Nobel Prize Museum - Ideas can change the world
Location
Essentials
- Get inspired by ideas that changed the world
- Explore the life and work of famous Nobel Prize recipients
- Take a 30-minute guided tour before exploring on your own
Practical info
Children
Free entry for 0-18 year olds
Opening hours
September – May:
Tuesday – Thursday: 11.00 – 17.00
Friday: 11.00 - 21.00
Saturday – Sunday: 10.00 – 18.00
Monday: Closed
June – August:
Monday – Sunday: 10.00 – 19.00
Languages
The guided tours are available in English at 11.15, 13.15, 15.15, and 19.00 (Friday’s only), and in Swedish at 14.15
The audio guide is available in Swedish, English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Japanese, Hungarian, Chinese, Portuguese and Russian, and can be found here audio.nobelprizemuseum.se
Ticket information
Ticket directly available on smartphone
Tickets can be rescheduled or cancelled up to 48 hours in advance
More information
For questions about the product, please contact [email protected]
Accessibility
Getting there
Public Transport
The nearest stops are Gamla Stan (metro 13, 14, 17, 18 & 19), Riddarhustorget (bus 2, 3 &53) and Slottsbacken (bus 2, 57 & 76).
About
Meet Nobel Prize winners
The Nobel Prize Museum is devoted to promoting the courage, creativity and perseverance of Nobel Laureates. Through exhibitions, dialogues, school programmes and lectures the museum invites you to consider the great issues of our time. The ideas and work of Nobel Prize recipients have and can change the world.
Alfred Nobel was a man full of ideas. He was a chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist, and he invented dynamite. Nobel knew that other people were also bubbling with ideas and decided to give money to these people, and that is how the Nobel Prizes got started.
A notable Nobel Prize Laureate is Marie Curie, who is one of five people to receive two Nobel Prizes and the only person to win them in two different sciences, one for physics and one for chemistry. As well as individuals, institutions can also win the award. The International Committee of the Red Cross has won the Nobel Peace Prize three times, and is the only one to do so.
Nobel Prize Museum exhibitions
The museum has three exhibitions, two of them are permanent. The main permanent exhibition is Cultures of Creativity, this Centennial Exhibition aims to give visitors the chance to consider two important questions: What is creativity and how can creative activity best be encouraged? And which is more important to the creative process: the individual or the environment?
The exhibition presents selected Laureates work and personalities, as well as their working environments. Over thirty prize winners are covered in the exhibition. Meanwhile, the exhibition also tells of the history of the Nobel Prizes themselves, as well as considering well-known prizes and controversial prizes.
The second permanent exhibition, the Bubble Chamber, is aimed at kids. Here kids will learn about the different prize subjects of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace and economics, as well as Alfred Nobel himself. The museum also has a fun scavenger hunt for gets to keep them fully entertained and interested throughout your visit.
Buy your Nobel Prize Museum tickets here
Buy your ticket for the Nobel Prize Museum here and you’ll get easy access to the museum. Both permanent and temporary exhibits are included in the ticket. So are the short guided tours and the audio guide, which you can listen to on your own phone.
You can find the Nobel Museum in Stockholm in the former Stock Exchange Building on the north side of the square Stortorget in Gamla Stan. The museum also features a restaurant, Bistro Nobel, and a souvenir shop. Get your tickets now and get ready to learn more about Marie Curie, Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein and many other famous prize winners.
Reviews
85 reviews
Superb place
Absolutely top place to visit in Stockholm . Very nicely curated museum with some excellent displays and rit bits about the history of the Nobel Prizes over the years . Located in the heart of Gamla stan within walking distance of the Royal palace . Allow for at least an hour inside to enjoy it fully
Impressive museum… inspirational
Lots of amazing and interesting exhibits. The free audio tour was excellent. Would be better if the audio exhibits were more clearly labled and easier to find. Check the chairs (bottom) in the bistro for award recipients signature. We spent 2 hours and enjoyed it quite a bit.
Great place for great minds
A very interesting arena for some of the greatest minds in history from the early 1900s and onwards. Very well organised museum but way smaller than expected hence the new one later on I guess. Well worth a visit .
Fantastic Museum
This museum is a must see if you visit Stockholm. I learned a lot and how gjly recommend this museum.
Be sure to visit the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm
Great museum - inspiring and informative. We highly recommend the 45-minute English language tour. Our tour guide David conveyed so much interesting information during this tour about Alfred Nobel and the awards. We had not planned to go ahead of time, but it turned out to be a highlight of our time in Sweden.
Cool but could be more elaborate!
The concept of this museum is cool. It’s quite small and has lots of items that cover all the categories of prizes. The gift shop and the children learning area was the funnest part.
Not bad but maybe a missed opportunity
Small but quite informative museum. English speaking guide was good. Plenty of different areas to explore. Would have been better with more things to see and more written about the different objects.
An interesting museum about the world-famous Nobel Prize!
The Nobel Prize Museum is dedicated to exploring the history of the Nobel Prize and of the laureates who have won it over the last 120 years or so. Established by the Swedish businessman and inventor Alfred Nobel, the prize is divided into several categories, namely Chemistry, Physics, Physiology/Medicine, Literature and Peace. Since the late 1960s, there has also been a Prize in Economics, which was not stipulated in Nobel's will and is not officially considered one of the Nobel Prizes. Over the years the Nobel Prize has been awarded to remarkable individuals such as Albert Einstein, one of the most influential physicists of all time, William Butler Yeats, one of the 20th century's greatest poets, Robert Koch, one of the founders of modern bacteriology, Marie Curie, a pioneering researcher of radioactivity, and Malala Yousafzai, a human rights and female education activist who is also the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history. Many people consider the prize an incredible honour, yet the prize committees, for various reasons, have not seen fit to honour such towering figures in their fields as Leo Tolstoy in literature and Mahatma Gandhi in politics. Despite these and other controversies, the prize is indeed an enormous mark of prestige and in the permanent exhibition "These things changed the world", you will see a collection of artefacts from Nobel Prize laureates and through them you will learn how the discoveries and successes of the prize winners have helped improve our lives. The Nobel Prize Museum also holds temporary exhibitions and the current one is on the topic of "Fighting disease." It tells the story of how a scientist, a doctor and a nurse are working to prevent and cure disease through a documentary film dedicated to each individual. Tickets to this attraction cost around £12, which is good value for money if you're really interested in the history of the Nobel Prize. However, if you're more of a casual visitor, you might not spend too long here, so you should consider whether to visit if you're only spending a couple of days in Stockholm as you might find the Vasa Museum or the Nordic Museum more interesting.
Respect for this institution it‘s so fantastic
It was so interesting to see all winners by pictures. So touching to see all the good developments from all over the world at one place. It's amazing what you can do with money, respect!!!
Worth every minute spent there!
Very worthwhile stop on our trip to Stockholm. Great way to reaffirm our belief in the power of new ideas and the persistence needed to truly accomplish great things! Great guide - worth the investment of time! I think it even gave some perspective to our "skeptical" teen daughter!
New facts found!
A smaller museum which, in my opinion, was a welcome change. We were able to look more thoroughly at the exhibits. I felt the museum was well laid. I certainly learnt a lot and had not expected to. We came across it by accident when exploring Gamla Stan but would recommend.
Quite interesting - for a short visit
We were there for opening time – it got fairly busy and this is a small museum on a single floor. We were lucky enough to get a short in person tour, that was insightful and we learned some interesting facts about the items that some Nobel prize winners donated to the museum.. the DAZ bottle anecdote was sweet!
Worth a visit.
Good small museum. I would suggest to time it with their free museum explanatory tours that happen at regular frequency and the details can be received from the ticket counter itself. Ideally one can explore the museum and its various exhibits and videos screenings better, once they have the context from the tour. Very interesting collection of personal items donated by the winners across decades. The older kids will also like it. A treasure hunt based around the museum is also interesting.
Well worth the time - but bring headphones and your phone for the free audio guide
Definitely find out when the tour is happening as it gave a lovely insight into the Nobel, the prizes and the winners. The guides were very enthusiastic and brought some of the winners to life. There is also a free downloadable audio guide - so bring your headphones - and listen to some short clips about 20 or so prize winners. Some really interesting donations from past winners and a chance to learn a little bit more about them.
Very informative
This museum was well set up with informative exhibits. I learned a lot without being bored. It is fairly small so an hour should give you enough time to go over everything. It was a bit hot though as it was fairly busy but it seemed they do not have air conditioning. If this type of thing interests you I recommend giving it a go.
Very interesting & positive museum celebrating those that have done good in the world
Fascinating museum, all our family loved it including 3 teenagers. The significance of the prize & the history of it all is so interesting. Some of the people highlighted have done amazing work. The free guided tour is worth timing your visit for.
Pleasant, if small
An interesting museum and nicely designed. Lots of information and inspiring stories to learn about. Not a big museum, but certainly interesting. There was a heavy focus on the science side of things (naturally, they make up half of the categories), but it would be nice to see some more focus on the other awards (literature etc.) in the exhibits. The benches in the little cinema space might be considered a form of torture in some countries. Overall, a nice place to spend a couple of hours.
Exploring stockholm Sweden
This museum is small,but is really interesting has a lots of history,prices is reasonable no waiting time bought the tickets on the spot, if you like sciences this is your place to visit
Significant awards, fascinating history
A small but highly-interesting museum, with a varied range of displays. It covers the story of Alfred Nobel and the history of the Nobel prizes, and also some of the scientific and social advances that have been honoured with an award. There’s material on some of the individuals and institutions that have been honoured too. Given the global significance of the Nobel prizes, it seemed wrong not to go whilst in Stockholm, and I’m glad that I did. Visited early morning and it was getting busy as I left.
Small but full of fascination
Small museum but can easily spend a couple of hours here reading through exhibit contents. And learning about the lives of winners and how selection committees work. I found it all very interesting. There were a couple of school groups but they were engaged with their projects.
A Visit to the Nobel Prize museum
Visiting the Nobel Prize Museum was an enriching experience that I’ll never forget. The museum itself is a treasure trove of knowledge, innovation, and humanity’s brightest achievements. Thanks to the tour guide Samuel for guiding us through the museum with clarity, energy, and humor, making the experience not only educational but enjoyable. He gave us a concise yet fascinating overview of the Nobel Prize’s history—how it began with Alfred Nobel’s vision, and how it evolved into the world’s most prestigious recognition of excellence in science, literature, peace, and beyond. So if you’re a history lover, a science enthusiast, or just someone curious about the stories behind the world’s most celebrated minds, the Nobel Prize Museum is absolutely worth a visit. And if you’re lucky enough to be guided by Samuel, you’re in for a truly memorable experience.
A nice, informative, small museum
What an interesting small museum in the old section of Stockholm. Here you can learn about the nobel prizes, mainly except for the peace prize (which has its own museum in Oslo - but there are still some beautiful quotes from Nobel peace prize winners, such as MLK Jr.). Here you can also learn about Albert Nobel who did not have children and left his fortune for these prizes. When you are in the old part of the city, stop in for about 30-40 minutes. It is worth the visit.
Well worth a visit
An interesting museum, well curated and displayed. If available, take the guided tour, as that is very helpful in understanding the museum concept plus points out some items from more ‘famous’ prize winners
Great Museum
We visited this museum and joined the English Guided tour which is well worth it. It cost 150 SEK to enter and included the guided tour and some short films on some of the winners. It really is interesting.
Worth a visit!
We enjoyed checking out this museum about all the Nobel prize winners and the selection process and ceremony. The artifacts from the different winners were quite interesting. I especially liked the ones from their hobbies which often gave them the intellectual break they needed for their breakthroughs to surface.
Engage with objects that inspired Nobel Winners.
I didn't know what to expect from this museum, and while I don't think it is for everyone, I really enjoyed it. This museum is small, but I found the displays to be thoughtful and encouraged intellectual engagement. This is a museum dedicated to the pursuit of furthering human knowledge. Objects that provided inspiration for many winners have been donated and represent part of both their personal story and as part of their greater scientific or academic journey.
Good Museum With a Long Line
I did not enjoy this museum. But it isn't the museum's fault. Let me start with the audio guide. I thought it was great. It walked through all of Nobel's life and told you a lot about the museum. My only issue was my phone. Its battery was getting drained very quickly, so I'd keep that in mind if you want to use the audio guide. The rest of the museum was great. There were a ton of artifacts from all branches of science. The guide, however, was a little bit confusing regarding the numbering of some of the display cases. It was hard to determine which number referred to which object because there were so many all so close together. This served as my biggest source of anguish, as the rest of it was great. It was incredibly packed, so you had to maneuver with others to see some objects.
An Unexpected Gem A Must Do Experience
An unexpected gem. Could have spent a lot more time here soaking up the history and looking at all the videos .Unfortunately the museum was closing for a function and it was shutting early and we were not told this when entering. Great for history buffs and learning more about the prize recipients
Museum to smart, courageous people!
What can you say about a Museum that awards science, human rights and literature! You can say it is perfect and that is exactly what the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm is - a perfect recognition to those people across the world applauded for their contributions to society. I learned that awardees sign their names on the bottoms of chairs and that they are asked to bring something to contribute to the museum that reflects their contribution or their lives. You could spend hours and hours in this museum studying the contributions made since the awards were first made in 1901. A really fun way to spend sometime with folks way smarter and more courageous than you!
Nobel prize museum
Must visit place in Stockholm. It took around two to three hours to visit the entire museum and the experience gathered is enormous. One can experiences many great and path breaking work of many nobel laureates.
Tips for your visit
First and foremost (and this is me writing, a parent of 2 children): this is not the museum where you want to come with kids. There is A LOT of reading, the entire is museum is based on info screens and reading reading reading. Unless you just want to breeze through everything in 10 minutes, I recommend only adults come. There is a small kids’ corner in the museum, but let’s face it, you don’t want to get stuck there with kids. Plus it’s so tiny, only 1 family can stay there. Besides that, it’s a very interesting and informational place. Facts, history, it was fascinating reading about Alfred Nobel and Nobel Prize history and winners. One section of the museum talks about Nobel and his life. The rest of the museum (and a much larger section) presents items donated by the winners to the museum. You’ll see something from Dalai Lama, something from chemists, physicists, etc etc etc. It pays off to stop and read all the signs and information screens on tablets, but you can imagine it takes time and it’s hard to do so if you have kids who keep tagging on you to move on. The gift shop has some educational activities for kids (I couldn’t tell if they were in English or Swedish only) and many many books. There are free lockers in the museum.
Lots to see and read
We had a GoCity pass and this was one of the included attractions. Lots to see and read. You can download app to your phone for an audio guide Great area for children which was hands on and included a puppet show and books to read Areas to hang coats and toilet facilities and a cafe
Very interesting
It was a very interesting experience, the museum has, for sure, a high informational value, different from the Internet one. A lot of personal belongings of the Nobel Prize Winners and many other very interesting memorabilia. It worth, for sure, a visit and you will not be disappointed unless you’re expectations are to meet there a Nobel Prize Winner in person. Other way, it’s quite small museum and could become easily very crowded so try to plan your visit outside peak hours. The Museum location, right in the middle of Old Town, very close to Royal Palace, makes it very easily to find and visit.
Second Visit Worth Every Second
This was the second time to visit this museum and there is so much more to see. The guided tours are great and a must. To the right of the main entry turnstile, you have a movie reel covering the lead up to the prize for various Nobel laureates. Shame we didn't have the time to watch the entire reel from start to finish - call it an hour? Cafe on site is good for a quick bite as well.
Nice educational museum.
It was educational. A small museum that had memorabilia from previous winners and lots of explanations and stories about them. It’s right next to the Royal Palace. So if you have a City Go card it’s a nice edition to see and learn something without paying anything. It also has a nice restaurant if you are tired and hungry
Engaging museum
Great museum to learn more about Alfred Nobel and his prize. We would recommend the free guided tour. Lots to see including personal items donated by Nobel winners. Plus short descriptions of the work they undertook to win their prize. Section for children too. There is a cafe inside, a gift shop, movie room plus lockers and toilets. We saw some dresses that were inspired by the nobel prize too. Very engaging, albeit quite compact.
Really excellent
I think this is a must do in Stockholm; and am surprised by some of the mediocre reviews. I learnt a lot, found it interesting that each laureate gives an object personal to them which are laid out in a very clear way, and there is a good mix of interactive aspects.
More interesting than I expected
Interesting but small Museum. My son has Phd in genetics so want to visit and see some of the exhibits related to DNA Gets very busy, suggest taking a free tour to get the most out of exhibits, different language tours start at different times. Winners of the Nobel donate personal items relayed to their work which are used to illustrate their stories
Worth a Visit
Definitely worth a visit if you're interested in the history and winners of the Noble Prize. However the museum feels small and a bit cramped. Audio guide defiantly adds context.
Excellent and inspiring museum. Well worth the time
This inspiring museum is everything you expect and more. We started with an English language tour which was excellent, then went on to complete the audio self guided tour. The self guided tour takes you through highlights of the museum but it is easy to stop and look at everything else as you go around. We did the full audio tour, but you also have the option of doing a select tour focusing on the area of your choice. The museum gives the history of Nobel and his prize, and then uses donated objects from past winners to tell stories. There’s also a small movie theatre with bite-size videos of various winners over all the categories over the years. We spent a full 5 hours here, stopping midway at the Nobel Cafe for a light lunch which was very good Museum is located in Old Town and whilst we are fortunate enough to be staying about 100m from the front door, you can get there via public transport. Just be mindful of the cobbled streets in the area if mobility is an issue
Nobel prize in himself ; Alfred Nobel.
The Nobel Prize is one that I always look up since I was young. There are so much to appreciate in the museum that you would need to spare a few hours to really benefit from the experience. Chandra and I enjoyed the museum knowing the significance of the achievements of those that won a Nobel prize.
A prize.
This place tells you the story of the prizes and what the difference fields of interest It shows some of the different experiments and data from the different prizes winners. This place is great for adults and kids alike. This is a great place to spend 3 hours or more.
Worth being inspired and reminded of the greatness that happens for the benefit of humankind
Interesting visit, inspiring, great tour guide, would recommend. Shop with lots of science and literature books.
Good free guided tour and new exhibition
Great free guided tour in English and a nice new exhibition about fungi. It is not very big, but there is a lot to read and think about.
Awesome
This is a small museum that starts off with a guided 30 minute tour. After that you can go back and finish the muesum on your own. It was a very educational experience. We spent 2 hours here and saw everything.
Will certainly return again and again
I spent 3 hours enjoying as much as I could and this is never enough. Learn so much from history. Watching stories at movie gallery do keep me long
A Lovely Experience
It looked pretty dull from the outside but we decided to go in anyway. I'm glad we did because we learnt so much. There are some super innovative and clever folk on this earth!
Fascinating and worth a visit. Will add to your arsenal to win at trivia nights.
Found the Nobel Prize Museum while walking through the Old Town of Stockholm. 140SEK entry and included a 30 minute guided tour which was well worth it. We spent 2 hours there which seemed about enough but you could spend double that. Lots of reading. History of the prize and how it’s awarded is very interesting. Enjoyed the curios from some of the Nobel Laureates. There is a bistro and a bar inside. Exceptional staff. Worth a visit.
Worth visiting for me!
I always wanted to visit Nobel Prize Museum, so it was exciting for me to get there during my first Stockholm stay. The fact that it is Nobel week announcement, only added to the enjoyment. The museum is fairly small, and I took advantage of guided tour in English. There are some interactive exhibits too. The museum is small, and you might not be excited with this subject matter as I am...It was definitely worth visiting for me though!
Nobel Prize Museum worth seeing if in Stockholm
We only had a short time available as we were leaving the city, but the timing was perfect as it was shortly before the Nobel Prizes were announced and everyone was getting ready and excited about the upcoming announcements. We spent about 45 minutes in the museum, and we were lucky enough to get there just as a 30 minute English tour of the museum was starting. We got the highlights and were able to catch a few of the discoveries important to us, as well as look up someone I had previously met that had received the prize. It was definitely worth seeing.
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