Kiviks Museum

About the museum

Kiviks Museum was founded in 1890 by Ola Cappelin and is regarded as Österlen's oldest museum. In 1947 the activities were taken over by Kiviks hembygds- och museiförening (Kivik Local Heritage and Museum Association). The collections and the extensive archive are today owned by Stiftelsen Kiviks Museum & Arkiv (the Kiviks Museum & Archive Foundation), and the museum celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2020.

The collection comprises over 5,000 objects from the Stone Age to the present day. The museum portrays the fishing and shipping from the time when Kivik was one of Sweden's largest shipowning communities; the hard farming life that laid the foundation for entrepreneurship and for Sweden's apple-growing region; and the trade networks that reach back to the Bronze Age Kiviksgraven and the Iron Age Maletofta.

The exhibitions are currently shown in the old school building at Bredarörsvägen 1, about 200 metres from the Kiviksgraven. The museum is preparing to move its activities and, in time, its exhibitions too, to the new meeting place Museum möten mat at Killebacken 3, where there is already a café, a bakery, tourist information and a simple digital exhibition about the area's ancient monuments. The museum also arranges guided walks on a large number of themes throughout the Kivik district.

Highlights

• Österlen's oldest museum, founded in 1890
• Fishing and shipping room on Kivik as a shipowning community
• The Bredarörsgården farmstead and Anton Nilsson's shoemaker's workshop
• Material on the Kiviksgraven and Maletofta
• Guided walks in the Kivik district all year round

Permanent exhibitions

• Bredarörsgården och Hantverkshuset – The poor farming life and life as tenants, and Anton Nilsson's shoemaker's workshop.
• Fiske- och sjöfartsrummet – Stories of fishing and shipping, life on board, the dangers at sea and those who succeeded.
• Kiviksrummet – Kivik from prehistoric times to the present day, with material on the Kiviksgraven.

Founded

1890

Operated by

Stiftelsen Kiviks Museum & Arkiv

Director

Dafvid Hermansson

Visitors per year

approx. 950

Admission & discounts

Admission includes an audio guide in Swedish and English. The ICOM card gives free admission; the Kulturarvskortet (Cultural Heritage Card) and Sweden by Bike give half price. The Kivikskortet gives a discount on booked guided walks. The admission ticket gives 10% off the next purchase at ICA Kivik and can be used several times. The ticket is paid at the exhibition premises; cards, cash and Swish are accepted in the museum shop.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide

Barnens Museum (Children's Museum) is aimed at children up to 12 years old. Barnens Kulturverkstad (Children's Craft Workshop) holds craft activities on one Saturday a month, 10:00–12:00, at Killebacken 3 (SEK 40 per child, SEK 60 per adult who crafts). When the exhibitions are open there are quiz trails, competitions and tasks for children.

Getting there & parking

The exhibition premises are at Bredarörsvägen 1, about 200 metres from the Kiviksgraven. The meeting place Killebacken 3 is in Kivik.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museum shop

Kiviks Café & Bageri and a restaurant with a full alcohol licence are at Killebacken 3. The museum shop sells books, films, postcards, cloth bags and products by local artists and craftspeople.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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