Önningebymuseet

About the museum

Önningebymuseet was founded in 1992 by the Önningeby local heritage society (hembygdsförening) and is run on a voluntary basis. It is a specialist museum about the Önningeby colony, the artists’ colony founded in 1886 by the Finnish landscape painter Victor Westerholm. Both Finnish and Swedish artists took part, among them J.A.G. Acke, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Hanna Rönnberg and Edvard Westman. In 1906–1913 Estonian artists also visited Önningeby.

The museum is housed in a renovated and extended cowshed (ladugård) from 1869, which belonged to the Jonesas farm and was used until 1980. The local heritage society also owns the Jonesas main farmhouse and its small cottage. The main farmhouse is being renovated and will be opened to visitors. The grounds also contain Sjöbloms emigrant- och torparmuseum (emigrant and crofters’ museum), Galleri Rita and the Målar-Gabriel härbre (storehouse).

The art collection comprises over 400 works. Part of it is permanently on display in the Irinasalen hall, where J.A.G. Acke’s monumental paintings Snöljus and Morgondimma hang, and in the Röda rummet (Red Room), where parts of the portrait collection are shown.

Highlights

• Art collection with over 400 works by the Önningeby colonists
• Acke’s monumental paintings Snöljus and Morgondimma
• Sjöbloms emigrant- och torparmuseum on the grounds
• Galleri Rita and the Målar-Gabriel härbre
• Museum shop and simple café service

Permanent exhibitions

• Konstsamlingen – Over 400 works by the Önningeby colonists and other artists, including J.A.G. Acke’s monumental paintings Snöljus and Morgondimma in the Irinasalen hall, and parts of the portrait collection in the Röda rummet.
• Sjöbloms emigrant- och torparmuseum – A day-labourer’s cottage (dagsverkstorp), moved to the museum grounds in 2000 and furnished with period furniture and objects. It tells of the life of the landless population and of emigration to America.

Founded

1992

Operated by

Önningebymuseet r.f.

Admission & discounts

Pensioners €7; students and groups €6 per person.

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Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

Museum shop and simple café service. For groups, coffee service can be arranged on request. A second-hand shop is run in the Lillstugan (small cottage) by the friends of Önningebymuseet.

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