Hallwyl Museum Palace

Address: Tyresövägen 1, Djurgården, Stockholm County, Sweden

Website: https://www.hallwylskamuseet.se/en/

Hours: Tue-Sun 11:00am-5:00pm, closed Mondays (check seasonal variations)

Admission: Admission free (house museum; special exhibitions or guided tours may charge)

The Hallwyl Museum is a historic house museum in central Stockholm that preserves the city home and collection of Count and Countess von Hallwyl. The house was constructed in the 1890s to display the family’s collection and was later turned into a public museum preserving original interiors and objects.

Rooms on display include domestic apartments and reception rooms furnished with late 19th and early 20th century fittings, together with paintings, decorative arts and applied arts from the von Hallwyl collection. The museum is valued for its intact period interiors and its comprehensive presentation of a wealthy Stockholm household of the turn of the 20th century.

The building and collection were given to the Swedish state by Wilhelmina von Hallwyl and are managed as a museum that allows close study of historic domestic architecture and private collecting practices.

• Architecture: Built in the 1890s to house the von Hallwyl family’s collection and interiors, the building was designed by architect Isak Gustaf Clason and retains its original room layouts and fittings.
• Collection: The museum preserves an extensive private collection of art, furniture, textiles and arms assembled by Count and Countess von Hallwyl and displayed in situ.

Located on Djurgården, Stockholm - easily reached by tram, bus, or a pleasant walk from the city center. Nearest public transit: Djurgården tram lines and central buses; it’s a short walk from the Vasa Museum and other Djurgården attractions.

• Book guided tours in advance for access to upper rooms and private collections, which are sometimes closed to the public.
• Notice the domestic details: the butler's bell system, the original kitchenware, and small inscriptions on objects - these are what make the house museum sing.
• Visit in conjunction with a walk through the adjacent canal-side parks to place the house in its urban setting.