• Skansen is the world's first ethnographic open-air museum as well as one of the most extensive ones.
  • Founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius, Swedish scholar and folklorist, Skansen was the first open air museum in Sweden, intended to display pre-industrial life...
  • Skansen is the world's first ethnographic open-air museum as well as one of the most extensive ones.
  • Located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden, Skansen open air museum is one of the residents on this island of museums, the other being the...
  • The world’s first open-air museum with 150 historic buildings, zoo with Nordic wild and domestic animals, children’s zoo, gardens...
  • Skansen is the world’s oldest open-air museum and zoo. Located in Stockholm, the museum was founded in the late 19th century by Artur Hazelius...
  • Skansen is located on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm and is one of the oldest open-air museums in the world.
  • On Sunday the 11th of October 1891 Skansen was opened to the public with the Mora cottage as the museum’s first building.
  • Read travel facts about Skansen Museum, which means "the fortress" in Swedish: the world's first open-air museum, that shows five centuries of Swedish history.