Museums in Östersund

Jamtli is our regional museum. Here you find permanent exhibitions about the region´s past from the Ice Age via the Vikings and the native Swedish Sami people alongside temporary exhibitions of arts and handicraft.

One of the most remarkable Viking age objects found in our region is the Överhogdalsbonaderna Viking Tapestries – Europe´s oldest pictorial tapestries.Woven textiles containing motives and symbols from both the Norse mythology and the entry of Christianity. Through C14-dating it has been concluded that the tapestries were made some time between 1040 and 1170, which makes them the oldest tapestries in Europe found above ground.

Jamtli Historyland, is the outdoor area with some 50 buildings from 1600 and onwards. In the summertime you discover the regions past through live actors residing in the old houses of the area. In the wintertime the outdoor section is open for a stroll but there are no activities.

Nationalmuseum Jamtli is an arena for art and design experiences where exhibitions with works from the Nationalmuseum’s collections show.

Opening hours see jamtli.com

The exhibition “As in a mirror” shows portraits spanning five centuries. Here, women, men and children who lived in or worked for Sweden from Vasatid to today are introduced. The artworks show different ideals of appearance and fashion and are expressions of how ideas about status, social identity and profession have changed over the centuries.

The exhibition is on display from 4 October 2023

Also take the opportunity to visit the art studio at National Museum. Feel the creativity and create your own art work. Be inspired by the exhibition you just visited.

Opening hours see: jamtli.com

Gaaltije has a shop that offers handicrafts, home furnishings, jewelry, meat and books. Here you can buy products from Sami entrepreneurs.

Open hours: Monday - Friday 10 AM - 5 PM

458 million years ago, the world-unique twin meteor broke down. Then the Storsjö area was 500 m below sea level. Most of the meteorite struck down where Lake Locknesjön is today.

The latest research findings show that the meteorite is a so-called binary / twin. The smaller part of the meteorite struck precisely at the same time at Målingen just east of Hackås near Lake Näkten. Impacted are the only proven twin meteorites on the entire planet.
The meteorites came at a speed of 54,000 km / h and together weighed over 300 million tonnes.

The impact was enormous and a volume of water corresponding to three times Storsjön’s volume was thrown away. When the water crashed back into the craters, a kilometer high tsunami was formed. The water brought with it huge quantities of gravel and sand which then solidified into unique rocks, which are only found in the area. In nature you will find clear traces of the impact. The Locknecrater is a world-unique study site that attracts researchers from all over the world. Since 2006, therefore, the Locknekratern

Meteoritecenter is located in Ångsta, a museum well worth a visit.
Also take a look at our upstairs and the exhibition “Ögonfröjd” as Jämtland County’s amateur geological company presents. There you will find a large stone collection with minerals, rocks and all of Sweden’s landscape stones. Bargains with content from many well-known mineral sites can also be viewed as well as booths with very beautiful stuffs and crystal shapes.

Admission: Adult SEK 120, 65+ & student SEK 80, children under 12 free
We accept Swish and card payments.

Open hours: 2023 - 20 June - 20 August Tuesday - Sunday 11 am -4 PM

Sommarhagen and Café Sommarhagen

On Frösön, with miles of views of forests, lakes and mountains lies Sommarhagen. The house was built in 1914 by the composer, critic and music writer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger.
Today he is remembered for “Frösö Blomster” with piano pieces such as “Sommarsången”,
“Vid Frösö kyrka” and “Intåg i Sommarhagen.” 

The artist’s home, is now a museum, is a dream home from 1914, an original building with influences from national romance and Art Nouveau and characterized by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger’s ideas in terms of design, interior design and color scheme.

It has been likened to “a timbered fortress with a summer-light indoor meeting” and was selected in year 2000 by the magazine Forum as one of Sweden’s best interiors in the 20th century.

There are audio guides in Swedish, English, German and French that tell about the house, about PB’s life and works and who plays his music.

Entrance to the museum costs: SEK 100

Café Sommarhagen is situated on ground floor. Here you enjoy a nice hot drink, sandwiches and homemade cakes.

Open hours: 2023: 17 June - 20 August

Teknikland is a destination for the whole family. Here, flight and military history is mixed with technology, play and exploration joy. Bring memories to life, share exciting stories, play in our fairy tale environment, drive an electric car for the little ones, or make your own souvenir in the Ellopsen’s engineering workshop. Don’t miss the big LEGO exhibition.

Among the newer features of the year are a playmaking for the children where they can “refuel” their car as they pass by, a liaison exhibition where you can try on slates and coded messages, an exhibition for the history of home care, additional parts in the UN exhibition and the exhibition on Per Sterner. The wedge simulator has been equipped with new technology and an exhibition with handmade model aircraft of scale 1:72 has been added. There is also new life in the restaurant with a wonderful Rockabilly feeling.

Technology land is a world with many different “continents”. Here, memories are brought to life in the person who experienced our 20th century history. For us, visitors of all ages are equally important and we have therefore built play environments for the children in all exhibitions. Teknikland has something to do for everyone. Teknikland’s exhibitions are not to be seen but to be performed. In all the exhibitions there are activities for all ages and we have invested a lot in the children to find activities everywhere.

Admission SEK 150, Pensioner SEK 130, Children up to 18 years join the company free of charge.

Open hours: 2023 - 26 June - 20 August Monday - Sunday 10 AM - 4 PM

On June 18, 1959, the city museum in the old library building, opposite the City Hall, was inaugurated and on October 23, 1999, the museum was newly inaugurated after a rebuild, and the current exhibition “Our little town” was opened.

Three rooms on the ground floor show the history of Östersund between the years 1786 and 1930. Seeing the exhibition is like walking in the city, indoors. The visitor gets acquainted with environments, people and objects.

Open hours: 2023 Saturdays 12 - 3 PM June-August Monday-Friday 10 AM - 4 PM