AGA Museum
Technology museum in Emmen on the company history of the Swedish firm AGA and its inventor Gustaf Dalén, with stoves, radios and beacons.
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About the museum
The AGA Museum commemorates the Swedish company AGA (Aktiebolaget Gas Accumulator), founded in 1904, and the inventor Gustaf Dalén from Lidingö, who owned the brand. AGA became known for gas lamps, beacons and cooking stoves, and later also made radios, televisions and technical equipment.
The museum is located on an industrial estate in Emmen and shows how the company developed. The collection includes gas lamps, televisions, radios, record players, stoves, measuring instruments and signal lamps for Morse code, along with cookbooks, photos, magazines and documents. The archive includes around 22,500 photos, and an AGA car about a hundred years old is considered the last freely drivable vehicle of this make in the world.
The objects come partly from the company itself, partly from purchases, estates and donations. Visitors stay an hour and a half to two hours on average.
Highlights
- AGA stoves, radios, televisions and gas lamps
- Beacon technology and the history of AGA lighthouses
- AGA car around 100 years old
- Archive with about 22,500 photos and documents
- Free parking at the building
Permanent exhibition
- AGA-Sammlung – The collection shows gas lamps, beacon technology, stoves, radios, televisions and other AGA products, as well as photos and documents on the company's history.
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4 |
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| Reduced | €2Young people aged 14 to 21, CJP card holders and students (HBO/WO) |
| Children & teens | €1Children aged 0 to 12, only when accompanied by paying parents |
| Students & apprentices | €2HBO and WO students |
| Groups (10+ people) | –Groups of 10 to 40 people on request; school classes up to primary school level by arrangement. |
Free for Friends of the AGA Museum and for visitors who donate AGA items. The Museumkaart is not valid.
Accessibility
- Partially wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
About 80 percent of the museum is accessible by wheelchair with assistance; with a walker and a companion, everything is reachable.
Kids & families
Children aged 0 to 12 pay €1 when accompanied by paying parents.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Emmen (Bahnhof)
According to the museum, reachable by public transport from Emmen station.
By car
Free parking
Free parking at the museum.
The museum is located on a company site at Pioniersweg 1a in Emmen.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | Visitors stay an hour and a half to two hours on average. School groups up to primary school level are welcome by arrangement. |
