 180 · half price Thursday 17:00 to 20:00 from September to April · closed Mondays · in the Royal Palace

The Royal Armoury holds ceremonial equipment, weapons and costumes from Sweden’s royal history. The adult ticket also covers retirees and students, and under-19s are free. Admission is half price on Thursdays from 17:00 to 20:00 from September to April, and for retirees and visitors aged 65 and over on Wednesdays from September to December. Visitors aged 19 to 25 pay SEK 90 on Fridays from January to April and from September to December. Its current show is In Royal Service. The Armoury is not in the Royal Palace ticket. See Royal Palace tickets.

The Swedish History Museum

SEK 180 · half price the last hour and Wednesdays 17:00 to 20:00 · closed Mondays · Narvavägen 17

The Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet) is the museum of the Gold Room and the Vikings exhibition. The ticket also covers the Museum of Economy in the same building. It costs half price from 16:00 to 17:00 and on Wednesdays from 17:00 to 20:00, students pay half price on Sundays, and visitors under 19 are free. The museum takes cash, cards and Swish. Mondays are closed except 26 October, 21 December and 28 December 2026, and it is also closed on 24, 25 and 31 December. Go City is accepted.

Nordiska museet

SEK 170 · open every day · Wednesdays to 20:00 · cashless

The Nordic Museum shows how people lived in Sweden and the Nordic countries, from its collections of real objects, images and stories. Adults pay SEK 170, seniors and students over 19 SEK 150, and children aged 3 to 18 SEK 75, free on weekdays in the autumn and spring school terms. It takes card or Swish, and a digital guide runs on your phone. It stays open to 20:00 on Wednesdays from September to May, and on 28 October, 9 December and 23 December the hours change. The GetYourGuide listing is the museum’s own ticket at SEK 170. Go City is accepted.

The Nordic Museum on Djurgården, with Junibacken in front. Photo: ArildV, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Viking Museum

SEK 239 from 24 October 2026 · weekdays from 11:00 · cashless · Djurgårdsstrand 15

The Viking Museum, formerly Vikingaliv, raises the adult ticket from SEK 199 to SEK 239 on 24 October 2026. Students and seniors pay SEK 189, youth aged 15 to 18 SEK 189, and children aged 0 to 14 enter free from that date. It includes the 11-minute ride “Ragnfrid’s Saga”, for which children under 7 need an adult, and daily guided tours in English and Swedish. The museum takes cards only and has a free audio guide in ten languages. The Vrak Museum of Wrecks is at Djurgårdsstrand 17.

Spritmuseum

SEK 190 · daily 11:00 to 22:00 · cash taken

The Museum of Spirits charges SEK 190, SEK 140 for students and seniors, SEK 95 for ages 15 to 18, and nothing for ages 0 to 14. It runs free introductory tours, and the exhibitions, restaurant and bar are all open late every day. On 24 October it closes at 15:00. Go City is accepted.

The Hallwyl Museum

SEK 150 · SEK 200 with a guided tour · closed Mondays · Wednesdays to 19:00

The Hallwyl Museum is a 19th-century home. The SEK 150 ticket covers two of its five floors, a guided tour adds SEK 50, and under-19s are free.

Millesgården, Tekniska museet and the City Museum

Millesgården SEK 170 · Tekniska museet from SEK 200 · the City Museum free

Millesgården on Lidingö, the island east of the city, is a sculpture park with an art hall and a restaurant. It costs SEK 170, SEK 140 for students and SEK 85 for seniors on Fridays, and children aged 0 to 18 are free. Tekniska museet, the national museum of science and technology, is from SEK 200, with the Wisdome dome show SEK 100 extra and under-7s free. The Stockholm City Museum at Slussen is free.

Closed: the Medieval Museum

The Medieval Museum under Norrbro is closed while it moves to the Börshuset at Stortorget in Gamla Stan. The City of Stockholm gives no opening date. Its pop-up, Medieval Hub, in the courtyard of Storkyrkan, was open Wednesday to Saturday from 3 June to 29 August 2026. See Gamla Stan.

Hours, rules and the pass

• Cards: the Vasa Museum, Moderna Museet, the Viking Museum and Skansen take cards only. Nationalmuseum, Nordiska museet and Junibacken take card or Swish. Spritmuseum and the Swedish History Museum take cash.
• Go City: the pass includes the Vasa Museum, Vrak, the Royal Palace, Skansen, the Viking Museum, Nordiska museet, the Nobel Prize Museum, Fotografiska, Nationalmuseum, the Royal Armoury, the History Museum, Spritmuseum and Tekniska museet. It does not list ABBA The Museum, Junibacken, Moderna Museet or the Hallwyl Museum. Stockholm pass: is it worth it? has the sums.
• The one thing that ruins a visit: a Monday plan built on museums. Only the Vasa Museum, Nordiska museet, the Viking Museum, Fotografiska, Spritmuseum and Tekniska museet are open.

What to book in Stockholm has the closed days for every sight. Free things to do in Stockholm lists the free evenings and the museums children enter free. Stockholm with kids sorts the family museums by age. 3 days in Stockholm builds the Monday plan. Gamla Stan places the Nobel Prize Museum and the Armoury, and the Gamla Stan walk and the Södermalm walk (which names Fotografiska as a detour) put them on routes. For a bed, see where to stay in Stockholm.