ABBA: The Museum in Stockholm

ABBA The Museum is an interactive exhibition about the pop-group ABBA that opened in Stockholm, Sweden in May 2013. ABBA's collected works are showcased in a contemporary, interactive setting at Swedish Music Hall of Fame, a new exhibit venue located at Djurgården, Stockholm.

History

Plans for a dedicated to an ABBA exhibition in Stockholm, inspired by the Beatles museum in Liverpool, England, were first announced by founders Ulf Westman and Ewa Wigenheim-Westman in 2006. The exhibition was expected to open in 2008. Organizers estimated it would draw half a million visitors annually. The exhibition was to be located in the former main customs building in Stockholm harbor. After several years of financial issues the project was abandoned in 2009, and the building was instead set to hold a new contemporary photography exhibition, called Fotografiska.

Abba the Museum, Stockholm — David Jones @ Flickr

New plans for a permanent ABBA exhibition were announced on October 3, 2012. The exhibition in Stockholm, called "ABBA The Museum", is the permanent home for the traveling ABBAWORLD exhibit that toured Europe and Australia in 2009-2011, and houses stage costumes donated by the band members. There are also several interactive audio and video stations that allow visitors to perform the band's music. The exhibition is located in a building near the Gröna Lund theme park on the island of Djurgården.

Exhibits

Exhibits include:

Benny's Piano - A self-playing piano which is linked to Benny's own piano in his home, so plays when he does.
Waterloo - A section, made out to look like Brighton in at the time of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest has a collection of many items from that fateful event.
The Polar Studio - A recreation of the studio in which ABBA recorded most of their music, you can see many items used in the studio.
The Folkpark - The recreation of the site ABBA first met.
Audio Guides - An Audio Guided tour, written by Catherine Johnson, the writer of the screenplay for Mamma Mia!
Ring Ring - A special phone that only the four members of ABBA know the number to.

External links

Swedish Music Hall of Fame — David Jones @ Flickr

ABBA — aymanshamma @ Flickr

Emma @ Foursquare

Nina Horne @ Foursquare

Peter Lagerström @ Foursquare

Anushka @ Foursquare

Leo Fasano @ Foursquare

Daniel Bateman @ Foursquare

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Museums

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18 June 2015

A great time particularly if you remember ABBA and are a fan. There's a good bit of history of the group, lots of memorabilia, and many great interactive features to take you down the memory lane❤

Tea Trpovska

14 September 2014

So much fun!!! I was singing and dancing all the time. Must try the karaoke and dancing in the disco podium with the hologram figures of the Abba members. Do not miss it.

Torben Hvolmgaard Sørensen

20 November 2014

During a stay in Stockholm 2014, it was awesome in this museum to be reminded that I was young in the heydays of the world's most successful POP band: ABBA. Preparation: Pay & book a visit time on Web

Vlatka

11 October 2017

Go there with friends, try everything because museum is so much fun and interactive! Don't miss all the fun being on stage singing with ABBA or taking photos!

Bjørn Fjölnisson

3 June 2015

Very comprehensive. Incredible collection of memorabilia, costumes and the like. Whether you're studying the era or lived it a visit is a must and a treat.