Edsbyns museum

About the museum

Edsbyns museum is run by Ovanåkers hembygdsförening (Ovanåker local heritage society) and has existed since the early 1970s. The writer and photographer Hans Lidman, who lived and worked in Edsbyn and was chairman of the society for almost 30 years, took the initiative for the museum. Since 2017 the museum has been on the lower floor of Vox Cultura, a completely renovated building that also houses Edsbyn’s library and Café Gondolen.

The collections include paintings, wood carvings and photographs by the naive artist Lim-Johan, of whom ten of his 28 known paintings are on display. Another section is about Hans Lidman and his large photo archive. The museum also shows folk art with wall painting and painted furniture, Ovanåker lace and linen fabrics, a school room with benches, a teacher’s desk and an organ from over a hundred years ago, and a country store as it looked from around 1900 to the 1940s.

The objects also include Rex El-transport, an electric car from 1940–1941, display cases of toys and glass, and exhibitions on local industries, bandy, skiing and the church denominations. The museum changes its exhibitions about ten times a year.

Highlights

• Lim-Johan’s paintings, wood carvings and photographs
• Exhibition about the writer and photographer Hans Lidman
• Country store from around 1900 to the 1940s, with original packaging
• School room with benches, teacher’s desk and organ from earlier times
• Rex El-transport, an electric car from 1940–1941
• Folk art, Ovanåker lace and linen fabrics

Permanent exhibitions

• Lim-Johan – Paintings, wood carvings, pigtittare and photographs by the naive artist Lim-Johan; ten of his 28 known paintings are on display.
• Hans Lidman – Exhibition about the writer and photographer Hans Lidman, who wrote close to 60 books and left a large archive of black-and-white photographs.
• Lanthandeln, skolsalen och folkkonsten – A country store from around 1900 to the 1940s, a school room from earlier times, and folk art with wall painting, painted furniture and Ovanåker lace.

Operated by

Ovanåkers hembygdsförening

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Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

Café Gondolen in the same building has room for 20 guests indoors and 20 on the outdoor terrace; it sells coffee, fika pastries and biscuits. The shop sells books, postcards, jewellery and ceramics. Edsbyn’s library is in the same building.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

Up to 10 guests.

A conference room with 10 seats can be booked.

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