Stenarbetsmuseum Yxhult

About the museum

Stone quarrying at Hällabrottet has meant a great deal for construction in central Sweden since the Middle Ages. Stone from there was used, among other things, in the rebuilding of Örebro Castle and in several churches. The large limestone quarry was for a long time owned by the Crown, and Gustav Vasa visited it on several occasions.

In the 1820s the operation became private as Yxhults stenhuggeri (Yxhult Stonecutting Works), and in 1879 a limited company was formed. Around the turn of the century, roughly 1880–1930, the stonecutting works was at its largest. Yxhult then accounted for an estimated more than half of the sculptural façade stone in central Stockholm. The stonecutting works was closed in 1980, while the company's production of aerated concrete and mexisten continued. The company closed in 2004.

The museum shows the local history of stone work with a marble collection, a unique collection of full-scale plaster casts that the figure and ornament carvers used as models, and sculptures by the ceramicist Per Eklund, who was born in Hällabrottet in 1921. In Yxhult's old head office, which is owned by Kumla Municipality, there is a mosaic marble floor with 34 different types of marble. Next to the museum stands the Gjutstugan (Casting Cottage) from 1774, Hällabrottet's oldest building, and the homestead.

Highlights

• Marble collection and full-scale plaster casts
• Sculptures by the ceramicist Per Eklund
• The history of stonework in Hällabrottet
• Yxhult's old head office nearby, with a marble floor of 34 types of marble
• The Gjutstugan (Casting Cottage) from 1774

Permanent exhibitions

• Stenhanteringen i Hällabrottet – Exhibition on the local history of stonework, with a marble collection and a unique collection of full-scale plaster casts used as models by the ornament carvers.
• Per Eklunds skulpturer – Collection of sculptures by the ceramicist Per Eklund, of which he donated parts to Kumla Municipality in the early 21st century.

Operated by

Kumla kommun

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• Wheelchair accessible
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• Accessible restroom
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According to Kumla Municipality, visitors in wheelchairs can get around everywhere in the museum complex, and there is an accessible toilet. The Gjutstugan and the homestead next to it have level differences; the Gjutstugan cannot be visited by wheelchair.

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