A curator shows art in the castle.
Photo: Jens Mohr, Skokloster Castle/SHM.
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Visits to the collections and loan of artefacts

Would you like to study an artefact or visit the castle storehouse? You are welcome to book a visit with the castle’s curators or conservators.

About the collections

Skokloster Castle is the largest private palace that has ever been built in Sweden. The architecture, the intact interiors and the exceptional artefacts make the castle one of the world’s foremost baroque castles. The collections consist of artefacts from the three owning families who have lived and worked at the castle.

Information about the collections

Visit the castle’s collections

Would you like to study some of our artefacts or visit our collections? Remember to make contact in good time because it can take time to coordinate and prepare the desired material. Email National Historical Museums collection and research department at samlingar@skoklostersslott.se.

Curator looking at a work of art from Skokloster Castle's collection
Photo: Jens Mohr, Skokloster Castle/SHM.

See artefacts that are not on display

If you would like to study artefacts in our collections, contact the person responsible for the respective museum’s collections. Remember to make contact in good time because it can take time to coordinate and prepare the desired material. For artefacts in the cultural history collections contact samlingar@skoklostersslott.se.

Study artefacts as a researcher

Describe your research project and/or why you wish certain material to be made available. Remember to make contact in good time because it can take time to coordinate and prepare the desired material. Email National Historical Museums collection and research department at samlingar@skoklostersslott.se.

Search in the collections

Our collection has been digitalised and we are constantly working to enhance the information about our artefacts and increase the number of photographs. You can search among the photographs and artefacts in our digital database. All information and media in the database can be freely used.

We share a database with the other museums that are part of the government agency National Historical Museums. This means that you can also find artefacts from the Economy Museum, the Hallwyl Museum, the Swedish History Museum, the Royal Armoury and Tumba Paper Mill Museum in the database.

Start to search our collections

A curator preserves one of the castle's armors.
Photo: Jens Mohr, Skokloster Castle/SHM.

Care of artefacts and conservation

Skokloster Castle is an environmental museum where various types of artefacts made of many different materials are included in the collection. The castle has a very special climate because it is not heated. The indoor climate is entirely controlled by circumstances outdoors. An important part of the work of preserving the castle and the collections for the future is the constant inspection and care. Some of the artefacts demand more comprehensive measures and must be conserved so that they can live on.

Conservators are mainly responsible for paintings, textiles, metal and paper, work on the castle’s collections.

Contact persons

Ann-Cathrin Rothlind, conservator responsible for paintings,
+46(0)8-402 30 51, ann-cathrin.rothlind@shm.se

Inger Olovsson, curator responsible for Skokloster Castle’s collections,
+46(0)8-402 30 73, inger.olovsson@shm.se

Jonas Häggblom, curator responsible for Skokloster Castle’s collections,
+46(0)8-402 30 75, jonas.haggblom@shm.se