Things to do in Sweden, Sweden: The Best Science Museums

The museum shows the machines and the techniques that were introduced to rationalise the manual glass industry from the 1820's on. The collection includes manual presses, pantographs, Guilloche machines and other industrial artefacts. The techniques shown made mass-production possible already from the 1840's and was the basis for the economic succes of the Swedish glass industry for a century+.

Please note: Due to the situation concerning covid-19, we only have our large experiment park and the new, temporary exhibition Dinosauria open at the moment. Our house is temporarily closed. We allow a limited number of visitors per day. Please note that you need to to pre-purchase you tickets before you arrive. Starting 17/8, our opening hours are Friday-Sunday 10:00-17:00. We have four floors and a park (open May-September) with experiments that children, teenagers and adults can enjoy. The experiments tempt us into learning a little bit more about technology, physics, maths, geography, biology, how people work, illusions, and much, much more.

Something that you’ve never seen before. That’s what we are – and that’s what we do. Visualization Center C is a research and science center in Norrkoping, Sweden, conducting a unique mix of leading visualization research and public outreach activities. The center hosts a large-scale arena for public visits and events including media labs, interactive exhibitions and an immersive 3D fulldome theatre. Step into our world and discover the experiences we offer; experiences in every sense of the word, from award-winning fulldome productions and interactive exhibits to consulting services and research partnerships. Visualization Center C is a result of a close collaboration between the Municipality of Norrkoping, Linkoping university, Norrkoping Science Park and Interactive Institute Swedish ICT.

Dalénium is a science center in Stenstorp in West Sweden, with interactive hands-on and minds-on exhibits, science shows and education workshops. Dalénium is open to public visits on weekends, school holidays, all summer and also on some weekdays. See our homepage for information about specific opening hours, or give us a call or an email. A reason for visiting Dalénium is without doubt to have fun, but there is a chance that you might catch some understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics on the way…

The Nobel Prize shows that ideas can change the world. The courage, creativity and persistence of the Nobel Laureates inspires us and gives us hope for the future. Based on the Nobel Prize’s unique combination of fields – natural sciences, literature and peace – we would like to invite you to exhibitions, school programmes, lectures and dialogues about the great issues of our time.