Open Hours

Sundays
The museum is open with guided tours 12:00, 13:00 and 14:00.

The tours are in swedish, but information leaflets in english are available.

Entrance: SEK 50 adults and SEK 25 for children between 7 and 18 year.

On the highest point of Observatoriekullen (the Observatory Hill), boasting a panoramic view over the city, lies the old Stockholm Observatory. From here research within the fields of astronomy, meteorology and geography was conducted during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Today this building holds a museum, dedicated to the history of science, and run by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The museum tells us of the history of the building, and of some of the activities which have taken place here.

The foundations of the Observatory were laid down in 1748 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. This was to become their very first own building.

Tulipae Hortorum - an exhibition about tulips

Photo: Jonathan M. Singer

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New Thesis
Taking possession of astronomy - Frontispieces and illustrated title pages in 17th-century books on astronomy, by Inga Elmqvist Söderlund (Stockholm, 2010).

Price 150 SEK + shipping cost. To place an order, contact the museum: observatoriet@kva.se

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