plan your visit

Our building’s façade is undergoing a much-needed renovation, and there will be scaffolding in front of the museum until the autumn. After that, work will continue on the other sides of the building. We will do our best to ensure that the work does not affect your visit, but there may be some noise disturbances at times. The museum will remain open as usual throughout the entire period.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!

The museum is closed: Good Friday, Easter Monday, 1 May, 6 june, Midsummer’s Eve, Midsummer Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s day.

On public holidays where the museum is open and the day before public holidays, the museum closes at 5 pm.

Museum Card 140 SEK, senior* 120 SEK. Provides admission to four museums within a calendar year.
The Museum Card for the year 2024 is valid until 31 dec 2024. The Museum Card for the year 2025 is valid 1 dec 2024 – 31 dec 2025.
Day Ticket adult 70 SEK, valid only at the Museum of Gothenburg.
Free admission for visitors under the age of 20 and students.

The Museum Card is valid at The Gothenburg Museum of Art, the Röhsska Museum, the Museum of Gothenburg and the Maritime Museum and Aquarium. The museum card gives a 20% discount on exhibitions with an increased entrance fee. The museum card is a document of value and may only be used by one person.

Buy the Museum Card and single entry ticket online here before your visit. You can refill your Museum Card and buy your ticket at the museum as well. A service fee will be added for purchases online.

*Senior= Visitors over the age of 63.

The museum is cash free.

Lockers
Available in the museum’s foyer where you can lock bags and outerwear.

Wardrobe and toilets
Toilets are available in reception and on each floor. Cloakrooms are available at the reception. Nursing rooms are available at the reception and on level 3 at the Children’s Museum.

Bring your own lunch
The restaurant is closed at the moment. There are tables in the foyer and on level 3 in the Children’s Museum, where you can also heat the food.

The Museum of Gothenburg is one block in size and three stories high. There is a map of the museum available at the museum’s reception. There are also museum hosts who can show you around the museum. The entire museum is accessible by elevator.

Accessibility database
Museum of Gothenburg is in the accessibility database

On the ground floor there is a shop. You will find the museum’s reception on floor 0, one step down inside the entrance. There you will be met by the museum’s hosts who will be happy to advise you on what you can see and do in the museum.

On level 2 there are permanent exhibitions about Gothenburg’s history. On floor 3 there are exhibitions that are shown for a shorter time and the Children’s Museum.

Toilets are available next to the reception and on each floor. Cloakrooms are available next to the reception.

Premises
All exhibitions can be reached by lift. Higher thresholds have ramps, some lower thresholds lack this. In the entrance there is an accessible toilet and a wheelchair for loan. The stage in the foyer has a ramp. The large auditorium in the museum, Hörsalen, has an ear loop. Other premises do not have a hearing loop. You can of course bring your assistance dog to the museum!

Foyer and reception
Here you can ask for a floor plan of the house in Swedish and English. There is also a bliss map here. The possibility of sign language interpretation via a dialed sign language interpreter takes place via reception

Questions
If you have questions about accessibility in the museum, you can also contact the hosts at the museum’s reception on 031-368 36 00 or via email stadsmuseum@kultur.goteborg.se