Skänninge rådhus och museum

About the museum

Skänninge town hall was built in 1770 to designs by the architect Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz. Here were the town’s governing and judicial authorities and a lock-up (häkte), and the building has also housed a school, a police station, a fire station and a telegraph office. After several rebuilds the house received its present appearance in 1917 under the direction of the architect Carl Westman.

Since 1971 the local heritage society S:ta Ingrids Gille (St Ingrid’s Guild) has been responsible for the town hall’s historical exhibitions. The museum shows the history of the town and the town hall with texts, pictures and models. Finds from archaeological excavations are shown together with sculptures by Gottfrid Larsson and Carin Nilson.

In the town hall there is also a local history library with a large collection of newspaper clippings and bound newspaper volumes, and in the guild’s archive there are many photographs and documents about Skänninge’s history. The town hall is also known for the elephant riot of 1806, when an elephant was brought into the building and a riot followed.

Highlights

• Town hall from 1770 designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz
• The town’s and the town hall’s history in texts, pictures and models
• Archaeological finds and sculptures by Gottfrid Larsson and Carin Nilson
• Local history library and archive with newspaper clippings, photographs and documents

Permanent exhibitions

• Stadens och rådhusets historia – Texts, pictures and models about the history of Skänninge and of the town hall, together with finds from archaeological excavations.
• Skulpturer av Gottfrid Larsson och Carin Nilson – Sculptures by the two artists are shown in the museum next to the archaeological finds.

Operated by

S:ta Ingrids gille (Skänninges hembygdsförening); byggnaden ägs av Mjölby kommun

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The town hall is by Stora torget in central Skänninge.

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