Stadsvakten Nyköpings Kulturarvsmuseum
Cultural heritage museum in an old mechanical workshop with Nyköping's community and industrial history, a school room, a trading store and Sveriges Magi-Arkiv (Sweden's Magic Archive).
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About the museum
Stadsvakten (the Town Guard) is run by Nyköpings hembygdsförening (Nyköping Local Heritage Society) and shows objects over about 1,000 square metres. The museum is in the old premises of Svalins Mekaniska Verkstad (Svalin's Mechanical Workshop), which was in operation from 1896 to 1928 and made, among other things, pumps, lathes, cheese presses and fire engines. The building is described as the town's oldest preserved industrial building.
The exhibitions deal with how industry, the textile industry and trade have shaped Nyköping. Here there is a preserved metal printing works from the 1930s, a trading store from the turn of the century, a school room with school furniture from around 1900 to the 1960s, and a Princess café with original furniture from 1955. The textile exhibition shows, among other things, the works of Ebba von Eckermann, and other sections tell of the Hult brothers' inventions, the hat-making on Västra Kvarngatan and the inn that burned down in 2009.
The house also contains Sveriges Magi-Arkiv with Christer Nilsson's magic exhibition and Gert Fredriksson's prize collection. Outside the regular opening hours, storytelling Saturdays and guided tours for groups and school classes are arranged.
Highlights
- Preserved metal printing works from the 1930s
- Trading store from the turn of the century
- School room with school furniture from the 20th century
- Sveriges Magi-Arkiv with a magic exhibition
- Textile collection with works by Ebba von Eckermann
- Gert Fredriksson's prize collection
Permanent exhibitions
- Samhälls- och industrihistoria i Nyköping – Exhibitions on Nyköping's industry, the textile industry, crafts and trade, and the preserved metal printing works from 1930.
- Hembygdsmuseet – School room, trading store from the turn of the century, Princess café with original furniture, and hats from a local milliner.
- Sveriges Magi-Arkiv – Collection and exhibition on magic, with objects from Christer Nilsson's collection.
- Operated by
- Nyköpings hembygdsförening
Admission & discounts
| Adults | SEK 80 |
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| Children & teens | freefree up to age 15 · Children under 16 have free admission when accompanied by a guardian. |
| Groups (10+ people) | –Guided tour for a group: SEK 1,250 per group. |
| Guided tour for a group (at least 10 people, about 1.5–2 hours) | SEK 1,250Price per group; larger groups can be divided. |
Members of Nyköpings hembygdsförening have free admission.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours are booked by telephone. School classes can book half a day (SEK 950) or a whole day (SEK 1,500) on weekdays, including an old-fashioned school day for years 3–6; free guiding and free visits to the exhibition on Lyckoslanten for school classes. |
