Enköpings museum

About the museum

Enköpings museum shows the municipality's cultural history from the Stone Age to almost the present day. The museum is housed in a building from 1783–1786, which the merchant Nils Svensson Stahre had built as a merchant's house and dwelling. In 1796 the house became the town hall (rådhus), and it has later also been used as a school and police station.

Since 1908 the Sydvästra Upplands kulturhistoriska förening (South-West Uppland Cultural History Society) has worked to highlight the history of the district. The society collected objects and showed them in the old savings bank building at Tullgatan 16. In 1979 it was decided that the municipality should run its own museum and take over the society's collections. Work on the exhibitions in the present house began in 1985, and in December 1987 Enköpings museum opened to the public.

Today there are permanent exhibitions on two floors, from prehistoric finds and medieval Enköping with its Franciscan friary to industrialisation, town life around the turn of the 20th century and the town's military history. The museum also shows temporary exhibitions, works with cultural-historical advice for the municipality and the public, and collaborates with preschools, schools and associations.

Highlights

• Prehistory: finds from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages in the Enköping district
• Himmel och jord: medieval church painting, wooden sculptures and the story of the Franciscan friary
• Stadens rum och Kammaren (Town Rooms and the Chamber): settings from Enköping around 1900
• Statarrummet (the farm labourers' room) on the working conditions of agricultural workers
• Soldat i Enköping: the town's military history from ancient fortresses to garrison

Permanent exhibitions

• Forntiden – Exhibition on the prehistory of the Enköping district with finds from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. It is on the first floor.
• Himmel och jord – Exhibition on the cultural history of the district in the Middle Ages, with the Franciscan friary, cultivation and daily life, as well as medieval church painting and wooden sculptures.
• Industrialism – Exhibition on the industrialisation of Enköping from the late 1800s to the 1960s. It is on the second floor.

Founded

1987

Operated by

Enköpings kommun

Admission & discounts

The ticket is personal and is valid for one year from the day it is activated. Free admission also for holders of a valid card from ICOM and Sveriges museer.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• 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

All floors are reached by lift. A smaller part of the exhibitions on the top floor is reached via three steps. An accessible toilet with a changing table is on the ground floor. There is an accessible drop-off point within 25 metres of the entrance.

Kids & families

• Baby changing facilities

A changing table is on the ground floor. Children and young people under 20 have free admission.

Getting there & parking

The museum is at Rådhusgatan 3, between Stora torget and Vårfrukyrkan.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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