Grytholmens friluftsmuseum

About the museum

Grytholmens friluftsmuseum on Muskö has been run since 1982 by Muskö Local Heritage Society. The museum aims to give visitors the chance to experience a genuine historic setting that was once the home and workplace of an archipelago farmer's family, and to help Muskö residents find their roots and understand Muskö better.

The core is the crofter's house Grytholmen, a side-room cottage probably built in the 1840s, which lay under Arbottna manor. The last permanent resident died in 1980, although farming had ended as early as the 1950s. The local heritage society has supplemented the crofter's house with buildings moved here from other parts of the island, and today there are about ten buildings on a slope down towards a cove of Fårfjärden. The Undantagsstugan, a retirement cottage, serves as the museum's café, and Östra rotens fattigstuga (the poor house of the Östra rote district) serves as the local history archive. By the water there are, among other things, a boathouse, a tool shed, a wash house, a root cellar and a dance floor, and in the boathouse a collection of older outboard motors is on display.

The museum is open for visits with refreshments on some days in July, when music and exhibitions are often arranged. At the site there is a jetty and a natural harbour for temporary boat visitors, and midsummer is celebrated at Grytholmen every year.

Highlights

• The Grytholmen crofter's house, a side-room cottage from the 1840s
• About ten buildings on a slope down towards Fårfjärden
• Café in the Undantagsstugan
• Boathouse with a collection of historic outboard motors
• Jetty and natural harbour for visiting boats

Permanent exhibition

• Torpet Grytholmen och friluftsmuseet – The crofter's house, the Undantagsstugan, the boathouse and other moved buildings show the life of an archipelago farmer.

Founded

1982

Operated by

Muskö hembygdsförening

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

A jetty and a natural harbour are available for temporary boat visitors.

Amenities & dining

• Café

Refreshments are served in the café in the afternoons during opening hours.

Events & venue rental

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