Stavsjö Bruksmuseum
Ironworks museum in the old power station of Stavsjö ironworks, about the history of the iron industry from 1666, with cannons, a model of the works and valve manufacturing.
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About the museum
Stavsjö ironworks was founded in 1666, and the museum tells the story of the works from the 1600s to the present day. During the first two centuries, from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s, mainly war materiel such as cannons, mortars and shot was produced, and in the 1700s the works was one of the country's leading cannon foundries. Cannon production ceased in 1859, after which steam boilers, threshing machines and machine tools were made. Today shut-off valves for the pulp and paper industry are manufactured. The Russians burned the works in 1719, and the manor house burned in 1915.
The museum lies in the works' old power station, which operated from 1914 to 1955. A 14-metre waterfall once drove water wheels for the blowing bellows at the blast furnace and for a grain mill, and from 1916 the power station supplied the workshops with electricity. The building has previously also served as a sawmill and grain mill. Next to it lies Ryssköket (the Russian Kitchen), the only building that survived the fire of 1719 and which is now privately owned.
The museum works to bring back original cannons from Stavsjö that have been scattered around the world. In 2003 it received several cannons from the Army Museum (Armémuseum), the Navy Museum (Marinmuseum) and Norrköping municipality. The museum is a member of the working-life museums network ArbetSam.
Highlights
- Cannon of about three tonnes from 1736
- Scale model 1:200 of the works as it looked in 1914
- Signal cannon made for the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900
- Original drawing of a traction engine (lokomobil) from 1887
- Copy of the charter of 1666 and today's valves
- Dam walks and culture walks around the works
Permanent exhibition
- Stavsjö bruk 1666 till i dag – Exhibition on the works' production from cannons to valves, with a model of the works from 1914, cannons and original drawings.
- Operated by
- Stavsjö bruksmuseum (ideell förening)
Admission & discounts
| Adults | SEK 30 |
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| Groups | SEK 30 per personBooked guided tour for a group: SEK 300 for up to 10 people, then SEK 30 per person. |
| Guided tour for a group (up to 10 people) | SEK 300Thereafter SEK 30 per person |
Admission SEK 30 per person; payment by Swish.
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Getting there & parking
The museum lies in the old power station at Stavsjö ironworks, by the old E4 between Norrköping and Nyköping.
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- Museum shop
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | On Sundays from May to September a knowledgeable guide is on site. Visits at other times are booked by telephone with Monica Svensson (+46 73 388 41 76). The museum also arranges dam walks and culture walks. |
